Getting to grips with excess noise on hospital sites

When dealing with sound and vibration in and around hospital sites there are many factors to consider. Here, Ken Marriott, a mechanical engineer who for many years ran his own environmental consultancy specialising in sound and vibration, draws on his extensive acoustic design and problem-solving expertise in and around hospital buildings to provide advice and guidance to healthcare engineers on protecting patients and staff against excess noise, and avoiding complaints from local residents.

In this article I plan to cover topics including: 

I plan to approach these topics in an anecdotal manner, thus minimising the volume of technical/mathematical content often found in articles on acoustics and vibration – the aim being to make the article as easily comprehensible as possible for non-acoustics engineers.