Educational

Library – Clapham One Development

Client: Studio Egret West

Our role was to design the internal acoustics of all three parts together with discharging planning conditions related to environment noise emissions from the CHP and cooling plant. The central part of the library is also to be used as a music performance space…

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New Skills College – Bristol

Client: Balfour Beatty
Architects: AWW

The new South Bristol Skills College caters for a wide variety of courses, from vehicle maintenance and construction to beauty therapy and hairdressing. In additional, the building contains two large atria which are used for private study, catering facilities and arts performance. Each type of space required detailed acoustic design to ensure that the acoustic characteristics of the space fitted the intended use, whilst maintaining a consistent design aesthetic.

New School and Residential Development in Hackney

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Campus Expansion – Fareham College

Client: Bouygues UK
Architects: Perkins Ogden Architects

Cass Allen was instructed by Bouygues UK to advise on the acoustic design of a new two-storey teaching block at the Bishopsfield Road Campus of Fareham College.

The new accommodation includes a professional quality studio theatre, dance studio and also music and media studios with music rehearsal and recording facilities.

Mixed Use Residential-Educational Development in Rotherhithe

Client: Telford Homes

Cass Allen are providing Telford Homes with acoustical input to the design of a 19 storey mixed-use development comprising a primary school, secondary school and 6th Form college on the lower floors with residential dwellings above.

Our role is to aid in discharging a number of noise and vibration related planning conditions attached to the development. These include building envelope design as well as developing mitigation against the noise impact of the students at the site on residents above.

New Skills College – Fareham

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New Performing Arts Building – The Brit School, South London

Client: The Brit School
Architects: Daniel Connal Partnership
Engineering Consultants: Cundalls

The Brit School is a unique performing arts college in Croydon, South London with former graduates including Katie Melua, Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, Leona Lewis, The Noisettes, Athelete and many others. The new performance building contained studios, rehearsal and performance facilities for dance and music – all designed to standards well in excess of BB93. Our involvement also extended to acoustic design of the refurbishment to the existing school.

Primary School Extension – Teddington

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Library Refurbishment – Chelmsford

Client: Anglia Ruskin University
Project: Queens Library
Planning Consultant: Gleeds

We have started work on the refurbishment of the library on ARU’s Chelmsford site. The library is built around two atria and one of the key aims of the refurbishment is to reduce noise transfer from floor to floor via these atria. We have completed transmission tests inside the library to understand how sound is reflected and absorbed from the various architectural features and are now working on the modelling, which will inform the internal fit-out and finishes.

New Secondary School – Merchant’s Academy, Bristol

Client: Cowlin Construction
Architects: AWW
M&E Consultants: Mitie

To acoustically design this new £23m academy to comply with Part E of the Building Regulations and Building Bulletin 93. We then carried out Pre completion tests, which showed that all design targets had been achieved.