Noise and Vibration Statement of Qualifications Acoustical Consulting & Audiovisual Design Grand Rapids, MI Portland, OR 124 East Fulton, 2nd Floor 321 SW 4th Ave., Suite 700 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Portland, OR 97204 Local: (616) 241-5810 Local: (503) 444-5656 www.abdengineering.com [email protected] ABD Engineering & Design is one of the nation’s largest and oldest independent acoustical engineering and audiovisual design firms. From new construction to existing structures, ABD Engineering & Design develops expert solutions to enhance communications throughout North America, and around the world. We help design and engineer audiovisual systems and acoustic environments to optimize speech intelligibility, and performance – so communications are delivered with precision and clarity. Likewise, our calculations for video and audio systems, noise reduction, and speech privacy help our clients make good decisions based on data. We are experienced, design focused, process driven, and employee oriented. ABD is proud to be a nationally Certified Women’s Business Enterprise and Woman Owned Small Business, owned and lead by women, with a team of Professional Engineers and audiovisual consultants who have advanced degrees and the highest certifications in our fields. What we do, and where we work • Acoustical engineering and consulting • Architectural Acoustics • Audiovisual design consulting • Healthcare • Acoustical measurements and testing • University • Environmental noise and vibration control • Corporate/Office • Room acoustics • K-12 education • Noise isolation • Houses of worship • Impact isolation • Industrial facilities • Mechanical noise control • Performing arts centers Awards and Recognitions • AIA Distinguished Professional Affiliate Award. • Multi-Year Winner of 101 National “Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” and “Best and Brightest Sustainable Companies” and two-time Elite winner. • ABD Engineering & Design is a City of Portland Sustainability at Work Silver Certified business, recognizing our sustainability practices that have a positive impact on our environment and our community. Professional Memberships • Acoustical Society of America • National Council of Acoustical Consultants • American Institute of Architects • National Society of Professional Engineers • American Society of Mechanical Engineers • U.S. Green Building Council • AVIXA (InfoComm International) • Institute of Noise Control Engineering Contacts Staff Count Principal Engineer: Melinda Miller, PE [email protected] • Acoustics = 6 Contracts/Billing: Marci Boks, COO [email protected] • Audiovisual = 2 New Projects: Brian Atkinson, [email protected] • Leadership/Admin = 2 Incorporated: S-Corp incorporated 10/30/2001 in the State of Michigan EIN: 38-3631490 DUNS: 104088682 NAICS Code: 238290 WBENC: WBE1701950 2 Sound Engineering for Industrial, Transportation, and Environmental Noise and Vibration Noise and Vibration Objective Recommendations As an independent consulting firm, we Solutions from are driven by the needs of our clients, Professional Engineers not by sales quotas. Since we do not sell products or equipment, you can be sure ABD Engineering & Design is Vibration Isolation Sound fields are complex and can come that our solutions are free from bias and an independent consulting firm best suited for the situation. specializing in acoustical engineering from both internal and external sources. and noise and vibration control for In healthcare, MRI systems and Hybrid OR industrial facilities, environmental spaces need advance analysis. Stamping land use, and transportation. No presses, generators, and pumping facilities matter how complex the noise or can cause vibration issues in adjacent vibration issue, we can help you solve residential areas. Conversely, nearby train it. Using the most advanced sound tracks, busy streets, high winds, HVAC and vibration meters and the most equipment, pumps, and much more can current 3D modeling technology, simultaneously impinge on your structure. our professional engineers analyze Sifting through the sound field for the each project and design unique precise source of a disturbing vibration takes and cost effective solutions that sophisticated acoustical analysis. Using spectral and FFT analysis, our professional are customized to the application. Experience We work with architects, attorneys, engineers isolate equipment vibration and make thorough assessments of The ABD Engineering & Design team building owners, city planners, has extensive acoustical design and facility directors, safety officers, transportation, industrial, and commercial sources. We offer practical, concise, and engineering experience. In addition, and plant managers to reduce noise staff members have held