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Acoustic Consultant - Noise Expert - Vibration Specialist & Software Developer
Chris Parker-Jones
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Brislington
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Highly driven, versatile and highly qualified acoustic consultant with many additional skills in business development, marketing, project management, software development and R&D. Comfortable and competent in most area of acoustics, from planning applications and EIAs for built environment, industry, infrastructure and mining and minerals projects, to detailed building acoustic design on large scale projects through to completion, to investigative noise and vibration modelling, monitoring and testing. Recently became self-employed having started a new acoustic consulting business, but open to opportunities as a freelancer or sub-consultant services to other acoustic consultancies.
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United Kingdom
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Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
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My experience
2019 - ?
freelance
Director / Acoustic Consultant
ParkerJones Acoustics.
I recently decided to become self-employed and start my own acoustic consultancy. Building upon my wide range of experience in my previous two roles, I am able to offer services across environmental and building acoustics (see a summary of services at www.parkerjonesacoustics.com). I handle all aspects of the business including the development of the website, marketing, finance and consulting work. The company is open to providing a freelancing or sub-consultant service to other consultancies.
Marketing, Consulting, Finance, Website, Service, Development
2018 - 2019
freelance
Associate Consultant - Acoustics, Noise and Vibration
SLR Consulting.
I joined the SLR UK acoustics division with the purpose of establishing an acoustic team in the Bristol office. My role was also to win and build a reputation for building acoustics / detailed design and testing projects, as the team have a heavy bias towards environmental acoustics, particularly in conducting noise impact assessments for planning, particularly in the industrial and waste sectors. Therefore, I worked in several areas including planning submission work in the built environment, industry and infrastructure sectors, construction noise and vibration assessments, building acoustics projects from RIBA Stage 2 to 6 and investigative noise and vibration surveys and assessments. I'm regularly writing fee proposals and identifying new tender opportunities and managing the finances on projects. I also spent a significant amount of my time on business development, setting up meetings with architects, planners and contractors, attending seminars and networking events in the Bristol area, presenting to potential clients by offering CPDs and writing articles explaining the principles of acoustics and vibration.
Job Responsibilities and Achievements:
- Acting as the lead building acoustic consultant in the UK, winning and working on built environment projects from RIBA Stage 2 to Stage 6.
- Working on a range of other built environment, industry, infrastructure and mining & minerals projects at the planning application stage (including EIAs) and monitoring post completion.
- Noise pollution assessments in accordance with BS 4142, DMRB and IEMA guidelines.
- Site suitability and noise mapping assessments to assess the impact of future occupants of a building, in accordance with BS 8233, ProPG and AVO guidelines.
- Construction noise monitoring, assessments and management plans in-line with BS 5228.
- Vibration prediction including assessments of re-radiated noise, human response (BS 6472) and structural damage (BS 7385).
- Noise at work assessments in line with the Control of Noise at Work Regulations.
- Site work include noise and vibration surveys, construction detailing site inspections and pre-completion testing and monitoring.
- Business development including setting up meetings with potential clients, presenting CPDs, attending seminars and networking events.
- Producing new marketing material and organizing the teams LinkedIn presence.
- Developing new report text and templates.
- Identifying fee proposal opportunities from online tender sites for the acoustic team and other disciplines in the business, organizing multi-disciplinary bids.
- Producing macros and processes for the rest of the team to speed up the analysis of survey data, production of noise models and reports, control project financing and produce invoices.
Job Responsibilities and Achievements:
- Acting as the lead building acoustic consultant in the UK, winning and working on built environment projects from RIBA Stage 2 to Stage 6.
- Working on a range of other built environment, industry, infrastructure and mining & minerals projects at the planning application stage (including EIAs) and monitoring post completion.
- Noise pollution assessments in accordance with BS 4142, DMRB and IEMA guidelines.
- Site suitability and noise mapping assessments to assess the impact of future occupants of a building, in accordance with BS 8233, ProPG and AVO guidelines.
- Construction noise monitoring, assessments and management plans in-line with BS 5228.
- Vibration prediction including assessments of re-radiated noise, human response (BS 6472) and structural damage (BS 7385).
- Noise at work assessments in line with the Control of Noise at Work Regulations.
- Site work include noise and vibration surveys, construction detailing site inspections and pre-completion testing and monitoring.
- Business development including setting up meetings with potential clients, presenting CPDs, attending seminars and networking events.
- Producing new marketing material and organizing the teams LinkedIn presence.
- Developing new report text and templates.
- Identifying fee proposal opportunities from online tender sites for the acoustic team and other disciplines in the business, organizing multi-disciplinary bids.
- Producing macros and processes for the rest of the team to speed up the analysis of survey data, production of noise models and reports, control project financing and produce invoices.
Testing, Processes, Winning, UP, Online, Production, Office, Monitoring, Development, Presenting, Marketing, Infrastructure, Surveys, Management, Linkedin, Networking, REST, Writing, Business development, Design
2011 - 2018
freelance
Senior Acoustic Consultant, Head of R&D and Head of MACH Software
MACH Acoustics.
At MACH I was involved in almost all areas of the business including working on and leading consultancy projects, business development and marketing, fee proposal writing, software/web development, R&D, IT management and finances. I joined originally on an undergraduate placement and progressed high up the company structure, enjoying a period of significant growth for the business from 7 employees to 25 over my 7 year stay. I continued at the company whilst studying after my initial placement, with MACH funding my part time MSc alongside full-time work. My focus at the time of my departure was in revamping MACH's consultancy service to embrace BIM, creating Revit software plugins, automating the majority of calculations and reports and producing outputs which could and producing outputs which could be imported into the architectural model.
