BBC Pacific Quay Glasgow

At the heart of BBC Scotland’s Headquarters lies 3 of Clark Door’s large sound proof sliding doors.  These doors passed the stringent television studio performance requirements.  Clark Door have built numerous single door systems with a rating in excess of Rw 56dB.  This project required doors at 52dB Rw (incorporating minimum requirements at the difficult to measure low end frequency spectrum).

The major challenge on this project for Clark Door was to design and manufacture a bespoke system that would fit into the extremely limited headroom (whilst still providing the required clear opening height).  Compounding the challenge was the need to manufacture the doors in an extremely short leadtime.

These challenges were met by the dedication of the Clark Door team and the bespoke, flexible manufacturing system of our Carlisle Headquarters.

Acoustic Site Test

Pink Noise was played through the loudspeaker system to generate a reverberant sound field.  The results of measurements taken either side of the door were used to calculate the individual weighted sound level difference to establish the acoustic performance of each door.  These doors passed ARUP Acoustics onsite test with flying colours.

Clark Door continue to be specified on numerous Television and Radio Studio projects requiring high attenuation acoustic sliding and hinged doors including other BBC facilities.

To assist pedestrian access into one of the studios Clark Door were challenged to add a hinged pass-door into the sliding door leaf without compromising acoustic integrity. The site sound test proved that Clark Door were able to design and manufacture a solution that met these requirements.