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Rob Stevens MASc, PEng Principal acoustical consultant

Rob has thirty years’ experience in measuring, assessing, and mitigating environmental noise impact and workplace noise exposure in all types of industry throughout North America and abroad.

He has conducted acoustical assessments and noise/vibration studies for hundreds of industrial sites, developing noise control recommendations to meet local regulatory requirements and environmental criteria of sovereign financing institutions, such as the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. A particular specialty is large scale industrial sites including combined cycle gas turbine power plants, petrochemical facilities, oil and gas refineries, and steel & metal mills. Recent projects of note include Braskem-Idesa’s massive new Ethylene XXI plant in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, the 1000 MW Greenfield Energy Centre, an on-demand combined cycle power plant in Ontario, Canada, and the 1500 MW Porto de Sergipe combined cycle power plant in Brazil.

He has conducted research into novel methods of low frequency noise attenuation in ducts, effects of high temperatures on absorptive silencers, resonant dissipative silencers, measurements of acoustical properties of materials, and the use of sound intensity measurement methods in special applications. Rob routinely delivers courses and presentations including fundamentals of noise and acoustics, environmental and noise assessment, and best practices for industrial noise management.

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