Douglas S. Kennedy, P. Eng. is one of the original principals of BKL Consultants Ltd. and has consulted in acoustics since 1971. Although he has extensive experience in many areas of acoustics, he has specialized in environmental and marine noise control. His environmental noise work has included a wide range of projects involving both industrial and transportation facilities. He has been particularly active in studies involving military training ranges, commercial airports and heliports. His expertise in shipboard noise control has been developed over a period of 25 years during which time he has consulted to naval architects, shipyards, ship operators and government agencies. He has been involved in the acoustical design and/or construction of well over 100 ships including yachts, towboats, patrol vessels, research vessels, ferries and naval vessels. Services in this area have been provided throughout Canada and in the United States.
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Douglas J. Whicker, P.Eng. is a professional engineer, who has practised as an acoustical consultant since 1972. He is a principal of BKL Consultants Ltd. While knowledgeable in all aspects of acoustics, his major interest is in architectural acoustics, particularly in the multi-family residential field. This includes both noise transmitted to residences from outside sources such as traffic, rail, and air, and noise transmitted between suites including footstep, plumbing, and home entertainment systems. To this end he has made many presentations on acoustics including those to the Lower Mainland Building Inspectors, the Greater Vancouver Home Builders Association, and several major building contractors. He was a featured speaker for the recent Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Seminar on Acoustics and Noise Control for Buildings. He has also testified before the British Columbia Supreme Court several times on the subject of demising assembly noise isolation. Doug also has a strong interest in noise at the industrial/residential interface and has worked on several projects involving the assessment of open pit mine noise impact on nearby residential areas. He is a founding Director of the Canadian Acoustical Association and a serving executive member of the Northwest Chapter of the Acoustical Society of America. He's currently the webmaster of the ASA NorthWest Chapter. He also develops specialized software programs and computer interfaces for acoustic instrumentation.
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Mark Gaudet, P.Eng. has worked in the field of acoustics since graduating from the Institute of Sound & Vibration Research at Southampton University, UK in 1984. Mark is experienced in many areas of acoustic consultancy, including noise impact assessment, control of noise from construction sites and vibration isolation of metrology. His main interest is in architectural acoustics. Mark also has considerable experience in investigating airborne and structure-borne noise isolation problems in buildings and in specifying remedial works to attain improved isolation. He has provided acoustic design advice for residential developments, office buildings including video-conferencing rooms, schools, universities, hospitals, cinemas, scientific laboratories and broadcast studios. Mark has worked as a principal design team member on a number of prestigious projects including LDS Vancouver temple, Langley, BC, the redevelopment of BBC Broadcasting House, and the National Physical Laboratory in London, UK. For these projects, Mark provided full acoustic design services from project start to completion. Mark is a Member of the Institute of Acoustics (UK), and the Canadian Acoustical Association, and has presented papers at institute meetings and conferences sharing his experiences of acoustic design and construction issues.
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Tiberiu Spulber, M.Sc. P.Eng. started working in the field of acoustics in 2001, after a long career in the HVAC systems design field. His expertise includes architectural acoustics, mechanical noise control, environmental noise control and vibration analysis and control. He is experienced in modelling and designing the acoustics for classrooms, boardrooms, worship spaces, theatre and performance spaces, auditoria, sport facilities etc. He has conducted hundreds of acoustical field measurements of sound and vibration levels. He has expertise in investigating noise problems in existing buildings and designing solutions to mitigate them as well as providing design recommendations for new buildings to meet the required noise criteria. He had projects for a wide variety of clients in various fields of activity such as institutional, educational, industrial/commercial, residential, arts, sports, etc. He has a particular interest in modelling indoor and outdoor sound transmission. He is also interested in the measurement of structure borne noise in condominium buildings in correlation with the vibration levels in the building structure.
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Steve P. Meszaros, M.Sc. P.Eng. has worked as an acoustical consultant since 2000 with extensive experience in all aspects of acoustics, noise, and vibration. He has a special interest in research, healthcare, and higher education building design where space limitations force noise and vibration sources to be in close proximity to sensitive spaces. Steve has worked on many projects of various types throughout North America and overseas that include vibration monitoring, dynamic modeling of building structures, environmental noise assessments, mechanical system noise analysis and mitigation, design for privacy, and room acoustics design. His approach to projects is to work with the design team to find optimal acoustical solutions that enhance comfort and function while maintaining the design intent and other project requirements. He has given presentations on the subjects of MRI noise and vibration, acoustics and noise in teaching laboratories, and vibration issues in laboratories.
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Ping Chen, P.Eng. is a professional engineer, who has a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary. While experienced in many areas of acoustics, her major interest is in architectural acoustics. This includes acoustical design of schools, universities, worship facilities, recording studios, theatres and performance spaces. She has extensive experience in building HVAC noise control, noise isolation of both interior and exterior noise sources, and vibration isolation of mechanical equipment. She has carried out a variety of noise and vibration field measurements. Her work in environment noise impact assessment has included a wide range of projects involving transportation, industrial and energy related facilities. She is proficient with various noise modelling software including TNM, ENM and Cadna/A. She has evaluated exterior wall and window constructions for residential and educational developments and provided opinions on STC ratings of wall assemblies in residential buildings. She has worked on vibration analysis and dynamic balancing of rotating equipment.
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Mark Bliss, P.Eng. is a professional engineer and has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. He has experience in community impact noise assessment and control, architectural acoustics and building noise control. He has conducted field measurements assessing the impact of noise levels on residential developments and the effectiveness of building partitions to attenuate sound. He has also performed traffic noise studies for the Province of B.C. to assess the noise impact from new or expanded highway designs on nearby residential areas and has worked for City of Vancouver in the assessment of existing traffic noise environment. His experience with outdoor acoustical modelling software includes Cadna/A and Traffic Noise Model (TNM). He has also performed room acoustics modelling with ODEON to model existing room acoustics and predict and auralize the effect of acoustical modifications.
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Anita Perkins, B.A.Sc. P.E. is a professional engineer registered in the State of Washington. She gained a broad range of experience as an HVAC consulting engineer in the residential, educational and health industries for a major firm in Canada. In 2001, she entered the acoustical engineering field and quickly established herself in the field of noise and vibration control for mechanical and industrial equipment. Over the years, she has also gained experience with architectural acoustics including multifamily residential and educational projects. By combining her years of mechanical design and field experience with her knowledge and experience in acoustics, she is able to bring practical and effective solutions to projects.
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Eric de Santis, M.Sc. E.I.T. became interested in pursuing a career in acoustics after the completion of his Bachelors in Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan. Eric studied at Aalborg University in Denmark where he received his Masters degree in Electrical Engineering majoring in Acoustics in 2007. During his graduate studies he became involved in projects related to the digital signal processing of acoustics signals, active noise control, binaural technology and noise-induced hearing loss. Since joining BKL Consultants Ltd., Eric has worked on a number of transportation noise and environmental noise projects. He has also been involved in providing noise assessments of nightclubs in the City of Vancouver.
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