Quartec offers a wide range of acoustic services for industry, public bodies and private customers. We offer services tailored to customer needs to ensure compliance with current regulations and standards. We will advise you on how to best apply noise management and mitigation measures to ensure protection of your employees and public. Our occupational and environmental noise reports are suited to our customers needs and are designed as working documents enabling you to effectively implement actions to manage risk as cost-effectively as practicable.

All employers have obligations under the Health & Safety at Work etc Act, which includes compliance with the Noise at Work Regulations. Failure to take due notice of these Regulations can lead to you being responsible for damage to your employees hearing, which may then lead to claims for substantial damages. We actively cooperate with our customers in noise exposure management by creation and implementation of hearing protection programs.

Our assessments are prepared to the highest standard required by the current code of practice (Noise at work regulations 2005, Code of Practice) and industry approved standards such as :

• BS EN 4142 Method for rating industrial noise affecting mixed residential and industrial areas.
• BS 5228 Series Code of practice for noise and vibration control on construction and open sites.

We frequently prepare noise assessment for the purposes of:

• Planning policy 24 (PPG24).
• Noise act 1996.
• The Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003.