RML Acoustics provides industrial noise control services that include acoustical measurements, analysis, AND design solutions for all types of projects and most any noise source. Our services fall into two basic categories.
- Worker noise exposure reduction. This typically includes an acoustical assessment of worker noise exposure levels and equipment sound levels and the development of engineering controls through the design of acoustical barriers, equipment enclosures, room acoustic treatment, equipment modifications, duct silencing, vibration isolation, etc.
- Environmental noise impacts. This involves acoustical measurements to identify the primary noise sources, community noise measurements and assessment, acoustical modeling of noise mitigation design options, and industrial noise control recommendations to meet the project criteria. Please refer to the Environmental Noise Control services page for more information on these types of projects.
Measurement of Equipment Sound Levels for OSHA Compliance
Assessment of Noise Impacts on Residences
QUALIFICATIONS
Principal Consultant Rob Lilkendey has been working in the area of industrial noise control, worker noise exposure, acoustical measurement and analysis, equipment noise mitigation design, and community noise assessments since 1994. His paper “Protecting the Construction Worker from Construction Noise,” published in the proceedings of the 5th Annual Rinker International Conference Focusing on Construction Safety and Loss Control in 1994 was a comprehensive look at the issue of noise exposure among construction workers and led to his thesis entitled “Auditory Hazard from Exposure to Impact Noises Generated by Construction Tools, Equipment, and Tasks.” His thesis was an exhaustive assessment of hearing damage risk associated with impulse and impact noise exposures borne out of research funded by The U.S. Army Research Lab. He has taken undergraduate and graduate level courses on hearing and audiology, conducted extensive research on noise exposure regulations in the workplace, and worked on hundreds of projects involving noise mitigation design for mechanical equipment throughout his consulting career.