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BRE - British Research Establishment
Watford - Great Britain
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Informative card:
| Name of the institution: |
BRE - Building Research Establishment |
| Name of the laboratory: |
Acoustics Section |
| Address: |
Bucknalls lane - Garston |
| City: |
WD2 7JR - Watford |
| Country: |
United Kingdom |
| Telephone number: |
++44-1923-664475 |
| Fax number: |
++44-1923-664088 |
| E-Mail: |
acoustics@brush.bre.co.uk |
| Responsible ILT: |
Mr. J. Sargent |
| Supervisor ILT: |
Mr. N.J. Tinsdeall |
Location of the laboratory:
The laboratory is located near Watford, a town
about 30 Km north from London city.
You can go there:
- By road. BRE is close to M1 junction 6
and M25 junction 21A. From M1 Junction 6 join A405, follow signs to Watford,
take the second turning left (signposted Building Research Establishment)
into Bucknalls Lane. BRE is at end of lane, just after crossing over the
M1. From M25 junction 21A join A405, follow signs to Watford, pass M1 junction,
take the second turning left and so on as described before.
- By rail. Train to Watford Junction from
London Euston (Main line). Trains from Birmingham and the North also stop
at this station. Taxi from station forecourt, 724 coach (to Harlow, not
Watford or Heathrow), or 321 bus (marked St. Albans, Harpenden or Luton,
NOT Garston, alight at Bucknalls Lane, St. Michael's School). Cross dual
carriageway, using pedestrian walkway, to Bucknalls Lane. BRE is at end
of lane, just over the M1 (about 1/2 mile).
A brief description of the laboratory:
(click on the logo to open the BRE Building
Acoustic Page)

Facilities for acoustical investigations:
- Wall test rooms (see in
details);
- Listening room/quiet room (suitable for
testing subjective response to enviromental and neighbour noise);
- Large reverberation room (dimensions 14
x 9 x 10 m);
- Large anechoic chamber (dimensions 14
x 9 x 9 m; it is possible to slide one of the anechoic chamber walls into
a recess in order to access the large reverberation chamber for sound insulation
measurements between anechoic and reverberant spaces).
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