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Auckland Pistol Club Resolves Noise Complaints
The Problem The Auckland Pistol Club is one of New Zealand’s oldest gun clubs. Situated in the rural setting of Brookby, South of Auckland, the club has been active since the 1960s. Due to [...]
Wellington Noise Barrier Project
The Problem An SFI SOE (State Owned Enterprise) customer has a facility in Wellington with substantial outdoor welding and grinding. As part of their due diligence, the customer conducted assessment studies on the impact [...]
Why Floodstop?
Why Floodstop? The effects of a flood are devasting for both businesses and residential properties. Even if insurance does cover the majority of your loss, and even after an intense clean-up, your property is [...]
Worksafe is focussing on noise in the workplace
Worksafe have launched a campaign this week to highlight the risks related to excess noise and how each workplace can best manage noise. Worksafe has highlighted the fact that personal hearing protection (for example, [...]
Savory Construction is serious about managing construction noise for all stakeholders
Savory Construction was carrying out trenching works for utility services at Auckland’s iconic Aotea square. With noise levels a concern for the large amount of public foot traffic, Supply Force provided the solution for [...]
Managing Noise on Construction Sites
Construction is by nature a noisy process. The noise generated on a construction site has an impact on a number of different construction health and safety concerns. Addressing excess noise on a construction site [...]
For Gibson O’Connor managing noise is paramount to their daily operations
Managing noise at their construction sites has become a high priority for Gibson O’Connor Gibson O’Connor identified that site conditions including geometry, boundary structures, and proximity to neighbours meant that managing noise was paramount to [...]
British Telecom uses Floodstop products to proactively protect against floods
How BT protect against floods Day or night, 365 days a year if an exchange is threatened, members of British Telecom's Emergency Response Team are deployed to protect it. They work [...]
Wellington Summer Shakespeare is using Echo Barrier
See our product in action at Reading Carpark – cnr Tory and Wakefield Streets – where Wellington Summer Shakespeare is using Echo Barrier to great effect to minimise the impact of noise. Check [...]
Worksafe NZ is tuning in to the issue of noise in construction
Continuing a growing, global awareness of the impact of noise in the workplace, Worksafe has increased its focus on the problem in 2018. In a recent post specifically on the subject of Noise In [...]
What is a Temporary Noise Barrier?
Temporary noise barriers, also known as noise curtains, noise mats or acoustic barriers are products that can be deployed across a number of industries and applications to reduce excess noise created by a wide [...]
‘Noise is bad for you’ – Studies link to excessive noise pollution
Noise is bad for you with studies linking excessive noise pollution to instances of hearing impairment, sleep disturbance and anxiety. But new research has suggested it can also make you infertile. Construction workers beware! [...]