University of Birmingham – Frankland Building, Edgbaston

One of the University of Birmingham’s most iconic buildings has now become a modern music hub thanks to extensive acoustic work by TVS Group.

Client: Birmingham University
Main Contractor: GTH Construction
Acoustic Consultant: Hoare Lea

Project Objective
With its grade 11-listed Chamberlain Tower and red brick façade, the Frankland Building is one of the University of Birmingham’s most iconic buildings. But when it needed to be transformed into a new music hub it was time to call in the acoustic specialists, TVS Group.

Approached by main contractor GTH Construction and working with acoustic consultants Hoare Lea, TVS was asked to help design and install over 1000m2 of specialist acoustic flooring to meet the project’s specific requirements.

TVS provided its well-proven TVS RESi Dry Floating Floor System throughout the ground and first floor areas covering multiple music rooms, workshops, rehearsal rooms and corridors. For the control room and recording studio it supplied and installed its TVS RESi Concrete Floating Floor System. To prevent any noise transfer between rooms and corridors, an essential requirement of the project, it decoupled the walls.

TVS also supplied the dry lining contractor with the company’s specialist sylomer wall insulation materials, including special acoustic washers for use beneath timber partitions to meet the natural frequency performance required.

Product
TVS RESi Dry Floating Floor System utilising:
20mm TVS Perimeter Isolation
25mm TVS 505004 Isolators
25mm Knauf Acoustic Roll
18mm Structural Plywood
20mm Cement Board
TVS RESi Concrete Floating Floor System utilising:
20mm TVS Perimeter Isolation
50mm TVS 505008 Isolators
50mm Knauf Acoustic Roll
18mm Structural Plywood
DPM
100 Fibre Reinforced Concrete