Premium prices for residential developments need to ensure prospective home owners have an environment which provides a sense of value, security, and privacy without being confining. As premium sites become scarce developments are occurring more frequently in areas which are acoustically challenging. The location for a recent client was a magnificent valley with excellent bushland and water views . The site was snugly fitted into the convergence of two major arterial roads - one with eight lanes of commuter traffic and the second road with two lanes of commuter traffic and a steep incline. A beautiful location except for the roar of the traffic hidden just beyond the boundary of the site.

During the early feasibility stages, Camets provided monitoring and assessment services to clarify the magnitude of the potential serious traffic noise intrusion problems. Initial indications, based upon a simple dB(A) assessment, were that the site could be developed, but that careful attention would be required in the selection of facade elements to exclude high levels of traffic noise. With almost two hundred homes across the site, it became imperative that for the development to be cost effective, a graduation of windows types were necessary both across the site and within each building complex . Acoustic screening and courtyards were utilised .

Camets undertook detailed spectral measurements of the traffic noises and assessed the impact. We were able to demonstrate the varying impact in both character and intensity with elevation and distance, as the sound passed over, around, and behind buildings as it crossed the site. From this, windows with tested and guaranteed performance could then be matched with greater precision to each and every room, in each and every residence across the site.

This advanced approach has provided our client with substantial savings in the construction of his project and will ensure that each new home owner will be able to enjoy the magnificent views untroubled by the nearby traffic. The graphic displays accompanying the building application enabled council officers to have confidence in this unique approach .

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