REPORT NO: PROJECT: CLIENT: ATTENTION: DATE: 2 Michael Dowsett Associate MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS ‘Marshall Day Acoustics Sén Be ‘Company No. 725690 W (Forrory known 96 Marshall Day Bc sokutu Sdn Bhd) {85C Jalan $821/60 Damansara Utama 47400 Poialing Jaya, Selangos Phone: 603 7729 9950 Fax, 603 7728 6969 ‘daki@pmarshaliday.com 02022B wow marshalia’ cc EAST MALAYSIA HOSPITALS PROJECT MECHANICAL SERVICES NOISE CONTROL PRELIMINARY ACOUSTIC REPORT FOR SARIKE] HOSPITAL Kejuruteraan Bintai Kindenko Sdn Bhd 43-0-2, Jalan 1/48A, Sentul Perdana Bandar Baru Sentul 51000 Kuala Lumpur Mr Long Tien Wei 16 October 2002MARSHALL DAY ACONSTICS TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. 4.0INTRODUCTION. 1 2.0REVIEW OF DOCUMENTATION. t 2.4Spec clause 18.1 2.28pec clause 18.3 2.38pec olause 18.4 2.48pec clause 18.7. 2.5Spec clause 18.8, 2.GSpec clause 19.2. 2.7Spec clause 19.3. 2.88pec clause 19.4. 2.98pec clause 19.5, 2.10Drawing note ~ grile and neck size... 2.11Drawing note 5. 2.12Drawing note 8. 2.13Drawing note 9. a ot 2.14Drawing note 10. ispeseeeneet Hen iat cele 2.16Drawing note 11 : : 2.16Drawing note 13. a 2.17Exhaust fan attenuators. vob ba RovbvowH_ENS 3.0DESIGN CRITERIA 8.1Discussion..... 3.2Effect of low background noise on speech acy. 3.30ther issues. 3.48pecitied and proposed design criteria 4.0EQUIPMENT SELECTIONS AND OPERATING CONDITIONS. emmtnenennn 10 4.AEquipment sound power eVels.....0- eae : a 4.2Duct mounted centrifugal exhaust f4N8.....0.0.r : 40 4.3kitchen exhaust fans. eon bial 4.4Pressure loss across kitchen grease filters. 4.5Damper types. a 4.68ystom static pressures... 4.78ystem balancing, : 4.8Maximum duct velocities... WAL 5.0PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF ACOUSTIC TREATMENT... 8.1AHU's and FCU's in ceiling voids 6.2Exhaust fens in ceiling voids, 5.3AHU attenuators in celting voids. 6.4Attenuators to small exhaust fans... 5,6Attenuators to fan coil units, B.GAttenuators t0 AHU'S .ceennsmnninenenennr 5,7kitchen exhaust fan ducting, ae 5.8Flexible duct for noise contol. Petia 5.9Cooling towers. 5.40Chillers. 5.11Generator set eocter '5.12Compressor fom and VACUUM TOOM..snew 5.130ther rooms in the central plant building. 6.0PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS... 6.1Systems analysed... : 6.2Acoustic treatment required. 6.3Atlenuator SelectiOns...cuennenen 6.4Duct vetocttes.. 7.OASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIGATION......nesinaemenmnnnnaninninnen nn DS7 MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS 8,0CONCLUSIONS. 25 APPENDIX A: VIBRATION ISOLATION SELECTION CHART 12.0 24 CAEddy\MDay SK prelim report 020228 (2) revd 161002 reformal.DOC MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS INTRODUCTION Marshall Day Acoustics has been commissioned by Kejuruteraan Bintal Kindenko Sdn. Bhd. to conduct a preliminary study into the mechanical noise control for three hospitals in East Malaysia, Our scope of work for this phase of the project is to review and comment on the mechanical specification and construction drawings for the Proposed 268 bed Sarikei Hospital project and to present acoustic design guidelines and typical acoustic treatment details, This report presents our findings to date. REVIEW OF DOCUMENTATION We have reviewed the specification for the Sarikei Hospital Air conditioning and ventilation system, being volume 2 of 14 of the Mechanical and electrical services specification, revision 0 dated December 2001. Our comments on the specification are referenced to the clause numbering in the specification We have also reviewed the notes on the mechanical tender drawing number UEM/SK/MAC/LEGEND (Revision 0) that relate to mechanical noise control issues. Our notes and any relevant comments highlighting particularly important issues and any perceived inconsistencies or inappropriate requirements are detailed below. Spec clause 18.1 All floor mounted equipment to be erected on 100mm high concrete pads From an acoustic point of view, this will not always be necessary. There is no distinction about proximity to sensitive spaces, capacity of equipment, etc. For example, according to this note, a 100mm high plinth would be required for a 2kW pump located in the central plant building, which is not necessary. We recommend plinths be provided as per the vibration isolation schedule attached in Appendix A. In summary, concrete plinths are only really required for chillers, generate sets, compressors, large pumps, etc. Floor mounted fans do not require a concrete inertia base ~ a structural steel base and suitable vibration isolation mounts are sufficient. In addition to the above, if the central plant building Is not structurally connected to the main buildings, then inertia blocks would not be required for the pumps in the central plant building.2.2 2.3 24 25 26 CAE ddyiMDay SK prelim report 020228 (2) revd 161002 reformal.00C MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS Spec clause 18.3 All ceiling mounted fans to be hung using combination spring and neoprene mounts This will not always be necessary. There is no distinction about proximity to sensitive spaces, capacity of equipment, etc. For example, according to this note, spring hangers would be required for a 50l/s fan located in the central plant building, which is not necessary. Neoprene hangers could be utilised for small fans instead of spring hangers. We recommend that isolated hangers be provided as per the vibration isolation schedule attached in Appendix A. Spec clause 18.4 Mounting of centrifugal pumps. The isolator static deflection of 50mm for all pumps on ground floor and 75mm for pumps above 2kW is considered excessive. Again, we recommend the isolator static deflection be selected as per the vibration Isolation schedule attached in Appendix A. Spec clause 18.7 Pipe work isolation ‘The requirements for resilient support of pipes are considered appropriate, except for the requirement to isolate pipes within 15m of connected rotating equipment. We recommend that consideration be given to the size of the pipe, as detailed in our acoustic specification for mechanical services noise control, ie; the smaller the pipe, the shorter the isolated pipe run. Spec clause 18.8 Ductwork isolation We consider the requirement to provide a flexible connection between all fans and ductwork to be appropriate. We consider the requirement to support all ductwork within 15m of equipment via vibration isolation hangers to be excessive and not required. After the tieyble connection, ductwork may be supported from the structure using conventional rigid hanger rods. Spec clause 19.2 lation. ictwork Acoust The requirement for internal lining of ductwork within the first 8m of ductwork from an equipment room fan or AHU is considered excessive and unnecessary. Internal lining in ductwork of large diameter is relatively ineffective acoustically and attenuators will generally be used to achieve the acoustic design criteria in the occupied spaces.MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS 2.7 Spec clause 19.3 Sound power levels The sound power levels nominated may be applicable for grilles, registers and diffusers but will not be applicable, and in fact are not achievable, for FCU's or AHU's. Attenuation in the duct system means that the sound power levels of the equipment can be higher than nominated in the table. 