Ceiling Attenuation

In office construction and fit out, short-sighted, budget-driven compromises are so often made. These involve the halting of the construction of partition walls beneath a suspended ceiling grid as opposed to the continuation above the grid where the attenuation of problem sound transfer is most in need.

The consequences of this means that post-occupancy evaluations of buildings consistently reveal that the primary source of dissatisfaction is related to acoustics; particularly issues concerning sound privacy.

These concerns are not limited to open spaces; they also extend to improperly designed private rooms.

When individuals enter a private room and close the door, their expectations for sound privacy naturally increase. However, the actual level of privacy they experience is often less than optimum.

A wall is robust and substantial, whereas a ceiling, equipped with openings for lighting and air vents, is significantly less substantial.

So often it’s the ceiling that falls short but remedies are at hand.

THINK’s retrospective acoustic remedial solutions use lightweight acoustic plenum barriers with noise blocking properties. These are carefully combined with other methods to ensure optimal speech privacy and acoustic performance in various building settings.