Smith, Fause & McDonald, Inc.

• Howard Hughes Center, Playa Del Rey, California

16 Story, 300,000 square foot Office Building, HVAC Noise Control and Sound Isolation

Following Highway noise impact difficulties at the earliest buildings on the site, Howard Hughes Realty retained SFMI to review the master plan for subsequent offices and multi-use towers.  SFMI developed a master program of building orientation, fenestration and water features (with specific flow capacities and jet sizes) in order to mask intruding freeway noise.

Architects: Barton Meyers/Gensler & Associates, Los Angeles, California

Developer: Tooley & Co/Howard Hughes Realty, Los Angeles, California

• Studio Plaza, Burbank, California

13 Story Office Building, HVAC Noise & Vibration Control

Architect: Gensler & Associates, Los Angeles, California

Owner: Columbia Pictures, Burbank, California

• Pepperdine University Plaza, West Los Angeles, California

Freeway Noise Impact, HVAC Noise Control for 12 Story Office Building/University Extension


Site for 12 story office building is adjacent to world's busiest freeway interchange (Los Angeles 405 and 10). Floor by floor measurements were conducted over 4 week period while building was under construction to  determine variance of freeway sound levels at upper floors.  SFMI produced mitigation measures report which included the use of appropriate curtain wall construction.

 Architect: The Landau Partnership, Los Angeles, California

Developer: Murdock Development

• Hope Rehabilitation Center/ Fairway Glen Technology Park, Santa Clara, California

Aircraft Noise Impact Evaluation

Developer: Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, Palo Alto, California

• North First Street Plaza, San Jose, California

122,000 square foot, 6 Story Office Building, HVAC Noise Control

Developer: Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, Palo Alto, California

• Xerox Centre I, El Segundo, California

HVAC Noise Control & Sound Isolation for 12 Story, 470,000 sf office building

Architect: Gensler and Associates, Los Angeles, California

Developer: Homart Development, Los Angeles, California

• Wilshire/Bundy Plaza, West Los Angeles, California

HVAC Noise Control and Interior Sound Isolation for 10 Story Office Building

Developer: Murdock Development, West Los Angeles, California

• Puente Hills Phases II and III, Puente Hills, California

5 and 6 story Office Buildings, Sound Isolation and HVAC Noise Control

Developer: Arnel Development, Tustin, California

• 1947 Center Street, Berkeley, California

Shell & T.I. HVAC Noise Control for a Renovation of a 6 story office building

Architect: SHEN/GLASS Architects, Berkeley, California

Developer: Gerson, Bakar & Associates, San Francisco, California

• Santa Monica Square, Santa Monica, California

HVAC Noise Control for a 50,000 square foot, 5 story office building

Architect: The Landau Partnership, Santa Monica, California

• Kawasaki Motors Headquarters, Irvine, California

Peak impact measurement of environmental noise sources to ensure that building design complied with Orange County criteria for office use noise ambient. Sources included dozens of daily F-4 operations from the nearby El Toro airbase, some with afterburners.

Client Hill Pinckert Architects, Irvine, California

• Town Center Business Park - Building B, Santa Fe Springs, California

HVAC Noise Control and Sound Isolation for 3 Story Office Building

Architect: Hill, Pinckert Architects, Irvine, California

Developer: Prudential Development

• Hillview Executive Park - Phase I, Milpitas, California

HVAC Noise Control for 2 Story Buildings, 39,000 square foot each

Architect: LRS Associates, Sunnyvale, California

Developer: Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, Palo Alto, California

• The Mayer Building, Beverly Hills, California

HVAC Community Noise Impact Analysis for 4 Story Office Building

• Beverly Hills North, Beverly Hills, California

HVAC Noise Control for 20,000 square foot 2 story office building

Architect: Gensler & Associates

• Home Savings of America Loan Center, Buildings A & B,Pasadena, California

HVAC Noise Control, Turbo-Compressor (Pneumatic Tube) and UPS Sound Isolation

Architect: Don G. Murphy, Inc.,  Architect, A.I.A., Monrovia, California

Developer: Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, Los Angeles, California

• Metroplex, Phase II, Anaheim, California

HVAC Noise and Vibration Control for 6 story office building

Architect: Kraft/Gilley Architects, Costa Mesa, California

• Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc., Computer Center, Anaheim, California

Open plan offices

Architect: Gensler & Associates Architects, Los Angeles, California

• Western Airlines, Information Center, El Segundo, California

Open plan Acoustics

Architect: Gensler & Associates, Architects, Los Angeles, California

• Terminal Data Corporation, Simi Valley, California

120,000 square foot, 2 Story Headquarters. Building.

HVAC Noise Control, Open Plan and Sound Isolation

Architect: Hill, Pinckert Architects, Irvine, California

• Harbor Technology Center, Buildings 8A, 8B & Nikon Mezzanine Building, Los Angeles, California

HVAC Noise Control and Exterior Sound Isolation

Architect: Hill, Pinckert Architects, Inc., Irvine, California

• La Palma Business Center, Buildings. A & B, Anaheim, California

44,051 square foot, 2 Story Building, HVAC Noise Control and Sound Isolation, Tenant HVAC Noise Control

Architect: Hill, Pinckert Architects, Irvine, California