The Foundry Adaptive Re-use Office Space
This adaptive re-use by Eckert Wordell took a historic iron foundry and steel fabrication facility and re-purposed it as "Kalamazoo’s first Living Office® workspace designed to help you reimagine how…
John SandvigAcoustical Consultant
John Sandvig, LEED AP BD+C, is an Acoustical Consultant in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a graduate of Purdue University, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree, concentrating in Acoustical Engineering and Theatre Production Design. John’s interest in acoustics stemmed from his childhood. Growing up around music, his love for sound developed by listening to unique instruments and focusing on how the sound they produced filled each performance space. When John is not at work, you might find him spending time swimming, hiking, or biking with his wife and daughter, playing the drums at his church, or tackling renovations on his house.
John Sandvig's Projects
University of Connecticut Hartford Downtown Hartford Times Building
The University of Connecticut - Hartford Downtown campus serves over 3,000 students in the historic Hartford Times building and addition. Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA) hired ABD Engineering & Design…
Grand Rapids Community College Albert P. Smith Music Center and Linn Maxwell Keller Performance Hall
The original building was constructed in 1922 and served as a physical education facility for Strong Junior High School, and then Grand Rapids Junior College. It was first renovated for…
Saint Cecilia Music Center Royce Auditorium
ABD Engineering and Design worked directly with Saint Cecilia Music Center staff to provide acoustical engineering recommendations for this historic performance venue. Originally completed in 1894, this beautiful 500 seat…
Central Michigan University Biosciences Building
CMU’s largest Capital project to date includes new and improved lab spaces for students and faculty with a variety of educational amenities. ABD Engineering and Design developed recommendations for acoustical…
John Sandvig's Experience
John Sandvig's Blog Posts
What Do Acoustical Consultants Actually Do?
So what exactly does an acoustical consultant do, anyway? If you’ve been to a noisy restaurant, noticed a lack of privacy in a healthcare setting, felt oppressed by noise at the office, or been in a performing arts theater, you already know why acoustical...
Acoustics and LEED For Schools
The 3 acoustical criteria for design and construction of K-12 Education, for better learning environments, and LEED.
Active Learning Classrooms
Removing obstacles to learning. That’s the mantra around the movement toward Active Learning Classrooms (ALC) in University settings. This departure from the traditional lecture format, and toward flexible furniture, writing surfaces, collaborative activities, and...
Boarding up the Board Room – Speech Privacy
Acoustics By Design gets requests, every week, to help corporate office environments with their speech privacy. Whether it’s a conference room, single private office, or one with legal privacy concerns (like a doctor’s or lawyer’s office), it’s important to keep...