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 specialised 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 Consultants Ltd. 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
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
Acute Care Hospital (including research wing) - UBC
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
Lab Building for the University of Northern BC - Prince George
Disease Control Centre Canada - Winnipeg, Manitoba
National Research Council/Institute for Machinery Research - UBC
Research Facilities Acoustical Experience; )