2.8 Spec clause 19.4 Silencers for AHU and fan ‘The general specifications for the attenuator construction are considered suitable. In terms of pressure drop, we consider 35Pa to be appropriate in most situations. We note that in low noise environments (NC25 or less), lower pressure drops would be required, and in non-critical situations such as a Central Plant or kitchen areas, higher pressure drops, up to 50Pa, would be acceptable. 2.9 Spec clause 19.5 Acoustic doors The specification of magnetic seals to acoustic doors can be replaced with suitable acoustically rated compression seals without loss of performance. We note that the door nominated in the specification is SAC 42 dB, which conflicts with the door nominated as SAL 42 dB in drawing note 8. 2.10 Drawing note — grille and neck size The grille sizes are nominated on the drawing as 600x600mm for all grilles and the neck size is specified for various airflow rates. We consider some of the nominated airflow rates to be excessive for a 600x600mm diffuser size and we also consider the neck sizes to be too small for the nominated airflows. All of the nominated p,essure drops are considered to be too high, which is likely to result in flow generated noise problems. Comments are detailed in Table 1. Table 1 Nominated diffuser neck sizes se Airflow, Neck Pressure Calculated Comment Us size, neck mm drop, Pa _ velocity, m/s ; 360-460 480x480 24 16-20 Airflow considered too high for a single diffuser. Recommend splitting airflow into two diffusers. Pressure drop too high 250-359 350x350 24 20-29 Air velocity exceeds recommended limits for NC25 spaces, Pressure drop too high 120-249 250x250 24 19-4.0 Air velocity exceeds recommended limits for NC25, NC30 and NC35. Pressure drop nigh <120 200x200, 19, <3.0 Air velocity exceeds recommended limits for NC25 spaces. Pressure drop too high Ht CABddyiMDay SK prelim report 020228 (2) revd 161002 reformat.DOC2141 2.12 2.13 244 C:\Eday\MDay Sk prelim report 020228 (2) rovd 161002 reformal.0OC MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS Further to the above, we recommend that the flow to any single diffuser should not exceed 350I/s and that the neck size be determined such that the velocities recommended for the nominated design criteria are not exceeded. Noise generation of diffusers, grilles and registers is highly dependent on the manufacturer and as such grille selection and neck velocities should be based on manufacturers data. For areas with a design criteria above NC30, air diffusers, grilles and registers should be selected with air velocities within the range deemed acceptable Ly -the manufacturer for a noise level 5 NC points below the background noise design criteria For areas with a design criteria of NC30 or less, air regenerated sound power level data will be required for all grilles and diffusers. Drawing note 5 Opposed blade dampers have been specified on the drawings. At high velocities, splitter dampers produce lower noise levels than opposed blade dampers, so splitter dampers are preferred acoustically. However, we note that at low to moderate duct velocities, the difference in noise generation between the damper types would he minimal. Drawing note 8 Acoustic doors are nominated for all AHU rooms and compressor rooms. Previous notes relating to seals and door descriptions were made in Section . ‘The acoustic rating for the door at STC35 is not overly stringent and would be readily available at competitive rates. Where plant room doors open to Internal spaces, we consider the use of acoustic doors to the plant rooms to be justified in order to achieve the specified design criteria of NC35-40 for corridors. Where AHU room doors open to outside, whure the design criteria is NC65-70, acoustic doors are not required. The chiller room will need to be fitted with acoustic doors. Drawing note 9 For plant room AHU's, the internal lining for the first metre of fresh air duct from the return air duct connection is considered appropriate in an effort to control noise emission to outside, However, it is not considered necessary for the FCU's or ceiling mounted AHU's. Drawing note 10 As per drawing note 5, splitter dampers are recommended in preference to onposed blade dampers.MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS 2.15 Drawing note 11 The design criteria are discussed in detail in Section 3.0. 2.46 Drawing note 13 Acoustic treatment in the form of 50mm thick, 32kg/m? fibreglass has been specified for all AHU rooms and compressor rooms, although the required extent of this treatment is not stated, ie; be it to the slab soffit, or to all of the walls, or a certain percentage of the walls. When considering the need for acoustic treatment to the internal surfaces of the AHU rooms, we note the following: * All of the AHU's are fully ducted, so there are no openings from the fan chamber directly into the AHU room + The AHU sizes are not excessive, so equipment noise levels should not be excessive + Some AHU fan chambers will be treated with acoustic insulation Given the above, the noise levels inside the AHU rooms without internal acoustic treatment are expected to be relatively low, in the range 75-80dB(A). We understand that the plant rooms are typically constructed of single brick, which achieves an acoustic rating of approximately STC45, Based on these figures we would expect the noise level in an adjacent room to be in the range NC35-40. So, based on the above, acoustic treatment to the internal surfaces of plant rooms would be required if located adjacent to a space with a design criteria of NC40 or less. The actual noise levels in the plant room will be highly dependent on the equipment noise levels that can be offered by the supplier. If the AHU supplier can offer quieter equipment, then the need for treatment could be reassessed. Also, where the plant room wall construction is greater than single brick, there may be an opportunity to delete the acoustic treatment to the plant rooms. There is no need to provide acoustic treatment to the internal surfaces of a plant room if it is only adjacent to outside or adjacent to a non-sensitive space. The chiller room has 230mm thick brick walls, acoustic doors, a concrete slab for the roof and attenuated ventilation openings. Given this treatment and the fact tiat.the chiller room is only adjacent to outside, acoustic insulation is not considered necessary for the chiller room walls. 