Acoustics

This Guideline (Part G) is intended to provide supporting guidance and recommendations on the acoustic design of new and refurbished healthcare buildings. It provided ready-to-use performance standards, sketches and diagrams for design and constructions aiming to offer and maintain a pleasant and comforting acoustic climate for the patients, visitors and the employees of the healthcare buildings.

Complete Part

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iHFG_part_G_complete.pdf	2.2mb	View

Chapters

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Introduction	275.8kb	View
Disclaimer	205.6kb	View
Acoustic Criteria	207.2kb	View
Architectural Acoustics	359.6kb	View
Room Acoustics	237.9kb	View
Building Services Noise & Vibration Transmission Control	346.2kb	View
Vibration Management	396.8kb	View
Acoustic Design for Electrical Outlets	207.4kb	View
Testing on Completion	214.6kb	View
Construction Noise and Vibration	217.2kb	View
Temporary Healthcare Facilities	204.1kb	View
Refurbishment Works	205.6kb	View
Inspection During Construction Stage	205.9kb	View
Appendix A – Glossary	267.0kb	View
Appendix B – Table for Noise Ingress and Building Services Noise Emissions	266.2kb	View
Appendix C - Examples of Wall Constructions	1.1mb	View
Appendix D - Building Services Installation / Penetrations	530.5kb	View
Appendix E - Example of Sound Insulation Calculations	221.2kb	View
Appendix F – Matrix of Room Adjacencies for Airborne Sound Insulation Performance	588.7kb	View
Appendix G – Useful Reading Material	209.2kb	View