Body Corporate By-Laws
In Queensland, high-rise buildings are governed by a Body Corporate under the Community Management Act 1997. The By-Laws are legal documents that can be enforced. By-laws often include the statement:
Noise –
“The occupier of a lot must not create noise likely to interfere with the peaceful enjoyment of a person lawfully on another lot or the common property.“
As Queensland’s leading supplier of floor impact testing services, we have updated our “Guide to Floor Impact Insulation” – see the enclosed document. This guide is based on carrying out over 4,000 floor impact insulation tests in SE Queensland over the last 25 years and is provided as an educational document to answer many of the questions clients ask.
Floor impact noise from upper-level areas is the most common noise complaint in high-rise residential towers. This is recognised in Body Corporate By-Laws, where there is usually a section regarding Hard Floor Surfaces, with limits on the minimum levels of floor impact insulation.
This noise is managed through the design of the building structure, any lower ceiling, and the installation of a floor impact insulation layer under the hard floor surface. As a member of the AAAC professional engineering company, we specialise in this work and would be pleased to assist you or any member of your team in controlling this noise. We have a team trained to carry out field floor impact insulation testing and provide certification as necessary to ISO and Australian Standards, as well as RPEQ certification as required.