teaching and pollution and unwanted vibration at cost effective advice for isolating even the most complex vibration issues. research positions at various colleges the source. and universities and regularly conduct seminars, conferences, workshops, and institutional training sessions on architectural acoustics, AV design, and environmental noise and vibration control. Green Design ABD Engineering & Design is a leader in Environmental Noise the acoustical and AV design community Assessments for creating sustainable facilities. Our Noise pollution is a hot topic issue in own Green Initiatives put theory into Industrial Noise Control practice to reduce our own corporate Manufacturing facilities are some environmental regulations, politics, and in our neighborhoods. A large body of carbon footprint. Every employee’s of the loudest environments we “green ideas” help to improve energy encounter. ABD can measure legislation is now in place to limit and/ or prevent it. ABD can measure sites for efficiency and environmental quality of Occupational Noise exposure by life. These organic solutions improve dosimeter to determine compliance background noise levels, and we determine whether industrial, aircraft, rail, mining, and all of our offices, further solidifying our with OSHA standards, and whole commitment to the environment. body vibration compliance with road noise levels comply with government ISO standards. In addition, we regulations. assist in airborne noise exposure control for industrial plant workers Building Systems Noise Control in manufacturing facilities, power At ABD Engineering & Design, we provide stations, and other facilities where acoustical guidelines for HVAC, lighting, noise levels can be a serious electrical, plumbing, and structural noise problem. We determine the source issues, and we recommend cost-effective and quantity of the problem, and noise and vibration control solutions. We we design solutions that bring levels consult on the design of wall, window, within the legal limits, reducing floor, and ceiling construction; the control company liability and leaving of plumbing and elevator noise; and the workers happy. management of the noise of indoor and outdoor equipment. 3 Noise & Vibration Selected Experience Air Flow Equipment, Inc. Emerald Kalama Chemical LLC Pella Corporation Bloomington, MI Industrial Noise Control Sioux Center, IA Kalama, WA American Electric Power - Dresden Pfizer Morris, IL Ford Motor Company Holland, MI Maintenance and Operations Kalamazoo, MI American Superconductor Dearborn, MI Wind Farm Electrical Substation Noise Randy’s Recycling Devens, MA G&K Services Muskegon, MI Noise Study Avon Distribution Center Indianapolis, IN Rayonier Inc. Chicago, IL Chip Process Facility Noise Study General Motors Corporation Quitman, GA Arlington, TX Defiance, OH Semblex Design Center Warren, MI Warehouse/FDS Factory Fuel Cell Relocation Detroit, MI Quality/Sorting GM Studio Warren, MI Elmhurst, IL Industrial Noise Study Wixom, MI Vibration Study Wyoming, MI SC Johnson Manufacturing Lines Grand Traverse Stamping Bay City, MI Employee Noise Exposure & Noise Study Traverse City, MI Smithfield Packing Company Plant Measurements & Mitigation GRP Pan Mine Tar Heel, NC White Pine County, NV Steelcase, Inc. Harvey Street LOV, VIA Portable Solution Bassett Healthcare Road Noise Study Kentwood, MI Cooperstown, New York Norton Shores, MI Tommy Car Wash Systems Bausch + Lomb Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. Environmental Noise Study Clearwater, FL Hemlock, MI Grandville, MI Benchmade Knife Co Inc. Holtec International Toyota North American Industrial Noise Study Condenser – Noise Modeling Parts Center Oregon City, OR Marleton, NJ Hebron, KY Canby Sand & Gravel Huron County Wind Farms Tri-State Canby, OR Bad Axe, MI Dry Cooler Fan Noise Reduction Wyoming, MI Cardno-Calico Grassy Mountain Gold Indigo Hotel and Kirkland Tower Malheur County, OR Vancouver, WA TriMet Pedestrian Crossing Warning Bells Community Noise Studies Knife River Corporation Steel Bridge Relay Vibration City of Elkhart, IN Coffee Lake Portland, OR City of Kalamazoo, MI Sherwood, OR City of Novi, MI Waste Water Treatment Plant City of West Allis, WI Kohls Distribution Center Big Rapids, MI Clarkston, MI Macon, GA Cleveland, OH Weatherford International Inc Grand Rapids, MI Lockheed Martin Rotaflex Pumps Independence Township, MI Elmira, New York Odessa, TX Milwaukee, WI Meijer Inc. Wolverine Gas and Oil DD Marquardt Mining Environmental Noise Study Headquarters Renovation Noise Study Grand Rapids, MI Grand Rapids, MI Kelso, WA Urbana, IL Wrigley Jr. Co Delta Sand and Gravel Expansion Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology Manufacturing Noise Eugene, OR Bellville, MI West Chicago, IL Dematic Corporation Michigan