Designing for Sound and Vibration in Steel Facilities
Join us for an insightful session on vibration and acoustical considerations for steel facilities. This session defines key metrics of sound engineering, looks at assemblies that achieve desired ratings, and explores good design practices to mitigate vibration and acoustic problems.
Seminar Overview:
This session focuses on vibration and acoustical considerations where sound isolation and structural vibration issues are critical to achieving performance objectives in the design of buildings. Vibrations caused by mechanical equipment, people walking on a structured floor, or airborne noise can disrupt occupants in any type of building; however, serious performance problems can arise in critical building functions if proper design provisions are not taken. Laboratory building vibrations can interfere with sensitive equipment, derail experiments, and affect the behavior of laboratory animals. Uncontrolled sounds in recording studios, television studios, and concert venues can ruin productions. Hospital vibrations and noise can impede surgical procedures and interfere with patient recovery.
This session defines key metrics of sound engineering such as Sound Transmission Class (STC), Impact Insulation Class (IIC), and Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC), and presents floor and wall assemblies that achieve ratings for uses of different spaces. We will discuss published information on vibration and acoustics such as AISC Design Guide 11, Design of Steel-Framed Structural Systems Due to Human Activity, and Design Guide 30, Sound Isolation and Noise Control in Steel Buildings. We will also consider floor vibration analysis programs such as Floorvibe, incorporated into Bentley’s RAM Structural System. Finally, we will explore good design practices to mitigate vibration and acoustic problems such as proper corridor design, beam span and bay sizes, equipment layout, mass dampening, isolation, and commissioning.
Presented By: Franklin D. Lancaster, PE, RA, F.ASCE, LEED AP BD+C
Speaker Bio
Franklin D. Lancaster, PE, RA, F.ASCE, LEED AP BD+C is the Global Federal Structural Practice Director at Jacobs where he is responsible for aligning a diverse set of design groups across the globe to develop resilient, high-performance buildings for a more connected, sustainable world. Mr. Lancaster earned a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering at Penn State University, and an MBA at the State University of New York at Buffalo. With 36 years in the A/E industry as both a licensed Professional Engineer and Registered Architect, he continues to seek out better ways to enhance integration of all disciplines throughout the design process.
Jacobs takes on the world’s most critical problems, providing mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $14 billion in annual revenue and a talent force of 55,000 people working in 40 countries, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.
This course will award 1 hour of continuing education.
Agenda:
Registration: 6:00 PM
Dinner: 6:30 PM
Presentation: 7:00 PM
Cost:
$20 SEAMi and NCSEA/ASCE Members
$25 Non-members
Free for students
Note: $5 late charge for registrations received after Thursday, March 14, 2024.
Late cancellations may not be refundable.
We look forward to seeing you there.