Building Bulletin 93
The acoustic requirements for schools in England and Wales are covered in Building Bulletin 93, 'The Acoustic Design of Schools', which is published by the Department for Education and Science (DfES). The Building Regulations Approved Document E states that compliance with BB93 will satisfy Requirement E4 of the Building Regulations.
BB93 is a direct replacement for Part A of the DfES Building Bulletin 87.
Section 1 of BB93 is intended for designers and building control bodies. It gives the performance targets for compliance with Requirement E4 from Part E of schedule 1 to The Building Regulations 2000 (as amended). Requirement E4 reads;
Each room or other space in a school building shall be designed and constructed in such a way that it has the acoustic conditions and the insulation against disturbance by noise appropriate to its intended use.
Impact sound
BB93 specifies the acoustic performance of floors for impact sound for different types of room. Impact sound insulation should be designed and measured for floors without a soft covering (e.g. carpet, foam backed vinyl) except in the case of concrete structural floor bases where the soft covering is an integral part of the floor.
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