Strode College Hair and Beauty Relocation
Strode College is refurbishing and reconfiguring E Block to create a dedicated Hair and Beauty teaching facility. We are providing specialist acoustic consultancy to deliver BB93-compliant spaces for both teaching and practical training.
Our Role
The scheme introduces specialist vocational spaces including hair salons, barbering areas, beauty therapy rooms, spray tanning facilities and support spaces such as preparation rooms, offices and changing areas.
Our input includes internal ambient noise criteria, sound insulation strategies and reverberation control tailored to each space type. We set airborne and impact sound insulation targets and advised on partition construction, glazing and door specifications, with particular attention to flanking transmission and the constraints of the existing building fabric.
We coordinated closely with the mechanical and electrical services to meet internal noise limits through attenuation, vibration isolation and careful ductwork design, and assessed external plant against BS4142 to minimise impact on nearby receptors.
The Outcome
Reverberation is controlled through Class A acoustic ceilings and supplementary absorptive finishes, supporting clear communication in active, open-plan salon environments.
Unlike traditional classrooms, these spaces combine open-plan salons, simultaneous teaching and client-facing activity. Our design delivers compliant acoustic conditions within an existing college building despite these inherently noisy uses.
Project Highlights
- Client: Strode College
- Location: Strode College, Somerset
- Refurbishment of E Block for Hair and Beauty teaching
- BB93:2015 compliance
- BS4142 assessment of external plant
- Class A acoustic ceilings
- Service: acoustic consultancy
- Services: Acoustics