12th International Workshop on Railway Noise
Rick presented a paper on Southdowns’ work on Crossrail combined rail/wheel roughness at the 12th International Workshop on Railway Noise in Terrigal, Australia this week. The workshop is considered to be the most important convention for experts in the field of railway acoustics and is attended by over 130 delegates from all over the world. […]
International Congress on Sound and Vibration
Rick Methold attended the 23rd International Congress on Sound and Vibration in Athens, Greece between 10th and 14th July and presented a paper on Southdowns ongoing work with the track design teams on the Crossrail project during one of the specialist sessions on groundborne noise and vibration from railway systems. The Congress is considered an […]
Vibration Control for Listed Buildings
Southdowns’ Director, Rick Methold was one of the presenters for Crossrail’s presentation entitled ‘Vibration Control for Listed Buildings’ at the Institute of Acoustics meeting on Acoustics from Large Infrastructure Projects on 10th May 2016 at the Royal Society in London. The presentation centred around the work that the main contractor (Costain Skanska JV) had undertaken […]
New Solent Office
We are pleased to announce the opening of our new Solent Office on the Isle of Wight and that this will be led by our company director Rick Methold who is resident on the island. The office is located in Northwood House which is a Grade II* listed property set within park land off Ward […]
Christmas Office Opening Hours
The company’s head office will remain open for business on normal working days over the Christmas and New Year period. Directors and staff would like to wish all clients, suppliers and other associates a very Merry Xmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.
Tim Bartlett joins Southdowns
We are very pleased to announce that Tim Bartlett has joined us today to work as a Principal Consultant in Environmental Management and Planning based in Lewes. Tim was formally employed as a Principal Environmental Health Officer at Lewes District Council where he built and managed a team of technical specialists in the field of […]
New Branding & Web-site
Southdowns is pleased to introduce its new branding and web-site. The wholesale re-vamp, centralised around an ‘S’ logo has been inspired by the company’s name and the transition into other sustainable areas of environmental consultancy including dust and air quality management and assessment. The re-branding marks the first stage of Southdowns current 5 year business […]
Best web-site awarded to Southdowns
The November 2010 issue of the Noise Bulletin has announced that Southdowns has been awarded 1st place in its most recent review of web-sites for acoustic consultants. The Noise Bulletin article stated: “Southdowns is among several businesses with great redesigned sites and after much debate we made it our winner. Launched only in September, it […]
BS EN ISO 9001:2008 Certification
The certification by UKAS accredited assessors Lloyds Register Quality Assurance, is for all services including noise and vibration monitoring. Rick Methold, Southdowns’ Management Representative for Quality said of the certification: “This is a fantastic achievement for Southdowns. We are now one of the few independent acoustic consultancies in the UK to operate a quality management […]
Southdowns’ New Web-site Launched
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new web-site. The new site has up to date project and service information as well as plenty of new material to view and additional resources for our existing clients. As part of our commitment to continual improvement we have new features including customer testimonials and client […]