Job Responsibilities and Achievements:
- Acoustic consultancy on built environment projects with construction values of up to £80m across the UK, with sub-sectors including education, residential, healthcare, offices, retail, hotels, leisure, police stations, churches, recording studios, lecture halls and performing arts venues.
- Working on new build and refurbishment projects, such as the hugely complex refurbishment of the Fry Building for Bristol University.
- Running around 20 - 30 consultancy projects as the lead consultant at any one time.
- Attending design team, site team and client meetings, including presenting to clients.
- Working with junior and mid-level consultants by delegating, reviewing work and training them.
- Conducting site work, i.e. sound insulation testing to Part E and BREEAM, noise surveys to BS4142, BS8233, PPG24, noise at work assessments, vibration monitoring and site inspections.
- Leading a team of 5 ('MACH Software') focused on software and web development, and consultancy carrying out the bulk of calculations and report writing on any BIM level 2 projects.
- Using acoustic calculation software including CadnaA, CATT Acoustics, Insul, Bastian, SoundDesign, Soundplan and Odeon.
- Using a host of other technical software including Revit, Sketchup, Coreldraw, COMSOL, Matlab, InDesign, VideoPad, Visual Studio, iBooks Author, Keynote and Microsoft Office.
- Responsible for the format and content of MACH's fee proposals from self-produced 'fee generator' software.
- Producing marketing material and leading marketing campaigns to target new clients and grow relationships with existing top clients, such as Kier, Willmott Dixon and Interserve.
- Developing macros and software tools in Microsoft Office to increase the quality and efficiency of acoustic calculations, report writing, data basing of acoustic product data and construction details, noise survey processing and analysis, fee proposal writing, marketing and automated emailing, invoicing and worklist tracking.
- Creating 'BIM' software and calculation spreadsheets that work directly with Revit, speeding up the process by currently around 10x than working off pdf drawings.
- Other software development including sound insulation testing software with reports automated and issued on site, FDTD physical modelling software for the visualization of sound, auralisation tools with crosstalk cancellation, MACH's online booking system for sound tests, web based design tools and the redevelopment of the MACH Group website.
- Strong skills in coding in VB.Net, VBA, C/C++, C# and MATLAB/Simulink, also developing in PHP, HTML, CSS, Node.JS and MaxMSP.
Job Responsibilities and Achievements:
- Acoustic consultancy on built environment projects with construction values of up to £80m across the UK, with sub-sectors including education, residential, healthcare, offices, retail, hotels, leisure, police stations, churches, recording studios, lecture halls and performing arts venues.
- Working on new build and refurbishment projects, such as the hugely complex refurbishment of the Fry Building for Bristol University.
- Running around 20 - 30 consultancy projects as the lead consultant at any one time.
- Attending design team, site team and client meetings, including presenting to clients.
- Working with junior and mid-level consultants by delegating, reviewing work and training them.
- Conducting site work, i.e. sound insulation testing to Part E and BREEAM, noise surveys to BS4142, BS8233, PPG24, noise at work assessments, vibration monitoring and site inspections.
- Leading a team of 5 ('MACH Software') focused on software and web development, and consultancy carrying out the bulk of calculations and report writing on any BIM level 2 projects.
- Using acoustic calculation software including CadnaA, CATT Acoustics, Insul, Bastian, SoundDesign, Soundplan and Odeon.
- Using a host of other technical software including Revit, Sketchup, Coreldraw, COMSOL, Matlab, InDesign, VideoPad, Visual Studio, iBooks Author, Keynote and Microsoft Office.
- Responsible for the format and content of MACH's fee proposals from self-produced 'fee generator' software.
- Producing marketing material and leading marketing campaigns to target new clients and grow relationships with existing top clients, such as Kier, Willmott Dixon and Interserve.
- Developing macros and software tools in Microsoft Office to increase the quality and efficiency of acoustic calculations, report writing, data basing of acoustic product data and construction details, noise survey processing and analysis, fee proposal writing, marketing and automated emailing, invoicing and worklist tracking.
- Creating 'BIM' software and calculation spreadsheets that work directly with Revit, speeding up the process by currently around 10x than working off pdf drawings.
- Other software development including sound insulation testing software with reports automated and issued on site, FDTD physical modelling software for the visualization of sound, auralisation tools with crosstalk cancellation, MACH's online booking system for sound tests, web based design tools and the redevelopment of the MACH Group website.
- Strong skills in coding in VB.Net, VBA, C/C++, C# and MATLAB/Simulink, also developing in PHP, HTML, CSS, Node.JS and MaxMSP.
Software, Website, Net, Service, It, Growth, Surveys, Bim, Keynote, Testing, Presenting, Development, PDF, Node, Monitoring, Office, Web, Booking, Vb, Performing, Online, Calculations, Visualization, Processing, UP, Indesign, Marketing, Php, Design, Html, Business development, .Net, Node.js, HTML/CSS/Javascript, Writing, Software development, Training, Retail, Css, Revit, C, R, Matlab, VBA, Visual Studio, Sketchup, Vb.net, Management, Content, It management
2008 - 2009
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Accounts Assistant
BBS Consultants & Actuaries.
My education
Southampton University
MSc, Sound Vibration Studies
MSc, Sound Vibration Studies
University of the West of England
BSc, Overall Mark
BSc, Overall Mark
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