Acoustics Noise Vibration staff have provided advice to developers, councils and state government bodies regarding development approval matters including: mandatory code MP4.4, RPEQ Certification, City Plan 2014, review of Council and State Government noise criteria, Residential, Community, Health, Child Care, Hospitality, Sport, Retail, Concerts, Theme Parks, Commercial, Education, Infrastructure, and Industrial developments. Our staff are well regarded by local and state government bodies which assists in providing a direct path to the best outcome. Our approach to proposed developments is to provide the appropriate level of detail necessary to address both the matters raised and associated issues which may have been over-looked, thus minimising the time and financial risk to clients.

The Acoustics Goal:

The goal of the acoustic consultant is to provide clear advice regarding the requirements to achieve the approval. For developers and government bodies this requires:

• a thorough knowledge of the noise policy,
• an understanding of the background to the policy,
• a technical assessment with the level of detail appropriate for the project,
• assessment of both the impact of the proposal on the surrounding land uses and the impact of the surrounding uses on the proposed site, and
• being able to negotiate suitable conditions including defending the noise assessment in planning and environment legal proceedings should the matter proceed to appeal.

Key Elements:

Developments have included:

• heritage buildings,
• refurbishment of existing facilities, and
• new building projects.

Acoustic work has included:

• background noise and vibration monitoring,
• setting site specific noise criteria,
• development of suitable criteria where the Council does not have a noise policy,
• traffic noise modelling to allow assessment of noise categories under mandatory code MP4.4, City Plan 2014, Regional and City Council criteria, Transport and Main Roads policy, Queensland Rail policy,
• aircraft noise assessment to Council and AS2021 requirements,
• negotiation of suitable noise and vibration conditions,
• development of noise and vibration managements plans to allow the development to be approved,
• defects inspections during construction,
• compliance inspections and noise monitoring to satisfy development conditions, and
• RPEQ certification of compliance.

Policy review and development work has been undertaken for State Government and Councils including:

• review of mandatory code MP4.4 with Queensland Government,
• workshop sections of Brisbane City Plan 2014 new noise policy with Brisbane City Council, and
• development of the Noise Management Plan and Protocols for South Bank.

Refer to the Policy and Peer Review page for further details

Facilities have included:

• Residential high rise and subdivisions,
• churches,
• child care centres,
• aged care,
• health,
• education facilities,
• entertainment venues,
• theme park rides & events,
• outdoor concerts,
• motor racing,
• retail centres,
• service stations,
• commercial and mixed use developments,
• industrial sub-divisions,
• dog kennels,
• hardware centres,
• construction workers camps,
• abattoirs,
• rail & road corridors,
• concrete batching plant,
• construction noise & vibration,
• bio-fuel refining plant,
• quarries & mines,
• wind farms,
• power stations,
• power distribution and sub-stations,
• mechanical workshops,
• oil & gas industry,
• timber milling,
• transport tunnels,
• water and sewerage plants, and
• waste transfer stations.

Projects undertaken by Acoustics Noise Vibration staff have included:

Residential estates

• North Lakes residential sub-division
• Augustus residential sub-division
• Gladstone residential sub-division

Residential towers & apartments

• Longland Street mixed use development Newstead
• Wyandra Street apartments Newstead
• Doggett Street apartments Newstead
• Cornwall Street apartments Woolloongabba
• Logan Road apartments Mt Gravatt
• Finucane Road apartments Alexandra Hills
• Review of proposed triple tower mixed use development Fortitude Valley
• Roma Street Backpackers Hostel
• Highfields Motel Toowoomba

Church & Community

• Bridgeman Baptist Church youth facility and meeting rooms
• Kenmore Baptist Church
• Gateway Baptist Church
• Hosanna Church
• Coomera Youth centre

Health

• Woodford Aged care
• Coolangatta Aged Care Facility & Workshops
• South Tweed Aged Care
• Blue Care Redlands Facility
• Herston Medical Research Centre
• Hervey Bay Hospital
• Royal Brisbane Hospital Central Energy Plant
• GP Super Clinic
• Bundaberg Crematorium

Child care centres

• The Gap Child Care
• McDowall Child Care

Hospitality

• Cheers Tavern, Kenmore
• Woolstore Function Centre, Cairns

Sport

• Jindalee Sports Centre
• Toowoomba Sports Grounds
• AFL match Sydney Cricket Ground
• Archerfield Speedway
• Night Tennis Courts – Westlake and Milton

Retail

• ALDI stores throughout Qld and northern NSW
• Marsden Specialty Shops
• Data Centre tenancy Kenmore shopping centre
• Centro Milton
• Homemaker Centre Maroochydore
• Bunnings Toowoomba

Concerts

• Splendour in the Grass Festival monitoring for conditions
• Laneway Festival discussions with Council
• Dreamworld Theme Park – morning events, evening events, night time concerts
• South Bank open air and piazza (semi-enclosed space) events including: rock concerts, opera, cinema, bike races, competitions, presentation ceremonies, corporate promotional events, markets, and festivals

Theme Parks

• Dreamworld Theme Park – Reptar Roller Coaster, Cyclone Roller Coaster, The Claw ride, White Water World Theme Park, Beattie Road Land Use investigation
• Polo Amusement Park – Review of proposed development

Education

• Australian Catholic University refurbishment and development Banyo
• Yeronga TAFE
• University of Queensland Medical School, Herston
• Various Ministerial Designations for State Schools

Dog Kennels

• RSPCA dog noise Toowoomba
• Dog Kennels Maryborough

Service Stations

• Seven Eleven store and BP Service Stations
• Arundel Service Station & Fast Food
• BP Service Station Car Wash facilities

Infrastructure & Industry

• Road tunnel ventilation station noise, Sydney – West Connex Stage 1b, West Connex Stage 2
• Water Pumping station
• Power Station noise at farm residence
• Directlink power transmission project
• Power Sub-stations – North Tweed Heads, Banora Point, South Tweed Heads, Cudgen, Terranora, Coffs Harbour, Murwillumbah, Lennox Head, Ballina
• Frog Metals
• One Steel Gladstone
• Workers construction camps Thangool and Chinchilla
• QGC and SANTOS Pipe laydown areas and haul routes Thangool and Port Alma
• Mackay Quarry
• Mt Marrow Quarry
• Landscape Supplies, Warner
• Rockhampton Lime Plant redevelopment review
• Industrial estate Beaudesert
• Industrial estate Mackay
• Waste Transfer Stations Nerang and Pinkenba