2.17 Exhaust fan attenuators The exhaust fan schedule nominates that attenuators are required in order to achieve NC40. This is in direct conflict with the design criteria for each room, which may be as high as NC60 for kitchens or NC70 for workshops. CAEddy\MDay SK prelim report 020228 (2) revd 161002 reformat,DOCMARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS 3.0 DESIGN CRITERIA 3.1 Discussion Acoustic design criteria for the project have been nominated on the mechanical tender drawings. There are a number of spaces in the hospital that ae air- conditioned but do not match the nominated rooms with specified design criteria, So, we have extended the list of rooms to include other typical areas that were not previously nominated. ‘A number of the specified design criteria are considered low for the room sisage. Where appropriate, we have proposed alternative design criteria that are sligntly higher than the specified values. In arriving at the proposed figures, reference has been made to a number of references, as follows: « UK Department of Health HTM draft standard 2045 © ASHRAE ‘© Australian Standard AS2107-2000 Recommended design sound levels and reverberation times for building interiors «Textbook by Sound Research Laboratories: Moise Contro/ In Building Services (SRL are the authors of the UK HTM draft standard) * Textbook by Wood Acoustics: Woods Practical Guide To Noise Control For comparison purposes, we have reviewed the design criteria for 3 important spaces within the hospital. Different noise descriptors are used in the references, so to simplify the comparison we have also calculated the equivalent NC level. ‘For example, the draft UK HTM standard recommends a design criteria for an operating theatre of NR30, which is equivalent to NC33. Table 2 summarises the design criteria review for 3 spaces, showing the specified project design criterta, the design criteria from the various references, and MDA's proposed revised design criteria. Table 2 Design criteria review Area Specified UKHTM ASHRAE AS2107 sritext MOO! pa “Descriptor NC NR RC dBA _——ONC/NR__NC NC Operating 95-30 30 25-35 40453035 25-35 30-35 Theatre : General : ; aaa 303535 3040 35405 25-35 30-35 Private 25:35 30 25-35 35-40 30352535 30:35 el TTT RST me Fine ene TTI wee Operating 9g. ; i 5 : gperating 25-9033 25-35 3540-3035 5-35 30-35 General : . : aaa 30-35 3B 30-40 303535 25-35 30:35 Private . Ward 235 3B 353530353035 5AS 305 C:AEddy\MDay SK prelim report 020228 (2) rovd 161002 reformat,DOC. 632 3.3 3.4 CAEday\MDay SK prelim report 020228 (2) rovd 11002 reformat.00C MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS It can be seen that the specified design criteria are more stringent than a number of the references, and that the MDA recommended design criteria are a reasonable balance between the documented figures. Effect of low background noise on speech privacy We have considered the important issue of noise intrusion and speech privacy in our proposed design criteria. The speech privacy between adjacent spaces depends on the source noise level, the background noise level and the sound insulation between the spaces. Sound insulation is often described by the Sound Transmission Class, STC, wiich effectively represents the sound level difference between adjacent spaces. The higher the STC, the greater the sound reduction between rooms. The privacy rating, PR, Is determined as follows: PR = NC + STC ‘The higher the value of PR, the greater the speech privacy between adjacent spaces, 0 the less significant the noise intrusion. It can be seen that if the STC rating is increased, the PR is increased, as a result of the greater sound insulation. However, it can also be seen that if the NC level is reduced, so the speech privacy is reduced. In summary, if background sound levels are very low, then noise intrusion from adjacent spaces is more significant, requiring upgraded sound insulation to achieve the same level of speech privacy. Given this factor, a moderate level of backyrc:und noise is generally recommended to improve speech privacy between adjacent spaces. Other issues In accordance with standard practice, we have also restricted the design criteria range to 5 NC points, rather than 10 NC points sometimes nominated on the drawings. We note that no criteria have been set for external noise levels adjacent to the intake or discharge of a ceiling mounted unit. We consider a level of NC50-55 to be appropriate, which is 15dB lower than the design criteria set for outside a main plent room. Specified and proposed design criteria The expanded, proposed list of design criteria is shown in Table 3.MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS Table 3 Design criteria Area Specified Proposed NC Range “Operation theatre General wards 30-35 Private wards 25-35 Recovery/anaesthetic rooms 25-30 Assessment room Unclear Blood bank rest room Unclear Breast feed / nappy change Unclear Conference rooms 30-40 Consultant examination Unclear Demonstration room Unclear Dental surgery Unclear Dietician (Kitchen Area) Unclear Director room ‘Unclear ECG/EYE Unclear Health Education Unclear Information Technology Unclear Library Unclear Lounge Unclear Outpatients treatment/casualty 30-35 P.0.P room Unclear Prayer room Unclear Procedures/observation/treatmen Unclear t Resuscitation bay Unclear 35-40 Seminar rooms Unclear 35-40 Specimen collection room Unclear 35-40 Splinting pressure garment Unclear 35-40 Staff Rest Unclear 35-40 Ultrasound room Unclear 35-40 xray Unclear 35-40 ne . Autoclave sterlisation/packing Unclear. == «40-45 Autopsy Unclear 40-45 Bio-hazard Unclear 40-45 Computer room Unclear 40-45 Control/security room Unclear 40-45 Dispensary Unclear 40-45 General office room 35-45 40-45 CAEddy\MDay SK prelim report 020228 (2) rovd 161002 reformat. DOCArea Induction (0.7. Area) Laboratories Medical Records Mortuary areas Pantry Pharmacy Preparation/utity Revenue Shopjretall area Sluice/scrub/steriizers _Walting area/cortidor Store/linen “Outside the intake or discharge Specified NC Range Unclear 30-40 Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear 35-45 30-40 Unclear 40-50 Unclear 50-60 55-60 arate audiology isolation booth should be provided, ambient noise fevel NC1O 55-60 MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS Proposed 95-60 65-70 65-70 at 1.5m It can be seen from the above list that a number of the proposed design criteria, based on suitable reference standards, are higher than the specified design criteria. This shows that the specified design criteria are unnecessarily stringent in some cases, CAEddy\MDay SK prelim report 020228 (2) rovd 161002 reformat DOC4.0 44 42 43 44 45 CAEddyiMDay SK prelim roport 020228 (2) revd 161002 ceformal.00C MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS EQUIPMENT SELECTIONS AND OPERATING CONDITIONS Equipment sound power levels The sound power level of selected equipment is obviously a very important factor in determining the acoustic treatment required to achieve the design criteria. Equipment sound power levels should be restricted as low as possible to minimise the extent of attenuators, duct lining, plant room lining, etc throughout the building. Duct mounted centrifugal exhaust fans Centrifugal in line fans have been specified on the project for exhaust air, These fans typically run at high speed (around 2,500RPM) and are noisier than other alternative selections, From our review of published catalogue data, sound power level varies quite considerably from manufacturer to manufacturer for centrifugal inline fans. We would recommend the use of a quieter alternative fan such as a mixed flow fan or particular care in selection of manufacturers of centrifugal in line fans with lowest sound power levels, Also, selecting a larger fan and running it at a lower speed may sometimes achieve significantly lower noise levels. Different fan selections to provide the same duty can result in noise evel reductions as high as 20dB at some frequencies, which makes a significant difference to the acoustic treatment required. Kitchen exhaust fans The fan type to be used for the kitchen exhausts will also have a significant effect on the level of acoustic treatment required to achieve the design criteria, The use of belt driven centrifugal fans instead of the specified bifurcated axial fans for the kitchen exhaust would achieve significantly lower in duct sound power levels and so would reduce the attenuation requirements. Radiated noise from the exposed motor of the centrifugal fan would need to be carefully specified to the fan supplier to control radiated noise down into the kitchen. Pressure loss across kitchen grease filters The design criteria for the kitchens Is NC55-60. There will be significant static pressure loss across the grease filters in the kitchen exhaust hoods, which will generate noise. At this stage, we recommend that static pressure loss across the grease filters should not exceed 200Pa, in order to limit noise generation. Damper types There are a number of non-return dampers specified within ductwork to enable switching between main building air conditioning and 24 hour FCU. We recommend the use of motorised dampers for this purpose because of their greater stability and resistance to airflow than the gravity or gravity with counterweight type non-return dampers. 104.6 47 48 CABddy\MDay SK prelim report 020228 (2) revd 161002 reformat DOC. MARSHALL DAY AcousTICS The gravity or gravity with counterweight type dampers will not achieve such a positive seal as a motorised damper, with the subsequent potential problem of noise generation caused by air passing around the damper. Also, the non-return dampers rely on friction loss, requiring a larger than usual static for the FCU. There are also a large number of fire dampers specified for this project. We recommend the use of a curtain type damper that stays out of the airstream when not in use, rather than the blade type that stays in the airstream, with resultant potential noise generation problems. System static pressures Our review of the equipment operating conditions indicates that the nominated static pressures seem high for the given alrflows. For example, 1 EF-LDR-2 with a flow of only 40//s has a static pressure of 165Pa and 1 FC-SF-1 with a flow of only 1641/s has a static pressure of 145Pa. Static pressure has a major impact on the noise generation of mechanical equipment. As a general rule, reducing the static pressure by a factor of 2 will reduce the fan sound power by 6dB, for the same airflow, This has a major effect on the acoustic treatment required. It is also important that equipment is carefully selected for the intended duty and that units are not oversized unnecessarily. Oversized equipment requires excessive throttling to reduce airflows, resulting in high static pressures and subsequent noise problems. In short, static pressures should be controlled to the lowest possible levels and equipment should be appropriately selected in order to reduce equipment noise generation. System balancing Ventilation systems should be self-balancing to the maximum extent possible. This reduces the need for excessive throttling using balancing dampers and the subsequent noise problems this causes. Where balancing dampers are required, we recommend that they be located at branch duct take-offs to achieve the major balancing. Dampers at diffusers should only be used to balance airflow between runout ducts in order to fimit static pressures at diffusers to less than 10Pa. Maximum duct velocities Noise generated by air movement in ducts and through duct fittings Is a major contributor to the mechanical system noise level. The acceptable level of flow generated noise is dependent on the design criteria of the space being served by the mechanical system. To contro! turbulence and airflow generated noise to sensitive spaces, the duct velocities detailed in Table 4 should not be exceeded.5.0 54 (CAEddyiMDay Sk prolim report 020228 (2) revd 161002 reformat. 00 MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS Table 4 Maximum duct velocities Design Duct velocity limits, m/s ctiteria Ne Main riser Main duct Branch duct Run-out —_—Flexible. ee Pee eee 45 15.0 10.0 75 6.0 45 40 13.0 85 65 5.0 35 35 11.0 75 55 40 3.0 30 95. 