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Saxtead Hall,
Saxtead, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 9QT, UK. Tel +44 (0)1728 727424 Rupert
Taylor's practice was established in 1968 and has advised clients throughout
the world in the fields of:
environmental assessment, industrial noise and
vibration, transportation noise and vibration, groundborne noise, ground
borne vibration, construction noise and vibration, community noise, building
acoustics & noise control in product development. Rupert
Taylor is a world leader in the field of vibro-acoustics of railway
structures and tunnels, with extensive experience in the measurement of
railway vibration and noise, and the modelling, by numerical methods, the
time-domain vibro-acoustic-dynamic behaviour of a moving train on a bridge or
in a tunnel including all the effects of wheel and rail roughness and dynamic
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In 2016 Rupert Thornely-Taylor was
awarded the Rayleigh medal by the Institute of Acoustics, for outstanding
contributions to acoustics. In 2013 He was awarded the Association
of Noise Consultant’s Outstanding Contribution award In 2011 he was awarded Honorary
Membership of the Association of Noise Consultants In
2000 Rupert Taylor Ltd received a British Construction Industry Special Award for The Pursuit of
Architectural and Engineering Excellence in Public Transport for our work on
the Jubilee Line Extension Project |
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Transportation
Noise & Vibration Community
Noise Industrial
Noise & Vibration Architectural
Acoustics Noise
Control Construction
Noise Environmental
Assessment |
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The practice has provided expert
witnesses in many courts of law, both at home and overseas, at public
inquiries, in both Houses of Parliament, and before the Royal Commission on Environmental
Pollution. Download proofs of evidence,
technical papers, reports and power point presentations Rupert Thornely-Taylor is an expert
witness before the Select Committees of the High Speed Rail BIll in the House of Commons and the House of Lords of
the UK Parliament, as he was for the Crossrail Bill. Transcripts of evidence
and other Bill documentation are on the Parliament
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FINDWAVE® is a Finite Difference Model for predicting
vibration of structures, re-radiated noise and ground borne propagation of
vibration at acoustic frequencies. A boundary element module enables
far-field prediction of structure-radiated noise from bridges and viaducts. FINDWAVE®
is proprietary to Rupert Taylor. Rupert Taylor wrote the Pelican book NOISE. The book jacket said "To understand what
noise is and what can be done about it needs-at the very least-a knowledge of
acoustics, economics, law, mathematics, physics and physiology. By skilful
exposition Rupert Taylor has made the contribution of each discipline
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In addition to the technical aspects of
noise and vibration, the practice has been active in legal and assessment
issues. The practice was a founder member of
the UK Association of Noise Consultants, of which Rupert Thornely-Taylor is
past President and an Honorary Member |
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The
practice has been involved in the preparation of numerous Environmental Statements. including Jubilee Line
Extension, Dibden
Terminal, Thameslink
2000, Crossrail, Victoria
Station Upgrade, Stansted
Airport Second Runway, and Dublin
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Rupert Taylor was Chairman of the
working group of the Association of Noise Consultants set up review the use of BS
6472:1992 “Guide to evaluation of human response to vibration in buildings
(1Hz to 80Hz)”, which recently published the book "Measurement and
Assessment of Groundborne Noise & Vibration" Rupert Taylor is a member of ISO
TC108/SC2/WG8, the working group of
the International Standards Organization that produced ISO
14837-1:2005 Mechanical vibration --
Ground-borne noise and vibration arising from rail systems -- Part 1: General
guidance |
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Defra
appointed Rupert Taylor's practice to undertake a study of the effects of
noise policy over the last 50 years by examining selected topics covering
environmental, neighbour and neighbourhood noise. As well as investigating
the effects of specific policies the aim of the project is to determine what
lessons can be learned to assist the design and implementation of future
policy interventions with particular reference to the Noise Policy Statement
for England. In
2006 the practice completed a review for Defra on the use of S80 notices
served under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Download the report. To
support their Neighbourhood Noise Strategy, Defra let a research
contract to Rupert Taylor in 2006 to review the extent of the use of
Performance Indicators by Local Authorities and other bodies (within
the UK and other parts of Europe) to monitor the management of environmental
and neighbourhood noise. Download
the report. In
2006, to support their Neighbourhood Noise Strategy, Defra let a research
contract to Rupert Taylor to review the use of Mediation by Local Authorities
and Housing Associations in the context of noise complaints. Download
the report In 2009 Defra appointed
a team headed by Rupert Taylor to review the effects of the planning process
on the noise environment with regard to human health, flora, fauna and the
built environment. See
the Project Description |
LinkedIn
(Rupert Thornely-Taylor) Department
for Environment, For and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Noise and Nuisance The Crossrail Environmental
Statement Rupert
Taylor report for Defra "Review of Existing Codes of Practice on
Minimising Noise" Stansted
Airport Second Runway Environmental Statement - Air Noise |
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The
Rupert Taylor practice, in conjunction with Schal
International Management Ltd, was responsible for the project management of
the Government's London Noise
Map. In
2005 the practice completed a report for Defra on a Review of Existing Code
of Practice for Minimising Noise. Read the paper that summarises the work undertaken and
the findings. |
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Last updated 5 September 2017