Legislation, Guidelines, Policies and Standards

 
Valcoustics has assisted various municipalities and has participated on committees to establish, update or revise legislation, guidelines, policies and standards on noise.
 

Projects include:

 

  Member of the Committtee to develop Anti-Noise By-Law No. 44-75 and No. 517-93 for the City of Toronto.

  Ontario Building Code Revisions: When revisions to the Ontario Building Code were being considered for the 1989 update, we were retained by the Ministry of Housing to research and compile relevant environmental noise guidelines, design criteria and techniques in use in Ontario and other jurisdictions, and propose specific revisions to the Building Code to incorporate environmental noise control requirements for road, rail, aircraft and industrial sources, in liaison with Ministry of Housing and Ministry of Environment steering committee.

  Prepared a Dog Noise By-law for the Township of Mono.

  Prepared Acoustical Design Guidelines for interiors, sound isolation and noise control for all new construction of Courthouses in Ontario for the Ministry of the Attorney General.

  Prepared the chapter on acoustics for the Condominium Construction Guide 1991, jointly funded by Ontario New Home Warranty Program, Ministry of Housing, and Ontario Hydro.

  TransCanada Pipelines Noise Standards (TCPL): Prepared a review of environmental noise limits/guidelines/regulations for TCPL, in various jurisdictions; recommended approach to formulating corporate noise standards including means of determining compliance and dealing with complaints.

  Aircraft Noise Planning Guidelines: Retained by Transport Canada to formulate guidelines for Transport Canada in dealing with new residential development in the vicinity of Lester B. Pearson International Airport. These guidelines related to obtaining agreements with developers to implement noise mitigation; standardize methods of addressing building shell sound isolation requirements and ventilation; and provided wording for aircraft noise warnings to the public.


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