60 45 35 2.5* : 25 80 5.0 40 25 2.0* 20 70 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.6" Definitions: Main riser Ducts not in the criteria space. Ducts in plant rooms or masonry risers which ate followed by main ducts Main duct Ducts within the criteria space followed by at least one lined elbow and run-out ducting, or at least 3 duct diameters of branch duct and run-out ducting Branch duct All ducts connected directly to the run-out ducting Run-out duct All ducts connected directly to the terminal register, or within § duct diameters of the register * Caution must be exercised when Installing flexible duct to ensure that airflow generated noise does not occur due to airflow restrictions PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF ACOUSTIC TREATMENT AHU's and FCU's in ceiling voids Based on the current layouts and design criteria, the location of AHU's and FCU's in ceiling voids will cause noise breakout problems through cellings to spaces below. Our calculations show that noise levels would typically be NC35-45 in spaces below AHU's and FCU's in ceiling voids. Any space with a design criteria below NC35 cannot have an FCU or AHU locuted in the celling void, unless special acoustic treatment Is constructed to control unit noise breakout. For example, the Level 2 Male Ward 4 bed bays have an FCU located directly above the ceiling. The breakout noise level produced by this unit in the warct is calculated to be NC40. The design criteria for this space is NC30-35. To achieve NC30-35 directly below an AHU or FCU would require the installation of an enclosure around the unit and initial ductwork that is suspended on a separate frame. The enclosure would typically be constructed of gypsum board with acoustic insulation infill, or a flexible acoustic lagging material such as foam bonded to loaded vinyl. The construction of an acoustic enclosure in the ceiling around AHU's and FCU's is not recommended for practical and maintenance purposes. Problems with access for filter replacement and maintenance will be inevitable. Our experience with such enclosures is that the effectiveness of the enclosure is reduced over time due to degradation of the integrity of the materials that are often damaged in the course of normal checking and maintenance. 25.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 C:Eddy\MDay SK prolim report 020228 (2) rovd 161002 reformat. DOC MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS The location of AHU's and FCU's in ceiling voids clearly presents a problem with breakout noise that will prevent the design criteria being achieved unless the unit Is relocated, or acoustic enclosures around the units are installed in the celling vid, or the design criteria can be relaxed somewhat. Upgrading the AHU or FCU casing was considered, but analysis of data from York indicates that the difference in insertion loss at low frequencies between 25mm thick PU casing and 50mm thick PU casing is minimal. Casing breakout noise is dominated by low frequency noise, so based on the data from York, little benefit woula be gained by upgrading to 50mm thick casing for the AHU's and FCU's. Exhaust fans in ceiling voids There are a very large number of exhaust fans located in ceiling voids. However, the fans are typically located over relatively non-sensitive areas (>NC40) and they are typically of low duty. Calculations to date show that noise breakout from exhaust fans to rooms below should not cause a problem, provided the fans are low duty and are not located above areas with a design criteria of NC35 or below. AHU attenuators in ceiling voids ‘The mechanical tender drawings show large attenuators on AHU duct work located in the ceiling space outside of plant rooms, which will cause duct noise breakout problems. Where possible, attenuators should be located in plant iocms. Alternatively, the attenuator should start at the plant room wall, so that ducting prior to the attenuator is not exposed to the ceiling void. If neither option is possible, external duct cladding would be required for some ductwork. Attenuators to small exhaust fans Attenuators are shown on the tender drawings for all exhaust fans, even those with low capacities such as 100I/s and below. Our calculations indicate that appropriate lengths of internal duct lining would provide sufficient attenuation to achieve the design criteria without installing attenuators, especially for these small fans. Attenuators to fan coil units Attenuators are shown on the tender drawings for all fan coil units, even for those with low capacities such as 300I/s and below. Our calculations indicate thet with appropriate lengths of internal duct lining and flexible duct work, sufficient attenuation could be achieved to comply with the design criteria without Installing attenuators to some of the fan coil units. Attenuators to AHU's Attenuators are shown on the tender drawings for all AHU's. At this stage, we expect that most of the nominated attenuators will be required in order to achieve the design criteria, although the number could potentially be reduced, depending on the area served and the unit capacity and noise level.6.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 (C:AEddyiMDay SK prelim report 020228 (2) rovd 161002 reformai.DOC MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS Kitchen exhaust fan ducting We recommend the use of rectangular duct for the large kitchen exhaust ducts, in order to utilise rectangular attenuators, which provide significantly better a-ouistic performance than circular attenuators. Flexible duct for noise control ‘The mechanical drawings do not show any flexible duct. Acoustically rated perforated flexible duct provides high attenuation of down duct noise, so we recommend consideration be given to using it in the system. Further to the above, we understand that there is some concern regarding the use of perforated ducts due to fibre erosion from the air stream, so we recoi.mend consideration be given to an alternative of non-perforated insulated flexible ductwork. Whilst non-perforated insulated flexible ductwork does not provide attenuation figures as high as perforated flexible duct, it still provides significant attenuation. There is significant potential for reducing the extent of internal duct lining and reducing attenuator lengths if flexible duct can be used. The use of flexible duct obviously has the added advantage of simplifying alignment between rigid duct and diffusers. We caution, however, that the flexible duct must be well installed to ensure good inlet conditions to diffusers are achieved without introducing turbulence that generates noise. Cooling towers The cooling towers are located outside behind the central plant building. Section 3.10 of the specification states that "Cooling towers shall be guaranteed to operate at low noise and shall