Wakefield Acoustics Ltd.
Wakefield Acoustics Ltd. is a consulting engineering firm
specializing in noise control and acoustical design. Its
principal areas of practice are: community/environmental noise
impact assessment and control, architectural acoustics and
building noise/vibration control, occupational noise exposure
assessment and control. Wakefield Acoustics Ltd. also provides
assistance to government agencies in the development and
implementation of noise control regulations and by-laws, to
industry in the establishment of occupational noise
control/hearing conservation programs. We can also provide expert
witness services in all of the above noted fields.
Wakefield Acoustics Ltd. is member of the Consulting Engineers of
B.C. and the National Association of Acoustical Consultants.
The firm's president, Mr. Clair Wakefield, P.Eng., graduated from
the University of B.C. in 1973 with a M.A.Sc. degree in
Mechanical Engineering specializing in engineering acoustics.
Since then he has gained over 30 years of experience as an
acoustical consultant and as a highway noise control specialist
with the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Highways (MoTH). In
1989 and 1993 Mr. Wakefield developed and revised the noise
impact mitigation policy used by the MoTH.
Since its formation in 1988, Wakefield Acoustics Ltd. has
conducted noise impact assessments and prepared mitigation
designs for many major new highway facilities including the
Inland Island Highway along the eastern side of Vancouver Island,
the Nanaimo Parkway, the Victoria Western Approaches, the
Lonsdale and Westview Interchanges in North Vancouver, and the
Cassiar Connector and Trans Canada Highway HOV Lanes in
Vancouver. The firm also assessed the community noise impact and developed mitigation measures for the rehabilitation of Vancouver's histoirc Lions Gate Bridge. Currently the firm is involved in several major hihgway porjects in the Greater Vancouver area including the New Fraser River Crossing, the South Fraser Perimeter Road and the Sea to Sky Highway Improvement Project.
Wakefield Acoustics has conducted or reviewed community noise impact asssessments of various airport facilities including the Vancouver International Airport Parallel Runway Project, Victoria International Airport and the Victoria Harbour Water Aerodrome.
Wakefield Acoustics has provided noise control and acoustical
design services for a large number of residential, commercial and
institutional buildings including the Richard Blanshard and Jack
Davis buildings in Victoria for BCBC, the Edward Milne Community
School in Sooke B.C. and the Hayes River Convention and
Performing Arts Centre and the Juan de Fuca (Bear Mountain) Arena in Victoria.
Company Details
Year Established:
1988
Number of Employees:
4
Company Information
Clair Wakefield
Title:
President
Area of Responsibility:
Management Executive
Telephone:
(250) 370-9302
Fax:
(250) 370-9309
Email:
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Services
Acoustical Consulting
Noise Impact Assessment And Control
Assessment of community/environmental noise impacts of major projects and the preparation of the noise components of environmental approval applications for such projects.