Workplace Acoustics: The Bonafide and the Bull – Part II
The open office has become a mainstay in workplace design. And while a backlash against it has also occurred, real estate constraints and space projections for the future are ensuring that many people in offices around the world will be working in open offices for years to come. All contract furnishings companies know this. “Acoustic” is a buzzword we see attached to many products on the market today – and the status of the acoustical solutions market could currently best be described as – a free-for-all. But wait. Some of these companies really know what they’re talking about, right? Some of them have been studying and perfecting acoustical solutions for years, and they got into the game before acoustics became trendy. Talk to players who have been in the acoustics game since the beginning, and their frustration with companies mis-reporting their products’ acoustics abilities is clear. Right now the market …
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