For projects in Calgary
Venue and restaurant acoustics in Calgary
Two different jobs that get quoted as one: keeping bass inside the building for the neighbours, and making the room comfortable enough that guests can talk. Solving one does nothing for the other. Community centres, school gymnasiums and church halls carry speech, music and sport in the same hard volume.
- Containment
- Low frequency through structure to flats above and beside. Mass, decoupling and a sealed envelope.
- Table level comfort
- Absorption at the ceiling so guests stop raising their voices at each other.
- Entrance and service
- Doors, lobbies and extract paths, which is where most of the leakage actually is.
- Quote
- From a plan and a section, within 48 hours
01 / The material
What you are buying, and what it fixes in Calgary
Two different jobs that get quoted as one: keeping bass inside the building for the neighbours, and making the room comfortable enough that guests can talk. Solving one does nothing for the other.
Community centres, school gymnasiums and church halls carry speech, music and sport in the same hard volume.
Work reaching us from Calgary is mostly corporate offices and operations centres, condo towers, schools, clinics, home theatres.
- A long way inland Vancouver then rail across the mountains. It is a real leg with real time attached, and we build it into the date rather than quoting a port arrival.
- Operations centres run all day Rooms where people monitor, take calls and talk over each other for twelve hours need intelligibility and privacy together, not just less echo.
- Sealed against deep cold Buildings close up for months and mechanical systems work hard. Sound stops leaking out and starts building up, so absorption has to be balanced rather than maximised.
- Containment Low frequency through structure to flats above and beside. Mass, decoupling and a sealed envelope.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for venue soundproofing are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Calgary.
Nightclub and venue soundproofing SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl
02 / The build-up
How the layers stack, from the structure inwards
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Layer 1
SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl
A limp, high density sheet that adds mass to a partition, floor or duct without adding depth. In Calgary, forced air heating runs most of the year, so duct-borne noise and return air paths carry sound between rooms as reliably as the walls do.
Wall, decoupled. Independent stud, membrane between the boards, cavity absorption, two boards. The membrane is one part of a system, never the whole answer.
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Layer 2
Soundproofing materials
The blocking side of the range taken together: mass loaded vinyl, resilient layers, cavity absorption and the build-ups they belong in. In Calgary, community centres, school gymnasiums and church halls carry speech, music and sport in the same hard volume.
Independent leaf. A second wall that does not touch the first. Nothing else comes close for the money.
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Layer 3
Acoustic carpet and rugs
A tile carpet with a dense polyester face on a felt backing. In Calgary, school buildings run hard floors and lay-in tile with long heating seasons and sealed envelopes, so rooms stay live and mechanical noise is always present.
Zoned. Carpet in the circulation and meeting zones, hard floor elsewhere, so the treatment sits where the noise is made.
We would rather argue about the build-up at design stage than on site. See how we support architects.
03 / Local conditions
What we see driving Calgary briefs
- A long way inland
Vancouver then rail across the mountains. It is a real leg with real time attached, and we build it into the date rather than quoting a port arrival.
- Operations centres run all day
Rooms where people monitor, take calls and talk over each other for twelve hours need intelligibility and privacy together, not just less echo.
- Sealed against deep cold
Buildings close up for months and mechanical systems work hard. Sound stops leaking out and starts building up, so absorption has to be balanced rather than maximised.
- Light frame residential
Condo and house construction is gypsum on studs, which passes low frequency far more easily than concrete. Added mass and decoupling do the work.
- Assembly and performance rooms
Community centres, school gymnasiums and church halls carry speech, music and sport in the same hard volume.
04 / Room by room
What each space in a Calgary project needs
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Containment
Low frequency through structure to flats above and beside. Mass, decoupling and a sealed envelope. Vancouver then rail across the mountains. It is a real leg with real time attached, and we build it into the date rather than quoting a port arrival.
