Vive on the Park is a multistory apartment complex in San Diego where the fitness center is located above residences. The products that were chosen featured recycled rubber backing with a number of different surfaces coordinated with the sleek, contemporary styling of the rest of the building. Since there are residential units below the gym, acoustic surfacing was required to control sound. Vive on the Park (Figure 9), an upscale apartment complex in San Diego has a slogan that could apply to new and renovated buildings going up in many urban neighborhoods: “Luxe living in the middle of it all.” The state-of-the-art, multilevel fitness center is located on an upper level of the multistory apartment complex. In many urban buildings, there are bars, restaurants, living spaces, and fitness areas close together.įor the users of fitness spaces, flooring can improve safety and performance while isolating sound between one space, say the tango aerobics class, and another, possibly a restorative yoga class.įor neighbors of fitness spaces, they are better isolated from loud noises such as pounding feet and dropped weights. In hotels (as well as restaurants and dedicated fitness clubs) operating in our world of instant viral reviews, noise in the wrong place at the wrong time can have lasting impact on the bottom line. Sound transmission between rooms and floors is a constant issue. Impressive, well-equipped fitness spaces are an essential component of most hotels, as well as most full-service urban residential and multipurpose buildings. And second, because the two functions are more and more often found in close physical proximity. First, because sound transmission (measured particularly by IIC and ∆IIC ratings) is a key issue in both types.
The flooring solution included 83,000 square feet of a rubber sound-control underlayment that provided better noise deadening than other sound-insulation products used in previous projects.įitness and hospitality buildings are included together here for two reasons. “When people are buying condos, they don’t want to hear the neighbors walking all over the place, so acoustics are important,” says Mike Vallez, project manager of design and construction for Wensmann Homes, the developers of many projects including Bard’s Crossing, a retirement community condominium in a suburb of St. We were extremely satisfied with the results: IIC field ratings of 64 with wood, 55 with ceramic tile, and 56 with vinyl.” According to Mike Vallez, project manager of design and construction for the developer Wensmann Homes, the choice of sound insulation “produced the highest IIC ratings of anything we’ve used. The objective was to give the residents exceptional but cost-effective sound-reduction levels when installed under many different surfaces. In the Bard’s Crossing condominium development in Rosemount, Minnesota, (Figure 8) recycled rubber acoustic soundproofing mats were used as part of specially designed open-web floor/ceiling assemblies to control sound in a large, senior-targeted complex. One strategy for controlling sound, particularly sound transmission, while still using a variety of surfaces is to use effective underlayments developed to provide sound control when installed in different configurations.
Flooring that helps absorb sound (high NRC rating) and reduce sound transmission (high IIC rating) is essential for peace, privacy, and sleep.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development, sets standards for controlling noise in multifamily dwellings.īut building code minimums are not sufficient for much of today’s construction, notably the new high-end urban complexes being built or renovated in large numbers all over the country to accommodate changing demographics. Also, the Guide to Airborne, Impact, and Structure-Borne Noise Control in Multifamily Dwellings, published by U.S. As mentioned earlier, most local building codes have strict minimums on acoustic ratings.
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