Masonry Magazine April 2002 Page. 35
Unheard of...
By Chris Wayland
Putting 1,100 teenagers in a building means noise control quickly becomes a priority. So when planners of the West Middle School in O'Fallon, MO, just outside of St. Louis, set out to build the 119,000-square-foot school from structural block, they wanted to incorporate sound control into the design. They found their answer in a relatively new product: Sound Cell™, a structural block that comes in 8 and 12 inch widths with sound absorbing qualities. Plans to include sound control upfront pleased Project Architect Rich Bacino, of Cannon Design.
Because of cost, to add sound control, school districts often come back later," Bacino said, adding with the Sound Cell, "You didn't have to buy anything above and beyond."
"It was cost-effective," said Jeff Leonard, president of Leonard Masonry Inc., the contractor for the project. "We were worried about it being expensive, but is was just a slight premium to go with this unit," Leonard said.
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