Building Design

NWSS offers services to those involved in building design and project management to ensure that satisfactory acoustic environments are engineered into buildings at an early stage in their design.

NWSS can provide advice to architects, building services engineers, quantity surveyors/project managers, building control bodies and others involved in the design of new buildings in the following areas:

• Provision of specialist advice to design teams for new residential to Part E of the building regulations and for new school buildings to ensure compliance with Building Bulletin 93
• Site inspection service at regular stages throughout the build to ensure that the acoustic design of the building is not compromised by factors such as selection of inappropriate materials or poor workmanship
• UKAS accredited pre-completion sound insulation testing to determine compliance of new buildings with the regulations
• Provision of consultancy services for remedial measures for buildings that do not meet the required standard