not exceed 67 dBA measured 1m from air intake face and 75 dBA measured at 45 degrees and 1.5m distance away from the fan". This criteria Is considered quite stringent, although some suppliers have indicated they are able to comply with the specified noise levels. Chillers The chillers are located in the central plant building. To achieve the design criterla of NC65-70 from a main plant room means that acoustic treatment will be required to all ventilation openings in the chiller room. Bare louvres in doors and walls will not be permitted directly into the chiller room.MARSHALL DAY Acoustics We make the following comments regarding the central plant acoustic treatment: « The chiller room construction is 230mm thick brick walls and a concrete roof slab, which provides sufficient noise attenuation + The chiller room shows an exhaust fan with acoustically treated ductwork, which is considered necessary + Doors to the chiller room should be acoustically rated as per the specification «The fresh air intake to the chiller room appears to be a conventional louvre, which is not acceptable. An acoustic louvre or a duct fitted with an attenuator will be required for the fresh air intake. 5.11 Generator set Similar comments apply to the generator room as noted above for the chiller room. 5.12 Compressor room and vacuum room Similar comments apply to the compressor room and vacuum room as noted above for the chiller room. 5.13 Other rooms in the central plant building 6.0 61 CAEddyMDay SK prelim report 020228 (2) revd 161002 roformat.DOC Other rooms in the central plant building not nominated above, such as tne transformer room, switch room, etc will not be excessively noisy. Given this, we consider that solid core doors can be used for these rooms instead of acoustic doors and that the duct acoustic treatment may not be required, pending a detailed review. PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS We have selected a number of equipment items and conducted initial calculations of the down duct noise, breakout noise and air veloctles for each unit. We note that in our calculations we have used the design criteria specified in the contract documents, rather than the alternative design criteria proposed in Table 3. The results are summarised below. Systems analysed The systems that have been analysed are detailed in Table 5. 16MARSHALL DAY ACOUSHICS Table 5 Systems analysed Equipment Equipment Volume System —_—Area Served Specified type code static design (i/s) pressure criteria (Pa) (NC) Plant room 1AHU/AE2 5692-770 Distressed Relative NC 30 AKU Room TAHU/REHAB2 3863. 670 Wax Treatment NC 30 Function Lab Nc 30 Wax Treatment NNc30 ~ 1AHUsID 7314920 Ultra Sound Room = NC 25 X~ Ray Room NC 25 1AHU/OBG 5707870 Consulting NC 30 Examination Treatment Nc 30 Consulting Nc 30 Examination 1AHU/SCL «5148840 Consulting Nc 30 Examination Office Nc 3s Consulting NC 30 Examination IAHU/SPEC 4471970 Treatment Room Nc 30 Laboratory Nc 30 2AHU/LAB2 3894730 Histopathology Lab NNC30 Media Prep. NC 30 2AHU/DCU «5900730 Paediatric (2bed) NC30 4 Male Beds NC 30 2AHU/OT/L. 1875. 1270 Operating Theatre 1 NC25 2AHU/ASEPTIC 860 1270 Gowning Nc 35 Ceiling AHU—-2AHU/SUR2/2 310 440 Single Bed (Isolation) NC 30 2AHU/SURI/2 320440 Single Bed (Isolation) NC 30 BAHU/ISO/2 320520 Single Bed (Isolation) NC30__ Exhaust fens 1EF/HU/OS 20 150 Single Room 2 (Ison) NC 30 1EF/AR/O4 35 250 Toilet Nc 30 1EF/AE/O9 = 100 «150 Decontamination NC40 shower 1EF/ORG/OB 250-100 Male Tollet Neo - 1EF/ORG/O2 90 140 Dirty Utility Nc40 1EF/ORG/O4 180185 Demonstration Room C40 2EF/AOMIN/2 125155 Meeting Room NC30 2EF/LAB/3. «510-1000 Micro-Biologist Lab NC30 2ER/CME/2 «250165 Conference Room —-NC30 CAE ddyiMDay SK prelim report 020228 (2) revd 161002 reformat. DOC 16MARSHALL DAY ACOUST.CS Equipment Equipment Volume System Area Served Specified type code static design (W/s) pressure criteria ifn (a) (ne) DEF/SURF2/17 100110 Pantry NC 35 2EF/SURF2/22 130 100 Demonstration Room NC.35 2eFOW/? = «IS. 140 Equipment NC35 2ER/SURI/I7 120-150 Equipment Store NC 35 2ER/SURI/12 320180 Single Bed (Isotation) NC 30 2EF/DC/T yo 15S Endoscopy Equipment NC-40 2EF/CSSD/6 «175180 Gauze Cutting Nc 30 SeRSo/10 «155110 Centre Store Nc 3s SEF/PAE/OB = «330165. Single Bed (Isolation) NC 30 SER/PAE/I4 100140 Assisted Bath Nc 40 Fan-coll units 1FC/MS/1. = 405—=S300=SSSC#PharmacistOffce = NC 35. AFKIT2 = 488315 General Office NC 35 IFCU/SPECOL 440 275 Ablution & — Male NC 30 Prayer QFC/LAB/L 360,300 Specimen Talking» NC30 2FC/ADMIN/2 585 305 Meeting Room Nc 30 2FCU/ADMIN/L 466 295 Computer Room NC35 2FCU/CME/2 684370 Conference Room = NC30 SFCU/FW/O4 = 2408S 4-Bed (Isolation) NC 30 SFCyISo/os 210275 2-Bed (Isolation) NC 30 SFCU/ISO/O9 300285 Mother Rest NC30 3FCU/PAE/OS 205 270 Phototherapy Room NC 30 SFCUPAE/O2 380-275 Treatment Room NC30 4FCUIMPE/10 680 285 Demonstration Room — NC 35 — AFCUMPE/O8 430275 Procedure Room Nc 30 4FCUIMPE/OL 440.275 Ablution & — Male NC30 Prayer arcucis/o2 370310 Treatment Room NC 30 arcycsis 250-270 Single Bed Room Nc 30 arcujcs/o7 185 270 Doctor's Room Nc 30 aFCYCLS/1i 380285 Staff Rest NC 35 6.2 Acoustic treatment required Table 6 details comments relating to the noise levels produced by each of the systems in the occupied spaces and shows the acoustic treatment necescary to achieve the design criteria. 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AV TIVHSYV IAL a6.3 Attenuator selections The preliminary attenuator selections for the systems analysed are shown in Table 7. MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS Attenuator cross sections have been based on achieving a pressure drop of 35Pa. All attenuator dimensions are in mm. Table 7 Preliminary attenuator selections Unit Path te Height 63 125 250 500 ak 2k 4k Hz Plant room AHU's See ee — JAHUJAE2 Discharge 2400 «1650 85012-2137 BAB 726 Intake 24001700700 12st BAB B7 26 cB TAHU/REHAB2 Discharge 3000 1200-750 4-25-4755 56 45-30 UB Intake (1) 1800 1200 750» 10:17:28 3840-29-21 cB Intake (2) 3000 600-250 «14-25 47555645 OB AAHU/ID Discharge 3000 1850 900 4-25 «475556 «45-30 dB Intake (1) 30001550 75014. «254755564530 cB Intake(2) 3000 850 40014-2547 «5556 4530 B IAHU/O&G Discharge «18001550 850 10:17:89,429 Intake (1) 2400 1400 60022137 484837 26 Intake (2) 3000 700 45014 «25475564530. dB IAHU/SCL Discharge 2400-»«1500 800-12 2137 4B ABO 26 B Intake (1) 1800 1250 600 «10 17, «B39 40-924 B Intake (2) 3000 800 40014. «2547 SS SHAS 30 IAHUISPEC Discharge 3000 «178060014547 55 8G AS 3D. IB Intake 30001700 $5014 547554530 AB 2AHU/LAB2 Discharge 1800-1500 600 «10 «17: «2839 cl cB Intake 900650, «3007s Ms BBA ASB 2AHU/OCU Discharge 1800170080010 «17s, AB Intake «30001700 8004-25 475556 AS 30 2AHU/OT/L Discharge 30008005504 «25475556 S30 AB Intake «3000 8005501425 4755564530. dB 2AMU/ASEPTIC Discharge 3000 500 400« 4.254755. 