Acoustic Compliance Report
Royal Children's Hospital β Tower B
Design Development Stage Β· IRG-2026-041 Β· 12 March 2026
Prepared by: J. SmithStandards: AS/NZS 2107:2016, NCC 2022
Β§1 Scope of Works
This report presents the acoustic compliance assessment for the Design Development stage of Tower B, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane. The assessment covers all habitable and clinical spaces within the tower across 10 levels, totalling 85 assessed rooms. The assessment has been carried out in accordance with Australian Standard AS/NZS 2107:2016 and the National Construction Code 2022 Volume 1.
The scope includes evaluation of room acoustics (reverberation time), background noise criteria (NC/NR levels), and airborne sound insulation (Rw/DnTw) between adjacent spaces. Note: ICU Bay 4 scope confirmation pending β TBC. 2 plant rooms have been excluded from compliance assessment.
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Β§2 Applicable Standards & Criteria
The following standards have been applied: AS/NZS 2107:2016; NCC 2022 Vol. 1; AAAC Healthcare Acoustics Guidelines (2019); WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines (2018).
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Β§3 Methodology
Room schedules, door schedules, and wall construction details were extracted from the supplied documentation set (Drawing Set Rev.5 [OCR extracted β verify RT zones TBC], Room Schedule v3, Specification Section 13). Acoustic compliance was assessed using deterministic evaluation against criteria stored in the IRG criteria engine. Reverberation time calculations were performed using Sabine's equation.
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Β§4 Compliance Summary
Of the 85 assessed rooms: 72 comply with all applicable acoustic criteria; 3 rooms fail (Operating Theatre 1, ICU Bay 4, Endoscopy Suite 2 β see Β§5 for recommendations); 8 rooms are TBC pending receipt of [client RT measurement data β TBC]; 2 plant rooms excluded from assessment.
Appendix A Assumptions & TBC Register
β Outstanding Items β to be resolved before final report
| Ref | Item | Action |
| A-01 | ICU Bay 1 RT target β not extractable from scanned drawing | Client to confirm |
| A-02 | NC target for Operating Theatre 1 β free text ambiguous | Engineer to clarify |
| A-03 | ICU Bay 4 scope β is it in scope for DD stage? | Client to confirm |