ILT - BRE Watford

	BRE - British Research Establishment Watford - Great Britain

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).