86 4S 30. AB Intake 7400-500 300 12-1748 ABO7_26 “Celling mounted AHU's q a 2AHU/SUR2/2 Discharge 2400 300 «25012-23748 B78 dB 2AHU/SURI/2 Discharge 2400 300-250 1221748 4B 26 IB BAHU/ISO/2 Discharge 1800300 25010-17839 4029-21 B Exhaust fans 1EF/ORG/04 Intake —=«1800» 250-200 10-17 B_s«CBH«4- 29-21. dB 2Er/LAB/3 Intake ~=—=«3000 500300829 S259 OSE 44 AB 2EF/SURI/12 Intake «1800400 200.s«s10.«s 7s: 42921 B 2EF/CSSD/6 Intake ~=—=««1800 «3002501017: 28-39 4029 2 dB CAF AdviMMay SIC retin ronal 020998 (9) revet 110? efhemat NC. a”Unit Path BEF/PAE/O8 Intake Fan coil units 1500 APC/MS/1 Discharge 1800 Intake 1800 AFCIKTT/2 Discharge 1800 Intake 2400 IFCU/SPEC/O1 Discharge 1800 Intake 2400 2FCILAB/ Discharge 2400 Intake 1800 2FC/ADMIN/2 Discharge 2400 Intake 2400 2FCU/ADMIN/1 Discharge 1800 Intake 1800 2FCU/CME/2 Discharge 1800 Intake 1500 SFCU/FW/04 — Discharge 1800 Intake 1800 S3FCU/ISO/O6 Discharge 1800 Intake 1800 3FCU/ISO/09 Discharge 2400 Intake 2400 SFCLYPAE/05 Discharge 2400 Intake 2400 SFCU/PAE/02 Discharge 2400 Intake 2400 4FCU/MPE/10 Discharge 1800 Thtake 1800 4FCU/MPE/O8 Discharge 2400 Intake 2400 4FCU/MPE/O1 Discharge 2400 Intake 2400 4FCU/CLS/02 Discharge 2400 Intake 2400 4FOU/CLS/15 Discharge 2400 Intake 2400 4FCU/CLS/O7 Discharge 2400 Intake AFCU/CLS/11 Discharge CAE AeAMNaW SIC vali rennet 09009R (9) reve 164009 eafnemat NOC: 250 200 220 270 250 200 200 200 250 250 250 280 300 300 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 250 10 10 10 2 40 2 2 40 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 2 2 12 2 2 12 10 10 12 12 12 12 2 12 2 2 12 10 to io MARSHALL Day Acoustics 250 500 2B 35 2% 39 28 39 28 39 3748 239 37 48 3748 28 39 7 48 7 48 2% 39 2% 39 2% 39 23 35 2% 39 28 39 28 39 28 39 3748 3748 3748 3748 3748 3748 2% 39 2% 39 3748 7 48 37 48 7 48 3748 a7 48 3748 3748 3748 28 39 28 39 2339 tk 2k 40 29 a 21 aL 2 26 24 26 26 24 26 2€ at a a 19 2 24 21 a 26 26 26 2€ 26 26 a 21 6 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 24 a an 3 Hz aB 8 4B dB dB 4B dB dB B dB dB 4B dB dB dB 4B dB dB 8 a8 a8 dB dB dB 4B a8 8 dB 2B dB dB 8 dB dB 8 dB dB a8MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS 6.4 Duct velocities Table 8 summarises our review of duct velocities for the systems analysed. Again, the specified design criteria have been used in this assessment, rather than the alternative design criteria nominated in Table 2. Table 8 Review of duct velocities Equipment Equipment Comment regarding duct velocities type code Plant room 1AHU/AE2 Supply air main duct and runout duct too high AHU Return air main duct too high JAHU/REHAB2 — Supply air_main duct and branch duct too _ high Return air main duct, branch duct and runout duct too high JAHU/ID Supply air main duct, branch duct and runout duct too high Return air main duct, branch duct and runout duct too high LAHU/ORG Supply air main duct, branch duct and runout duct-too high Return air main duct, branch duct and runout duct too high 4AHU/SCL Supply air main duct, branch duct and runout duct too high Return air main duct, branch duct and runout duct too high JAHU/SPEC Supply air main duct, branch duct and runout duct too high Return air main duet, branch duct and runout duct too high. 2AHU/LAB2 Supply alr main duct and runout duct too high Return air runout duct too high 2AHU/OCU Supply air main duct, branch duct and runout duct too high Return air main duct, branch duct and runout duct too high 2AHU/OT/L Supply air main duct, branch duct and runout duct too high Return air main duct, branch duct and runout duct too high 2AHU/ASEPTIC Acceptable “Ceiling AHU2AHU/SUR2/2 Supply alr runout duct too high 2AHU/SUR1/2 ‘Supply air runout duct too high 3AHU/ISO/2 __ Supply alr runout duct too high “Exhaust fans —1EF/HUJOS Acceptable TEF/AR/O4 Acceptable AEF/AE/09 Acceptable JEF/O&G/O8 Acceptable 1EF/ONG/O2 Acceptable 1EF/ORG/O4 Exhaust air runout duct too high 2EF/ADMIN/2 Acceptable 2EF/LAB/S Exhaust air runout duct too high 2EF/CME/2 Acceptable 2EF/SURF2/17 Acceptable 2EF/SURF2/22 Acceptable 2EF/OW/17 Acceptable 2EF/SURI/17 Acceptable 2EF/SURI/12 Acceptable CAF aeatilaw SK nrelim rennet 912099R (9) env 1100? enformat NOCEquipment — Equipment _type code 2EF/OC/7 2EF/CSSI/6 BEF/ISO/10 3EF/PAE/O8 SEF/PAE/14 Fan coll units 1FC/MS/t APC/KIT/2. AFCU/SPEC/OL 2FC/LAB/1 2FC/ADMIN/2 2FCU/ADMIN/L 2FCUICME/2 SFCU/FW/04 3FCU/ISO/O6 3#CU/ISO/09 SFCU/PAE/O5 SFCUYPAE/O2 4FCU/MPE/10 ar CU/MPE/O8 4ECU/MPE/OL AFCU/CLS/O2 AFCU/CLS/15 AFCU/CLS/O7 4FOU/CLS/11 CAF rdvintnay SK pation eonnet 02979R (2) rowel 46400? reformat NOC MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS Comment regarding duct velocities ‘Acceptable Acceptable Acceptable Exhaust air runout duct too high Acceptable Supply alr runout. «= duct’ = too.high Return air runout duet too high F Supply air branch duct _and Return alr runout duct too high Supply air —srunout_ = duct_ = too. high Return air runout duct too high Supply air branch duct and runout duct too high runout duct too high Supply air. runout = duct- = too. high Return alr runout duct too high Acceptable ‘Supply air branch duct and runout duct too high Acceptable Acceptable Acceptable ‘Supply air runout duct too high 7 Supply air ~—runout = duct «= too. high Return air runout duct too high Acceptable Supply air runout duct too high ‘Supply air runout duct too high ‘Supply air runout duct too high Supply air runout duct too high Supply air runout cluct too high Acceptable 24MARSHALL DAY AcousTICS 7.0 ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFICATION Section 3.6 of the specification states the following: The sound pressure level in all octave bands measured with all air conditioning plant running, must not exceed the background noise criteria by 30B. We Interpret the above to mean that when conducting field tests to assess compliance of noise levels with the specification, that an allowance of 3dB is to be applied to the specified background noise level. For example, if the specification calls for a background noise level of NC30-35, then a measured level on site of NC3& would be deemed acceptable and in compliance with the specification. 