Easter 2021

Spring is in the air and we’re all looking forward to warmer and longer days. Spring traditionally marks a new beginning, and we hope that is truer than ever this year.

New Staff

We are delighted to welcome two highly experienced new members of staff to the Miller Goodall team.

 David Sproston joins the Acoustic team as a principal consultant. He has wide experience in the measurement, calculation and assessment of environmental noise in the residential, commercial, industrial, healthcare and education sectors. 

 David is a member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and the Institute of Acoustics. He sits on the publications committee of the Institute of Acoustics and received an award for distinguished service in 2013.

Phil Walton is the latest member of the Air Quality team, joining us in the role of senior air quality consultant. He specialises in air quality dispersion modelling of road and combustion sources, air quality and dust monitoring, olfactometry odour surveying and reporting, and dust assessments.

Phil is a member of the Institute of Air Quality Management and an associate member of the Institute of Environmental Sciences.

Improvements to the Way We Work

The last few months have provided Jo and Lesley with an opportunity to make some fantastic improvements to the way we work. We have implemented new project management software (WorkflowMax) to track and progress our projects, a new telephone system to communicate better with clients and improve home working for our team, and we have taken on two really experienced team members. All of which put us in a really strong position to take on more new and exciting projects and provide our clients with an even better service.

If anyone would like any information about the systems we have installed, we are happy to share.

Office to Residential Change of Use - The New Challenge?

With the increase in home working as a result of the Covid pandemic, we think that there will be an increase in the number of applications for the Change of Use from office to residential accommodation. This will bring with it challenges to achieve the requirements of Part E of the Building Regulations for sound insulation.

The priority for any developer is to ensure that any construction alterations to a property meet the sound insulation requirements and they get it right first time. Retrofitting acoustic insulation is expensive and can put costly delays onto a scheme.

For sound insulation detailing and testing there is a clear benefit to using an acoustic consulting with experience in identifying the best methods for sound insulating a property, and who can identify the reasons for failures and provide advice to put them right.

Ideally, professional acoustic advice should be sought early on to ensure a coordinated design that meets the sound insulation requirements from the outset. This saves costly remedial work if compliance issues are discovered during the testing and after the building work has finished.

Miller Goodall are members of the Association of Noise Consultants registration scheme for Approved Document E (ADE) and have the experience to provide this work for you. Please get in touch if you would like more information on our sound insulation detailing and testing services.