- Soundproofing materials, 2100 kg per cubic metre. 2.5 mm STC 30 at 5.25 kg per sq m, 4 mm STC 34 at 8.4, 6 mm at 12.6
- Acoustic panels, 1800 x 900 mm, image printed into the felt rather than onto a facing
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, High density polyester
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Table level comfort
Absorption at the ceiling so guests stop raising their voices at each other. Rooms where people monitor, take calls and talk over each other for twelve hours need intelligibility and privacy together, not just less echo.
- Soundproofing materials, 1800 x 900 x 20 mm, 100 kg per cubic metre, NRC 0.85
- Acoustic panels, Cut pattern in PET felt, adds visual rhythm without changing the absorber
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, Felt
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Entrance and service
Doors, lobbies and extract paths, which is where most of the leakage actually is. Buildings close up for months and mechanical systems work hard. Sound stops leaking out and starts building up, so absorption has to be balanced rather than maximised.
- Soundproofing materials, Mass, then decoupling, then cavity absorption, then sealing
- Acoustic panels, ASTM C423
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, 64 sq ft per pack
Interior designers tend to arrive with the look already decided. We will tell you which finish gets there without losing the acoustics. See how we work with interior designers.
04 / Conditions
Durability in Calgary, before acoustics is discussed
Calgary is cool and damp, with long heating seasons and cold external walls, and that narrows the material list before acoustics is discussed.
Cold wall build-ups and long heating seasons mean interstitial condensation is a real risk behind any lining. PET felt is unaffected by damp air and will not feed mould where a fabric-faced mineral product would.
The failure we design against here is condensation behind linings in older, poorly insulated stock.
Where a consultant is already engaged on a Calgary project, we supply to their specification and send the test reports rather than describing them. More on working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Worth knowing
Six mistakes that turn into a second fit-out
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Panels on the wall as a neighbour noise solution
This is the one that comes back as a second fit-out rather than a snag.
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A lobby with both doors able to open at once
A gap undoes the partition it sits in. Sealing is the cheapest line on the quote and the first one to get cut.
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Extract ducting that bypasses every wall you built
Enclose the machine, break the vibration path, then deal with what is left. Doing it in the other order costs more and achieves less.
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Treating it as a generic Calgary job
Vancouver then rail across the mountains. It is a real leg with real time attached, and we build it into the date rather than quoting a port arrival.
05 / Logistics
Supply into Calgary, start to site
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Vancouver, then rail and road to Calgary |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Vancouver, then rail |
| Support | Drawings, build-ups, BOQ and material that arrives complete |
Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Add the sea leg to Vancouver and the rail leg inland, and plan the full window. We quote both parts separately.
Sea freight into Vancouver, then rail and road to Calgary. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
Questions from Calgary projects
What makes venue and restaurant acoustics different in Calgary?
Community centres, school gymnasiums and church halls carry speech, music and sport in the same hard volume. Vancouver then rail across the mountains. It is a real leg with real time attached, and we build it into the date rather than quoting a port arrival.
Where should the budget go first on a Calgary project?
Containment. Low frequency through structure to flats above and beside. Mass, decoupling and a sealed envelope. Table level comfort. Absorption at the ceiling so guests stop raising their voices at each other.
Do you have an office or installation team in Calgary?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Calgary. We give you drawings, build-ups, a BOQ and material that arrives complete, and we will tell you plainly when a job needs a local contractor we cannot be.
How does material get to a Calgary site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Vancouver, then rail and road to Calgary, dispatch: 4 to 7 working days. Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Add the sea leg to Vancouver and the rail leg inland, and plan the full window. We quote both parts separately.
What goes wrong most often on this kind of project?
Panels on the wall as a neighbour noise solution. A lobby with both doors able to open at once.
What do you need from us to quote?
A plan, a section through the critical partition or ceiling, and what the room is for. From that we can give a build-up and a BOQ rather than a price per square foot.
Next step
Send the drawings, get a straight answer
We quote from drawings, not from a square foot rate. Send a plan and the section through the critical wall or ceiling and you will get something you can actually build from.