Our role in the project
As all new Premier Inn hotels have to:
Meet stringent brand-specific acoustic standards in order to deliver Premier Inn's Good Night Guarantee and;
Comply with country-specific acoustic regulations.
To achieve this we;
- Conducted ambient noise surveys;
- Provided noise and vibration design advice;
- Undertook in-depth acoustic commissioning tests in compliance with:
- BREEAM;
- Section 5 of the Building Standards Technical Handbook 2013;
- Premier Inn specifications.
Specific considerations
- Rigorous client acoustic standards
- Local road traffic noise
- Noise from mechanical ventilation
- BREEAM acoustic criteria
Acoustic features of this project
By being involved in the early design stage, we were able to address a number of acoustic challenges which included:
- External traffic noise from the busy East Market Street and Cranston Street;
- Noise intrusion from external mechanical plant equipment;
- Incorporating the required high performance glass* into the design and materials specification;
- Bedrooms that overlook streets with high levels of activity into the early hours of the morning.
*The high performance acoustic glazing specified by Premier Inn also requires inherently noisy mechanical ventilation. To overcome this, we:
- Tested noise levels throughout the day and night;
- Used noise modelling techniques to calculate noise levels on different façades;
- Recommended how the noise from mechanical ventilation can be reduced where required.
