Posted by
Craig Brideau on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/New-building-options-feedback-request-from-facilities-NOT-located-on-ground-floor-basement-tp3889815p3893305.html
Vibration levels can be vaguely estimated; our builders were able to
give us movement rates based on the likely deflections of the support
members of the building. The problem is that most vibration is caused
by the activity of daily operations. As you say, foot traffic can be
significant, and that is not something which is easy to predict. We
went with heavy floated broadband-damped tables to try to at least
decently cover any possibility. It seems to have worked. Other
sources include nearby roads and highways (does a bus route go by your
building? How about trucking?), machinery (where is the elevator and
air handler unit?), and construction.
Craig
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From: Julian Smith III <
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Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: New building options - feedback request from facilities
NOT located on ground floor/basement
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[snip] I was sort of surprised during design/construction that the
architects seemed completely unable to predict building vibrations.
Hallway foot traffic during class changes turns out to be far more of
a source of vibration than building mechanicals.
Julian