Vibration Analysis
Lewis S. Goodfriend & Associates provides services to measure noise and vibration levels and provide recommendations for noise control. Our clients include architects, pharmaceutical companies, and local and state agencies.
Good Samaritan Hospital Suffern, New York
Christie Engineering
- Performed interior vibration measurements and compared results with the appropriate standards for evaluating vibration in buildings.
- Had doctors perform subjective evaluation of the perceived vibration levels in the building.
- Provided recommendations for minimizing the vibration in the proposed cardio vascular procedure rooms.
Gelb Science Center Observatory, Phillips Academy Andover, Massachusetts
Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects
- Performed measurements and provided vibration control design goals for the observatory with a 16-inch reflector telescope housed in its 18 1/2-foot dome.
- Provided recommendations for vibration isolation of mechanical equipment.
Bronx City Recycling, 1390 Viele Avenue Facility New York, New York
Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C.
- Performed sound pressure level and vibration measurements at the Bronx City Recycling facility
- Compared the results to the New York City Zoning District M3 Performance standards.
New Culinary Arts Institute, Hudson County Community College Jersey City, New Jersey
Rivardo Schnitzer Capazzi Architects & Planners
- Performed an acoustical evaluation of the banquet and conference rooms at the Culinary Arts Institute at the Hudson County Community College.
- Prepared a report summarizing the background noise design criteria and the associated noise control recommendations regarding the HVAC servicing these rooms necessary to meet the design criteria.
Metro North Railroad System, New York, New York
- Assessment of rail vibration in the tunnel under Park Avenue, and design of a rail vibration isolation system to permit high speed operation in the tunnel without any increase in vibration levels in the adjacent buildings.