Posted By Stewart Fullarton Hi Bob, The last time i had our noise levels checked it was by a company called OHS environmental services based in bradford. Tel 01274735848. The costs range from about £1000.00 up to about £3000.00 depending on requirements. Our noise survey for our plant cost £1500.00, when complete you get a full report and action plan which is very good. Hope this helps Stewart.

Posted By Paul Leadbetter While basic noise meters can be less than £1000, a Type 1, integrating SLM with real-time frequency analysis can cost more than £5,000! Anyone can wave a noise meter about but, if the results are to be reproducible, the surveyor has to be competent; competence costs money as does the calibration of the SLM (and the field calibrator). While high prices do not guarantee competence, you generally get what you pay for! Paul

Posted By Kevin Walker Hi Bob, What you need to consider is all of the above. While you obviously have machinery that generates noise, what you are looking for is the type of noise produced and then if it is unacceptable a plan or advice on how to do it. The best way forward would be to get a SLM of your own and conduct a preliminary assessment to see if the general levels are unacceptable or borderline. For this you do not need a expensive type of meter a type 2 would be able to give you adequate information. If this is then the case then move to step 2 of having an appropriate assessment conducted. If this confirms that there is a problem, consider step 3 the solution. How much it costs will depend entirely on the situation, but unless you have an idea of the levels in the first case then you could possibly leave yourself open to being ripped off. But if you need a full assessment you definitely need to consider what you want out of the survey in regards to results and report. If you just get a list of numbers without any advice on control then you probably are being ripped Kevin

Posted By Merv Newman The posting by Terry Cox may infringe on the chat forum guidelines and might be removed by the web meister. However I would be happy to see it remain as it gives a direct response to Robert's question and does not name Terry's company. Further information could only be obtained by clicking on Terry's name and sending him an e-mail request.