Assessing and counteracting the ground and structure borne vibration issues arising from urban development is an ongoing challenge for the acoustics profession.
Temporary effects arise from demolition, general construction activities, piling and tunnelling. Measuring and controlling the effects of vibration can be particularly challenging when existing buildings share a party wall with the development/redevelopment site.
The pressure on land for residential and non-residential development has generated a need to build above and/or adjacent to railways. The need to be able to predict and optimally minimise the adverse groundborne vibration and noise effects upon future occupants is essential to ensure that these developments are fit for purpose.
This one day meeting aims to enable practitioners and academics to showcase how they have tackled (or are tackling) this challenging area of work and share lessons learned.
The committee is requesting papers covering the following areas:
- Measurement, assessment and control of vibration from demolition and construction activities;
- Measurement of baseline vibration levels and assessment of how they will affect proposed development;
- Prediction of vibration and/or groundborne noise levels;
- Mitigation of vibration and/or groundborne noise levels;
- Evaluating vibration propagation patterns;
- How different building constructions and foundation types affect transmission of groundborne vibration through the building structure;
- The effects of transducer mounting methods on measured vibration levels;
- Practical considerations and problems in measuring vibration and groundborne noise;
- Vibration and Groundborne Noise Metrics and how they relate to complaints, subjective response and effects upon vibration-sensitive equipment and/or activities;
- Unusually challenging case studies; and
- Relevant ongoing academic work.
Key dates
Please send your abstract (250 words) plus a short biography of up to 250 words to sheema.ali@ioa.org.uk by Friday 9 May 2025 for consideration.
Successful speakers will be notified shortly afterwards.
Technical and organisational contacts
Mike Breslin (Technical) mbreslin@anv.uk.com
Sheema Ali (Organisational) sheema.ali@ioa.org.uk