The 2014 edition of BS4142 is an example of the increasing emphasis placed by standards and other documents on estimating the uncertainty in any acoustic measurement; it devotes 7 pages to a subject which was not mentioned at all in the 1997 version. Even with 7 pages of guidance, though, it is not always easy to work out what is required and how it can be achieved. For other types of assessment there may be little guidance available at all.
I will be trying to pin down exactly what we mean by uncertainty, and reviewing some of the sources of guidance. This will be a workshop rather than a lecture though. There will be the opportunity to share your current practice and advice with other IOA members. It is anticipated that this talk will enable the audience to agree that assessing uncertainty is not an additional bureaucratic chore, but an essential component of any acoustic assessment. In the words of BS4142:2014, “An appreciation of the uncertainties in the measurement is likely to lead to a better understanding of the measurement…”
A selection of refreshments will be provided. The map of the campus is attached (building 199 in G3) and the directions to the Diamond can also be found at
[https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.432139!/file/campus-map-dec2014.pdf].
Secure parking is available in the nearby Q-park off Rockingham Street
[https://www.q-park.co.uk/parking/sheffield/q-park-rockingham-street]. Alternatively B- and C-type car parks on the university campus [https://www.shef.ac.uk/parkingservices] can be used to park after 17:00.
We will welcome any members from other branches of the Institute.
The Diamond Building
Leavygreave Road
Sheffield,
S3-7RD
United Kingdom