Jantril Monitoring Systems
The OCC
Construction Noise Monitoring
For the location, between the Spuiplein, Turfmarkt and the Schedeldoekshaven, a beautiful plan was developed for a new educational and cultural complex. Early summer 2017 the site was cleared and the demolition was completed to start the construction of the OCC (Onderwijs- en cultuurcomplex) which began in June 2017.
The OCC is a building for culture and education. The complex will consist of a theatre with 1,300 seats, a concert hall (1,500 seats), an ensemble hall (600 seats) and a rehearsal hall (200 seats) when completed. It will house the Residential Orchestra with a rehearsal room and the Dutch dance theatre. The conservatory will consist of various music and dance studios and a school for young talent. Public spaces will be located at the bottom of the OCC, including a ‘city canteen’ where the public can drink a cup of coffee.
The iconic columns of the OCC, which resemble giant tuning forks, are already standing, including the last large trusses. The roof of the concert hall is supported by four beams of 45,000 kilograms each.
The OCC will have a high degree of sustainability, reports the building consortium. For example, recycled concrete is used, there will be four thousand square meters of solar panels on the roof and the ground will be used as a heat and cold source to regulate the temperature in the building.
Jantril Monitoring Systems offers top class noise and air quality monitors in The Netherlands and surrounding geographical areas. They have an experienced team of experts which will take care of the full monitoring of any project with environmental impact such as piling, sheet piling, construction or demolition.
Jantril’s client, bbci Frijwijk, needed to manage their noise emissions during the construction phase of this long term project.
To avoid noise complaints their acoustic emissions have been made visible to all stakeholder and compared with environmental limits using our EM2030 automated sound level meters on a key positions around the perimeter. The information recorded by the monitor gives the client a live impression of the situation and they are notified in time when legal limits have been exceeded.
