Buildings designed for research and development work will often contain lecture theatres and libraries which require good room acoustics, research offices and labs which must be adequately protected from noise generated in adjacent spaces and from workshops or even pilot plants. Noise from building HVAC & electrical equipment must also be controlled to provide an acceptable acoustic environment for the building occupants and the surrounding neighbourhood. Many specialized research and analytical facilities will contain electron microscopes and other sensitive instrumentation which demands special vibration isolation design for floor slabs and instrument mountings.
BKL is well experienced in the acoustical design of such facilities having worked on the following notable projects:
- Technology and Science Complex Modules 1 and 2, SFU
Vancouver, BC - Institute for Computing, Information & Cognitive System, UBC
Vancouver, BC - Cardiome Pharma
Vancouver, BC - Institute for Plant Health
Saanich, BC - Discovery Park Multi-Tenant Building
Burnaby, BC - Forintek Western Research Facility, UBC
Vancouver, BC - Ballard Research
Vancouver, BC - Westport Innovations
Vancouver, BC - QLT Phototherapeutics
Vancouver, BC - False Creek Research Park
Vancouver, BC - Abgenix-Pharma Inc.
Vancouver, BC - Powertech Labs. Inc.
Surrey, BC - Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada, UBC
Vancouver, BC - Acute Care Hospital Research Wing, UBC
Vancouver, BC - Alberta Research Council Facilities
Edmonton, Alberta - Institute of Ocean Sciences
Sidney, BC - Agriculture Canada Research Centre
Summerland, BC - University of Saskatchewan Agricultural Building
Saskatoon, SK - Department of Fisheries Laboratory
West Vancouver, BC - Forestry Sciences Building, UBC
Vancouver, BC - Lab Building for the University of Northern BC
Prince George - Disease Control Centre Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba - National Research Council/Institute for Machinery Research, UBC
Vancouver, BC