Sound Advice 19 Preston Road, Lytham, Lancashire. FY8 5BL

Noise and Vibration Consultancy - Surveys, Instrumentation and Training.

 

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 Range of Services

 Contact Information

 Current Projects

 Biographical Information

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Range of Services
  1. Custom-built Training courses on all aspects of Noise and Vibration  

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  2. Industrial Noise Surveys to meet the current Noise Regulations. (Institute of Acoustics Competent Person Certificate).

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  3. Sound Pressure or Sound Power assessments to meet the CE Marking section of the EU Machinery Directive.

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  4. Research into all Noise and Vibration aspects of Product Development.

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  5. Environmental Noise and Vibration assessments in accordance with PPG24 / BS4142 / BS6472 / BS7385 etc.

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  6. Noise insulation testing for buildings and houses to BS2750/BS5821.

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  7. Instrument sales for Health & Safety Noise and Vibration work.

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  8. Reflectance Luminance and Contrast measuring facility for VDUs and office environments. (Sick Building Syndrome)

 

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Contact Information

Electronic mail address: johnm.houldsworth@easynet.co.uk

 

Web address: www.sound-lytham.co.uk 

 

Office : Tel or Fax: - 01253 796267.

 

VAT Registration: 636 2322 57

 

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Current Projects

Environmental Noise & Building Acoustics.

Sound Advice is currently involved with various housing developers in determining site noise and assessing the acoustic insulation perfomance of housing. Sound Advice is also working with several Local Authorities to measure industrial noise and its effects on neighbouring residential areas.

Industrial Noise and Vibration in the Workplace

Sound Advice is working with Yorkshire Electricity (http://www.yeg.co.uk) to assess noise and Hand/Arm vibration implications for workers in the Distribution division. There is also on-going work with Alsthom Engines, BNFL and Vickers Specialist Engines (http://www.vickers-specialist-engines.co.uk) on Noise projects.

 

Education & Training

Sound Advice provides the Basic Noise training sessions for the monthly Noise & Vibration in Industry seminars offered by Diagnostic Instruments Ltd. (http://www.diaginst.co.uk).

An Environmental Noise Lecture Tour of Ireland - Belfast, Dublin & Cork - is scheduled for May 9th to 12th 2000 in conjunction with Bruel & Kjaer Ireland.

A series of Noise Workshops for Local Authorities is being planned with Bruel & Kjaer (UK) Ltd. (Main Bruel & Kjaer website at http://www.bk.dk).

Details to be advised soon.

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Biographical Information

Sound Advice was founded in 1993 by John Houldsworth B.Sc. MIOA as a Noise and Vibration Consultancy with the intention of bringing practical solutions and common-sense to an area of technology that is often plagued by an over-complicated and expensive theoretical approach.

This approach is based on the use of the best instrumentation to gather data (Bruel & Kjaer Sound Level Meters) and more than 25 years experience in many parts of industry and commerce.

John Houldsworth was born in 1949 in Blackburn, Lancashire and holds a Degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Bradford. He is a Member of the Institute of Acoustics. His acoustic experience has been developed since 1974 with GEC Telecommunications, British Aerospace and latterly, for 15 years with Bruel & Kjaer (UK).

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Last Revised:

30 March, 2000

 

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