CCS - Castle Computer Suites Ltd.

Demonstration/Training Rooms | Fabric

Location

Preferably, adjoining the main reception area to ease access security. Visitors need to be screened before entering the premises. Their penetration into it afterwards should be kept to a minimum.

Access to toilets and restaurant facilities also needs to be nearby.

As silent a location as possible assists with the problem of separating the facility acoustically from the remainder of the premises and outside noise sources and vibration.

A pleasing aspect assists in the “First impression” we need to encourage.

Drains

We need a point to take condensate feeds. If the facility location requirements have been met we will find an outlet in adjacent toilets, canteen or kitchen.

Walls

Walls need to be sufficiently solid to enable the room to be acoustically separated from the remainder of the premises. Where partition walls occur, they need acoustic lining and an isolating skin erecting.

Fire resistance needs to be considered, for what is usually an expensively fitted-out facility.

Floor

Arguably a raised floor will provide a convenient void for the passage of various services. However this convenience needs to be weighed against the problems of access onto the floor and the affects a high volume of foot traffic might have on the floor stability, vibration and the acoustic reflection problems it may cause.

We prefer a solid, well-insulated floor slab.

Ceiling Slab/Roof

Seal
It needs to be watertight/proof.

Strength/vibration
In the case of the ceiling slab being a floor for the area above It needs to be sufficiently rigid to resist deflection/vibration from movement activity above.

Penetrations
In the case of a roof, any roof lights should be blocked out by either replacement with roof sheeting, or by the application of solar reflective paint.

Vent ducts and the like in a roof are a source of rainwater ingress. They should be removed or their weatherproof integrity checked and safe maintenance access to them ensured.

Doors

Doors contained in the perimeter walls of the room need to be solid cored and fire resistant to the same rating as the walls in which they occur.

Vision panels need similar fire rating.

Internal doors need to be solid cored and acoustically sealed. Where they adjoin noisy or sensitive areas, then two doors, arranged one in front of another, may be required to acoustically isolate the facility.

Windows

External windows brighten the space and are an asset where there is a pleasant external aspect.

Double-glazing is required to assist in maintaining comfortable temperatures inside the room. However it has little affect acoustically. To acoustically insulate the windows, sealed inner glazing is required – having a minimum 50mm air space between.

Suspended Ceilings

There is an opportunity to take advantage of the wide range of decorative suspended ceiling tiles now available.

The tiles need to be acoustically absorbing and, depending on the audio visual equipment and comms facilities being used in the room, they can have wireless antennae built into them.

Decoration & Wall Cladding

Walls need to have Class O flame spread. In practice, this means that they may be decorated with emulsion paint or vinyl wall cloth.

Vinyl emulsion provides a surface that can be cleaned as easily as wall cloth. It is however easier to maintain.

Wall cloths provide a further opportunity to improve the acoustics within a room.

Where additional acoustic treatment is required, some walls may be lined with fibre boarding or tiles, which are acoustically absorbing.

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