Hi everyone, I'm back with another stupid question...
We're getting down to red-line drawing time for our major renovation, and the prime architect wants to bring in an acoustical engineer/consulting firm. I'm all in, but I'm confused as to the timing of the visit.
Cost will be $3000, which I don't know if that's high or low, but the engineer wants to come in now and do a site survey, then make changes. I'm not against this, it's selling it to the board. My main concern is that they don't have plans to come back throughout the construction. I don't want to be sold a bill of goods from a snake oil salesman (am I showing my old age in using that?) who I'll never see again. I'd prefer to have the engineer, for what we will be paying, to come back throughout the process and make adjustments as needed. I've seen way too many high schools that get lovely looking clouds beautifully spaced through their auditorium that reflect everything you don't want to hear to all the wrong places. I've seen orchestra shells made and flown that start to cause the ropes in the fly gallery start to deform and cracks start to form in the walls from the weight. Am I being unreasonable?
I'm all ears, and I'm a moron so please go easy on me in your criticism. Or at least cleverly disguise it so I don't realize I'm even more of a moron than I am.
We're getting down to red-line drawing time for our major renovation, and the prime architect wants to bring in an acoustical engineer/consulting firm. I'm all in, but I'm confused as to the timing of the visit.
Cost will be $3000, which I don't know if that's high or low, but the engineer wants to come in now and do a site survey, then make changes. I'm not against this, it's selling it to the board. My main concern is that they don't have plans to come back throughout the construction. I don't want to be sold a bill of goods from a snake oil salesman (am I showing my old age in using that?) who I'll never see again. I'd prefer to have the engineer, for what we will be paying, to come back throughout the process and make adjustments as needed. I've seen way too many high schools that get lovely looking clouds beautifully spaced through their auditorium that reflect everything you don't want to hear to all the wrong places. I've seen orchestra shells made and flown that start to cause the ropes in the fly gallery start to deform and cracks start to form in the walls from the weight. Am I being unreasonable?
I'm all ears, and I'm a moron so please go easy on me in your criticism. Or at least cleverly disguise it so I don't realize I'm even more of a moron than I am.