Energy & Utilities
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This utility enclosure around a substation is Baltimore, Maryland offered the perfect solution to the customer’s problem. This noise barrier uses EKHO’s Noise Barrier system, with posts spaced at 15’ on centre.
OwnerBaltimore Gas & Electric
ContractorBurns & McDonnell
Engineering the Solution
The customer approached EKHO in the Spring of 2018 to start working on a design for a noise barrier when neighbors began to complain about the noise emitted from the substation.
EKHO worked with the customer and project engineer during the design process to ensure their foundations could support the loads transferred from the noise barrier.
The customer required an enclosure wall around a transformer that would meet a noise reduction coefficient of 0.80, the EKHO product had no issue meeting this requirement.
Matching the Existing Aesthetic
EKHO supplied the noise barrier panels and steel posts for this project as well they supplied in-house engineering and drafting.
Not only was there a NRC requirement but there was an aesthetic requirement for this wall as well. The customer wished to have a brick pattern to match an existing 60-year-old brick building. EKHO worked with the customer to come up with this custom pattern to match.
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