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Providing easy access to noise reduction Best Practice via the company intranet

We have been contracted to make our very extensive noise control database available on the intranet of a major international company with c 80 sites world-wide.

A new data center near Williston generates a host of noise complaints. No-one diagnoses the cause of the noise complaints (hum). Instead, there is a guess as to the solution. A guess that wastes $millions on a truly massive and ineffective noise wall that has zero effect on complaints. Our analysis of the news broadcast soundtrack proved that the wall could not work. 2 minutes of diagnosis would have saved $millions... It's very easy to avoid this common problem.

>£700k noise claim settlement. The new normal - unless you...?

The medical and legal landscapes for noise claims have changed.

Using HAVBase for virtual risk assessments

Mary Cameron, Hygiene Partners

This article was published in the BOHS Exposure Magazine to provide details of how they have been using our HAVBase to carry out virtual HAVS risk assessments for their clients.

Expressing 40 years of frustration since founding INVC... Peter Wilson

The global noise industry is failing regulators, the public and companies due to a lack of diagnosis resulting in serious health and financial costs.

Q: not only why, but also WHY?

A: not carrying out this diagnostic process to ID complaint causes

A: not carrying out this diagnostic process to divine the mitigation options

The diagnostic processes that must always be followed are detailed below. Whilst I’ve focussed on complaints about existing noise issues, the same process is also applicable to noise specifications. Unless this process has been followed, any mitigation advice is based on wasteful guesswork.

The technology exists to resolve most environmental noise complaints quickly, cheaply, and sustainably. The failure to do so is not a technical problem, it is a failure of professional competence. It is time to stop paying for their mistakes.

Expressing 40 years of frustration since founding INVC... Peter Wilson

The global noise industry is failing regulators, the public and companies due to a lack of diagnosis resulting in serious health and financial costs.

Q: not only why, but also WHY?

A: no diagnosis of the "complaint signature"

A: no diagnosis of the causes of the "complaint signature" to divine the optimum mitigation options

The diagnostic process that must always be followed is detailed below. Whilst I’ve focussed on complaints about existing noise issues, the same process is also applicable to noise specifications. Unless this process has been followed, any complaint evaluation or mitigation advice is based on wasteful guesswork.

The technology exists to resolve most environmental noise complaints quickly, cheaply, and sustainably. The failure to do so is not a technical problem, it is a failure of professional competence. It is time to stop paying for their mistakes.