8.0 CONCLUSIONS Our preliminary review of the mechanical services documentation shows the following: 9.0 Some of the specified design criteria are considered low for the given room usage. Alternative design criteria have been proposed, based on the relevant Australian Standard and our project experience, and taking into consideration the requirements of minimising noise intrusion and maximising speech privacy, without upgrading the building sound insulation 10.0 The location of FCU's and AHU's In the ceiling void above sensitive spaces presents potential problems in terms of achieving the design criteria 11.0 The maximum air volume specified for a 600x600mm grille Is excessive ainc-will cause problems with airflow generated noise. Additional grilles would need to be introduced in some areas to reduce the air volume per diffuser 12.0 The grille neck sizes specified for given air volumes are too small, which will cause excessive alr velocities and subsequent problems with airflow generated noise 13.0 The specified in line duct mounted centrifugal fans are noisy and are likely to cause noise problems in the spaces served by the fans. A quieter fan selection such as a mixed flow fan is recommended 14.0 The location of AHU attenuators in ceiling voids will present problems with noise breakout from the duct before the attenuator. The attenuators will need to be relocated into plant rooms to prevent this problem, or external duct lagging will have to be introduced 15.0 The external static selections nominated for the various equipment: items appears excessive. The external static should be reduced as much as possible In order to minimise equipment noise generation 16.0 Care must be exercised when selecting equipment that it is not oversized, which can lead to problems associated with having to artificially introduce additional static pressure by excessive throttling of dampers, which leads to noise problems (CAF AduiMtNaw SK nralim rennet NBNDIR (2) roudl 464002 rafoemnat NAC. 28MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS 17.0 The fresh air intakes for the chiller room, generator room, compressar and vacuum room appear to be conventional louvres. This will cause “the design criteria to be exceeded. Acoustic louvres or attenuated duct work will be required for the fresh air intakes to these rooms 18.0 The number of attenuators specified for the project is excessive. The use of internal duct lining, particularly for exhaust fans, will often provide sufficient noise attenuation to achieve the design criteria 19.0 Requirements for equipment vibration Isolation, such as plinths for all equipment, spring hangers even for small fans, extensive vibration isolation hangers for pipe work and duct work, etc are concidered excessive 20.0 Requirements for internal duct lining for all exhaust fans serving air conditioned areas and for the first 8m of AHU ducting is considered excessive and will not necessarily be required to achieve the design criteria 21.0 The use of flexible duct should be considered to provide down duct nsise control and so reduce the extent of Internal duct lining and reduce attenuator lengths. An additional benefit would be to simplify the connection between rigid duct and diffusers 22.0 Preliminary acoustic treatment has been nominated for a selection of equipment, including preliminary attenuator insertion loss figures. The analysis has at this stage been conducted on the basis of the specified design criteria and excluding the effect of flexible duct. OF the systems analysed, the majority of exhaust fans do not require attenuators, but all of the AHU's and FCU's do require attenuators 23,0 Maximum duct velocities have been recommended in order to meet the various design criteria. Our preliminary analysis of the current duct sizes and air volumes of selected equipment indicates that the duct velocities in the FCU's and EF’s are acceptable, although excessive alt velocities were identified in the ceiling mounted AHU's and plant room AHU's. In summary, in order to achieve the specified design criterla, some design changes are required. Alternatively, the specified design criteria would have to be changed to a less stringent criteria for selected areas, as indicated above, Detalled analysis of each equipment item, including sound power fevels, ductwork routing and configurations, attenuator selection etc would be required to achieve the specified design criteria, This is not in the current scope of work of Marshall Day Acoustics. CAFdelAMMay SK pratio rennet 120998 (21 ervel 481002 eafrmval NAC anMARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS APPENDIX A: VIBRATION ISOLATION SELECTION CHART ‘SELECTION OF ISOLATOR TYPE AND DEFLECTION, mm AT GRADE ‘SUSPENDED FLOOR-SLAB* TYPE OF EQUIPMENT#* Type Deflection Type Deflection “BOILERS E NE Ere ee ere reer eee CHILLERS N 6 s 40 COMPRESSORS S&I 19 sar 40 COOLING TOWERS N 6 vs 40 AXIAL FANS < 400mm diam Nor HN 6 SorHS 20 > 400mm diam — $ or HS 20 SorHS 40 CENTRIFUGAL FANS — < 400mm diam Nor HN 6 SorHS 20 > 400mm diam, $ &B 45 S&B 45 <= 500%pm > 400mm diam, S&B 19 S&B 19 > 500rpm PUMPS <4KW N&B 6 S&I 9 7 > 4KW sar 19 S&I 40 GENERATOR SETS < 20kW N&I 9 sal 40 20-90kW N&I 9 sal 65 > 90kW Nal 9 sal 90 Notes: oa 2g°GE% HS I ‘Steel Springs (S) Neoprene, Rubber or Fibreglass Mounts (N) Hangers (H) Valid for suspended floor slab up to &m span (between columns) only. Longer spans will require specific design Assumes plant near office space. Upgrade for critical installations (eg TV studios), downgrade for plant well away from occupied space Stee! springs Neoprene hanger Laterally restrained springs Structural steel! base Vertically restrained springs Neoprene or rubber mount Spring hanger Concrete inertia base Springs shouki be selected to provide a horizontal stiffness at least 100% of the vertical stiffness to ensure stability. Springs shall allow 50% travel beyond rated load, Springs shall incorporate a ribbed neoprene noise stop pad of the following thickness: <5omm spring static deflection: minimum = gmm_— thick pad >Somm spring static deflection: minimum 20mm thick pad (two layers of double ribbed rubber or neoprene of maximum 60 durometer separated by 1.6mm eteel) High frequency vibration isolators shall be of rubber or neoprene of hardness less than 60 durometer, or high density, pre-compressed moulded fibreglass. Isolators should incorporate ‘steel! plates to permit bolting to the supported equipment ond structure Vibration hangers shall contain a steel spring and noise stop element in series. Spring diameters and hanger box lower hole sizes must be large enough t9 permit, the hanger rod to swing through a 301 arc before contacting the hole. The siolse stop element shall be neoprene, rubber or fibreglass and have a minimum thickness of 25mmMARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS