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Name Rupert Maurice THORNELY-TAYLOR
Occupation Consultant in Acoustics and Noise Control Director
of Rupert Taylor Ltd, Noise and Vibration Consultants. Date of Birth 21 May 1946 Place of Birth Whalton, Northumberland, England Professional
Qualifications Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
(founder member and 1st Hon. Treasurer) Past Director of International Institute of Acoustics
and Vibration (founder member and Chair of Membership Committee) Past
President of Association of Noise Consultants (founder member and Honorary
Member) Member
of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA Member
of the Acoustical Society of America Citizenship British Employment History 1993 - present Director, Rupert
Taylor Ltd 1968
- present Consultant
in Acoustics, Noise and Vibration 1970
- 1981 Director
Rupert Taylor and Partners Ltd 1964 - 1968 Acoustical
Engineer, Burgess Products Company Ltd 1963
- 1964 The
British Tubular Manufacturing Company Ltd 1962
- 1963 J.L.
Morison Son and Jones Ltd Awards etc 1972 Churchill
Fellow 2000 British
Construction Industry Special Award for the pursuit of architectural and
engineering excellence in public transport – Jubilee Line Extension Project 2013 Outstanding
Contribution Award, Association of Noise Consultants 2016 The
Institute of Acoustics Rayleigh Medal for outstanding contributions to
acoustics Principal Publications Noise,
Penguin Books, London 1970, 1975 & 1979 Noise
Control Data, Rupert Taylor and Partners Ltd, London 1976 Handbook
of Noise and Vibration Control, Trade & Technical Press Ltd, London, 1979
(Contributor) Measurement
and Assessment of Groundborne Noise and Vibration, Association of Noise
Consultants 2001 (with Pollard J., Brodowski,
T, Evans P, Greer R., Malam D., and Williams P.) Mechanical
vibration - Prediction of groundborne vibration arising from rail systems in
tunnels - Part 1:General guidelines" ISO/CD
14837-1 and Part 32: Measurement of dynamic properties of the ground "
ISO/TS 14837-32 (jointly with WG8 working group). Membership of
committees etc International
Organization for Standardization, TC 108/SC 2/WG8 Institute
of Acoustics, Council member and Honorary Treasurer 1971-1974 Assn
of Noise Consultants, Hon Treasurer 1970-1974, Chairman 2003-2005, President,
2006-2008 Association
of Noise Consultants working group on BS 6472, Chairman Noise
Advisory Council, member, 1970-1980, Deputy Chairman, Working Group on Noise
as a Hazard to Health, Chairman, Working Group on Noise Monitoring Member
of Defra project Board for "Research into the human response to
vibration in residential environments" 2004-2011. Director,
International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration, 2007-2011, 2012-2016. Chair,
Membership Committee, International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration,
2010- Member,
International Scientific Committee, 21st International Congress on
Sound and Vibration (ICSV), Beijing, China 2015., 23rd ICSV,
Athens, Greece, 2016 and 24rd ICSV London, 2017. Reviewer,
Applied Acoustics Principal professional experience – expert
witness SONI
Tyrone-Cavan Interconnector Public Inquiry. Transport
for London in Silvertown Tunnel Public Inquiry. Parliamentary
Select Committees on the High Speed Rail Bill. Heathrow
Airport works to enable full runway alternation on easterlery
operation. London
Borough of Newham in London City Airport Public Inquiry Transport
for London in Bank Station Capacity Upgrade Public Inquiry. Transport
for London in Northern Line Extension Public Inquiry. Transport
for London in Victoria Station Upgrade Public Inquiry. Parliamentary
Select Committees on the Crossrail Bill. Transport
for London in Camden Town Station Public Inquiry. Arbitration
proceedings in the International Chamber of Commerce, Singapore on behalf of
Marubeni Corporation, Japan, in relation to Eiffage
-v- Marubeni in the matter of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Access MRT
System Project Noise and vibration consultant to the
promoters of the following projects: Associated
British Ports, Dibden Terminal and Quay 2005, Hull Croydon
Tramlink Docklands
Light Railway, Bank, Beckton and Lewisham Extensions Dublin
Metro North Edinburgh
Tram Environment
Agency, Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme Land
Transport Authority, Singapore, Circle Line, Phase 1 London
Underground Limited, Jubilee Line Extension Network
Rail Infrastructure plc, Thameslink 2000 Rugby
Cement, Dean Valley, Rochester and Kensworth Quarry Union
Railways Ltd, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Independent Verifier the following project: Parramatta
Rail Link, Sydney Acoustics, noise and vibration designer of
the following projects: Malmö
Citytunnel, Kowloon-Canton Railway - West Rail project, Hong Kong, Copenhagen
Metro, Heathrow Express, CrossRail, Channel Tunnel,
Docklands Light Railway, Beckton Extension, A20 and M20 bridges, Folkestone
Channel Tunnel Terminal, Tsing Ma bridge, Lantau Fixed Crossing, Hong Kong, East
Coast Main Line Mark IV coaching stock Noise and vibration consultant to the
planning authority for the following projects: London
City Airport, Birmingham Airport, East Midlands Airport, BAe Filton Member of environmental assessment team for New Nanjing Airport, China, Taipei Rapid
Transit Systems, Taiwan, Seventh Plan Urban and Regional Transport - Thailand
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