Smith, Fause & McDonald, Inc.

• El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California

Central Plant - Cooling Tower Noise Mitigation

Spectral measurement of cooling tower noise impact under worst case cycling loads. Design of low frequency absorptive barrier system to accommodate limited static resistance of existing propeller fans. Supplemental recommendations for replacement of fixed speed fans with variable speed centrifugal fans. Follow-up testing included 24 hour monitoring of existing impact with all hospital cooling towers shut off.

Client: El Camino Hospital, Mountain View California

• El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California

Central Plant Boiler Fans Noise Control. Assessment and mitigation noise mitigation design of large central plant boiler fan impact on operators and control room. Cal-OSHA assessment.

Client: El Camino Hospital, Mountain View California

• El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California

Pneumatic Tube Noise Mitigation. Multiple mitigation projects associated with noise of the hospital's centralized pneumatic tube delivery system, including

• Critical Care Unit (CCU)
• Emergency Room (ER)
• Central Storeroom

Client: El Camino Hospital, Mountain View California

• El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California

NICU Ambient Noise Control. Assessed existing noise levels in infant crictical care area due to operations and existing equipment and provided recommendations for mitigation.

Client: El Camino Hospital, Mountain View California

• St. Rose Medical Building, Hayward, California

HVAC Noise Control, Interior Sound Isolation, Preparation of T.I. Construction Design Guidelines packet to ensure Exam Room privacy for 2 Story Medical Office Building

Emergency Evacuation Heliport Impact. Provided detailed measurement of impact from adjacent evacuation helipad so as to incorporate adequate noise control into the new medical office building. Mitigation measures included the specification of an appropriate curtain wall.

Client: Cabot, Cabot & Forbes

• Torrance Memorial Hospital, Education Center, Torrance, California

Design of Sound Reinforcement and Playback systems, Video Camera Recording Systems, Videotape Production and Duplication Systems, Video Distribution Systems (MATV) for the Administrative Hearing/Meeting Room

Client: Torrance Memorial Hospital, Torrance, California

• Summit Hospital, Oakland, California

Consultation on outside plant requirement required in public right-of-way to link hospitals using a fiberoptic backbone.

Client: Pacific Engineers, Oakland, California

• Brotman Medical Center/Preferred Medical, Culver City, California

MRI Operations Noise and Vibration Assessment

• Dr. Sollod Medical Office Expansion, San Francisco, California

Expansion of this busy pediatrics office meant the four providers and their support staff would be seperated one one another by building circulation corridor. Design of new office specific wireless pager network, Cat5e cabling infrastructure, new PBX system, new wall mounted intercoms tied to PBX permit providers to remain in continuous contact with one another.

• Queen of the Valley, West Covina, CA

4 story, 88,000 SF medical office building. Multiple noise control tasks, including:

• Prototype Exam Suite Sound Isolation Design,
• Shell HVAC Noise Control and Sound Isolation.
• Dental Pump Unit Noise Control,

Architect: Hill, Pinckert Architects, Irvine, California

Developer: Cabot, Cabot and Forbes, Anaheim, California

• St. Francis Medical Office Building, San Francisco, CA

Design of Audio/Visual Systems, Sound and Projection Systems Provisions for Presentation/Lecture Room. Other scopes include Room Acoustics, Noise Control and Sound Isolation.

Architect: Stafford Space Planning, Loomis, California

• Wilbur Medical Complex, Woodland Hills, California

Measured the rush hour traffic noise levels at the existing site adjacent to the 101 in the San Fernando Valley, at heights of over 30 feet above the ground; to simulate the ultimate impact on the 3rd floor of the medical building by the adjacent elevated highway structure. Designed the architectural mitigation measures.

• Sunset Mental Health, Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Hollywood, California

Exterior Noise Isolation, Interior Sound Isolation, HVAC Noise & Vibration Control, Room Acoustics for 5 Story, 200 Bed Facility

Architect: CHCG Architects, Eagle Rock, California

• Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Pediatrics and Intensive Care Unit, Los Angeles, California

Interior Sound Isolation and Room Acoustics to conform the seventh floor, 18 bed wing with state Hospital requirements.

Architect: Mayhew and Siederman, San Francisco, California

• Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Crisis Communications Center, West Los Angeles, California

Emergency Generator Sound Isolation

Client: Kaiser Foundation, Los Angeles, California

• Kaiser Community Hospital, Emergency Generator Impact, Bellflower, California

In accordance with Client's desire to accurately document site ambient prior to construction of hospital (including emergency generator capability), SFMI provided three days of simultaneous measurement at two lot line locations, including hourly Leq, CNEL and statistical histogram

Client: Kaiser Foundation, Los Angeles, California

• Jewish Home For The Aged, Reseda, California

Freeway Traffic Noise Control, Sound Isolation

Architect: Matthew Lapota & Associates, Beverly Hills, California

• Newpark Medical Office Building, Newark, California

HVAC Noise Control

Architect: Simonoff/Hawkins, Newport Beach, California