Case Studies Archives

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Case Study: Police Department Interrogation Rooms

The Miami-Dade Police Department reached out to Commercial Acoustics to provide soundproofing between interrogation rooms in their office. Numerous instances occurred over the years when suspects or witnesses had been interviewed and were able to hear adjacent conversations in the next door over police interview room. This can tarnish the interview, or worse yet, allow suspects to align alibis because they can hear each other’s stories.

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Case Study: Urgent Care Facility

A large and comprehensive healthcare provider in Indiana operates 15 hospitals and employs about 38,000 team members. One of their urgent care facilities is a two-story, 23,000 square-foot building with 38 exam rooms, doctor’s offices, imaging areas, and a medical clinic. The facility employees 214 and sees an average of 3,000 patients a week. It was built in 1988 and renovated in September of 2022. The healthcare provider wanted to ensure clear communication and respect conversation privacy within its building to drive greater patient comprehension, satisfaction, and employee productivity. They aimed to reduce distractions caused by the distant conversations of others.

Case Study: Walgreens

Walgreens wanted a fresh start with their new workspace spanning multiple floors of a historic Chicago building, once known as the world’s largest post office. The massive structure that stood unused and empty for nearly a quarter of a century is being transformed into new downtown office space with 15-foot high windows, 20-foot-high ceilings and cool amenities such as a bocce court, a quiet library lounge, a 3-acre rooftop garden, and smart elevators.

Case Study: Duane Morris LLP – Privacy

Duane Morris LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 700 attorneys in over 24 offices around the world. Based out of Philadelphia, PA, Duane Morris has centralized most of its business operations – including their facility and construction functions.

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Case Study: Duane Morris LLP – System Access

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Case Study: Acoustics and Patient Satisfaction in Hospitals

At Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, PA they had traditionally used hard ceilings in their construction, but this created acoustical problems in patient rooms, as Tim De- Blaey, vice president for cardiovascular services explained,

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Case Study: IndependenceFirst

IndependenceFirst is a non-profit agency directed by, and for the benefit of, persons with disabilities, primarily serving the four county metropolitan Milwaukee area. IndependenceFirst renovated a building in the historic 5th Ward of Milwaukee,

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Case Study: Inova Fairfax Hospital

Inova Fairfax Hospital, Inova Health System’s flagship hospital, is an 833-bed, nationally recognized regional medical center serving the Washington, D.C. metro area. The hospital is consistently ranked among the top healthcare providers in the United States

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Case Study: Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente – the largest non profit health plan serving over 8.6 million members with 2008 revenue of $40.8B – was looking to improve their medical office building standard, in particular for exam rooms.

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Case Study: Knight Ridder

Knight Ridder’s challenge was to move more than five hundred employees from three buildings into one new building. The company CEO had decided that the entire space (135,500 square feet) would be open office, including the executive offices.

Case Study: Lowe Campbell Ewald

Lowe Campbell Ewald – Concrete. Collaboration. When Lowe Campbell Ewald (LCE) returned to Detroit, they wanted a fresh start but also wanted to be grounded in their roots. The LCE space, located at Ford Field, is the epitome of current trends in design. Hard surfaces with an interactive layout flourished in the design.

Case Study: Barrington Women’s Hospital

Barrington Healthcare for Women (BHCW) – a three location obstetrics and gynecology practice in Illinois, noticed significant patient dissatisfaction at their Crystal Lake, IL location. In particular, they identified acoustics, and specifically the patient’s perception of speech privacy, as a major component to this dissatisfaction.

Case Studies

Case Study: Police Department Interrogation Rooms

Case Study: Urgent Care Facility

Case Study: Walgreens

Case Study: Duane Morris LLP – Privacy

Case Study: Duane Morris LLP – System Access

Case Study: Acoustics and Patient Satisfaction in Hospitals

Case Study: IndependenceFirst

Case Study: Inova Fairfax Hospital

Case Study: Kaiser Permanente

Case Study: Knight Ridder

Case Study: Lowe Campbell Ewald

Case Study: Barrington Women’s Hospital

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