It's all about getting the right balance for the right kind of office.  Conditions required in a major lawyers' UK headquarters building are very different from those you need in a telesales call centre. Background noise, aircon noise, privacy, sound insulation between cellular offices and meeting rooms, and reverberant conditions in open plan areas all need to be carefully thought out for the office users.

In a speculative office development, flexibility and diversity need to be second guessed at the design stage.

Examples: Diagio, PwC Bucharest, BrindleyPlace, Cabinet Office, JP Morgan Chase.

Shopping destinations are often part of a 'mixed use' development with some combination of retail, entertainment, leisure and catering offerings, perhaps a hotel too. Many operators rely on loud music as part of their brand identity, others are more sensitive (bookshops for example). 

Developers tend to prefer a generic approach to the retail units, rather than designing for specific tenants, which is understandable.

We really justify the 'specialist consultant' badge when the most dramatic adjacencies clash with building structures for which they were not designed.

Servicing and delivery provision, plant noise and traffic management all have noise impact implications too.  Busy times!

Examples: Westfield; Super Dry; Fulham Broadway; National Geographic; Bluewater Wintergarden 

Shopping destinations are often part of a 'mixed use' development with some combination of retail, entertainment, leisure and catering offerings, perhaps a hotel too. Many operators rely on loud music as part of their brand identity, others are more sensitive (bookshops for example). 

Developers tend to prefer a generic approach to the retail units, rather than designing for specific tenants, which is understandable.

We really justify the 'specialist consultant' badge when the most dramatic adjacencies clash with building structures for which they were not designed.

Servicing and delivery provision, plant noise and traffic management all have noise impact implications too.  Busy times!

Examples: Westfield; Super Dry; Fulham Broadway; National Geographic; Bluewater Wintergarden.

The retail sector has a reputation for fierce competition and tight margins. So our consultancy advice has to be lean, timely and effective.  We hope that clients with a strong focus on value will appreciate the benefit of a carefully scoped and targeted brief which addresses the issues in question without over-complication or 'scope-creep'.

Examples: Quiksilver, Hollister, National Geographic Store, M&S, Murco, Aquiscutum, Liberty, Osprey