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  • Vibration Overview

    RWDI specializes in vibration control, having extensive expertise and experience with design issues related to vibration-sensitive equipment (MRI, NMR, SEM etc.), occupant comfort and control of vibration from building services.  Available technologies include state-of-the art measurement and modeling capabilities for detailed assessments of vibration impacts on a broad range of facilities including research and diagnostic imaging, healthcare, nanotechnology, long span floors in commercial and residential applications.  Our work encompasses nanoscale applications to whole building vibration on the tallest structures and longest bridges in the world.

  • Benefits

    • Functional spaces for stringent vibration-sensitive uses today and tomorrow.
    • Space efficient designs allowing layouts to balance vibration needs with other design constraints.
    • Occupant comfort and serviceability.
    • Damage prevention of high value / mission critical applications.
    • Facilitating sustainable design by otherwise difficult adaptive building reuse and site density in urban refill.

  • Issues

    Building vibration:

    • Site survey / monitoring / testing.
    • Compatibility for sensitive uses.
    • Vibration isolation.
    • Building services vibration (mechanical and other) control.
    • Floor structural dynamics.
    • Design of vibration-sensitive facilities.

    Environmental and community noise and vibration:

    • Expert witness and public testimony.
    • Environmental noise and vibration impacts for land use approvals.
    • Environmental assessment & permitting.
    • Master planning.
    • Transportation noise & vibration (road, rail & aircraft).
    • Environmental noise / vibration permitting.

     

  • Resources

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