Noise Litigation is on the Rise for Multi-Family Developments and Builders Should be Losing Sleep
Share this article Share this article BOSTON, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Condo owners in noisy buildings are suing developers and a hard truth is coming to light: some long accepted construction methods simply do not meet code. Class action litigation is sparking acoustic field testing of new wood-framed projects and revealing that the reliance on Resilient Channel and other products, long believed to be barriers to noise transmission, are just not doing the job. "With noise litigation rising it's imperative that architects reimagine their design philosophy around sound attenuation," says...