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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...

Earth Day Acoustics and Green Design

by Brian Atkinson | Acoustics

Every year on April 22, over a billion people in 190 countries take action for Earth Day. From San Francisco to San Juan, Beijing to Brussels, Moscow to Marrakesh, people plant trees, clean up their communities, contact their elected officials, and more, all on behalf...

The Latest Buzz – Hospital Cell Phone Use

by Melinda Miller | Acoustics

Mobile devices have become an ever-present part of our connected culture. With smartphones, tablets, and cell phones expected to outnumber people, in the US, by the end of the year, what can a hospital do to maintain some level of quiet? Allowing cell phone use, while...

Charlie Brown's teacher could of just been been bad classroom acoustics

How to Sound Like Charlie Brown’s Teacher

by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics

Back when I was in grade school, I loved the animated Charlie Brown shows. I have particular memories of the scenes in class where the kids’ teacher would address them: “Wa Wa Wa, Wa, Wa Wa Wa, Wa.” Thinking about it still makes me smile. What a simple scene that...

ABD Named one of Michigan’s Best and Brightest Sustainable Companies

by Kenric Van Wyk | Acoustics

We don’t make a practice of tooting our own horns at Acoustics By Design, but for this we will make a small exception. Great news: ABD was just named to the list of Michigan’s Best and Brightest Sustainable Companies. As a professional consulting engineering firm, we...

ABD Pays it Forward