Clement Luciani

Acoustic Consultant

BEng (Hons), MSc, MIOA

Robust Details Deputy Inspector North East England, Scotland, and Ireland

ANC accredited for Sound Insulation and EAS accredited for Air Tightness Testing

Graduated from Edinburgh Napier University with a first class honours in Civil and Transportation Engineering before undertaking further research at the University of York to gain an MSc in Music Technology. Clement further developed his knowledge of acoustics at the Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 University where he gained an MSc in Architectural Acoustics. Clement joined RMP in early 2006 after completing a 6-month placement at an acoustic consultancy in Paris.

Clement has been involved in the acoustic design of a number of projects including residential developments, schools, hotels, hospitals, office buildings, and leisure/entertainment facilities. Clement has also years of experience in environmental acoustics and vibration and particular interests in ground borne vibration and noise (associated with underground railway lines) and sustainable acoustics and construction.

When he is not cycling around the capital, Clement can be found Georgian singing in Edinburgh’s community choir.

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Clement is particularly interested in sustainable construction projects and community build projects. He is keen to develop the sustainable acoustics field and is currently involved with the development of the Scottish branch of the Living Building Challenge (LBC).

Environmental Impact Assessment – Noise & Vibration

Clement regularly undertakes noise impact assessments (NIA) in accordance with Planning Advice Note 1/2011 (for Scotland). The main bulk of the work relates to noise-sensitive development proposals affected by neighbouring transportation infrastructures (mostly Road and Rail and occasionally Air) or commercial/industrial noise or commercial/industrial development proposals affecting existing dwellings or other noise-sensitive premises.

Assessment methodologies are agreed with Local Authorities prior to the survey work being undertaken. The most common guidance documents used are listed below:

General guidance: BS 8233:2014 ‘Guidance on sound insulation and noise reduction for buildings’
Road noise: Department of the Environment document ‘Calculation of Road Traffic Noise’ (CRTN, 1988)
Railway noise: Department of Transport’s document ‘Calculation of Railway Noise’ (CRN, 1995)
Commercial/Industrial: BS 4142:2014 ‘Method for rating and assessing industrial and commercial sound’
Railway vibration: BS 6472-1:2008 ‘Guide to evaluation of human exposure to vibration in buildings – Part 1: Vibration sources other than blasting’

Sound Insulation Testing

Clement regularly undertakes sound insulation testing for new build and refurbishment projects throughout the UK in accordance with BS EN ISO 140 standards. He has been a registered ANC tester since 2006 and has undertaken over a thousand tests.

His work is mainly based in Scotland where the testing is carried out in lined with the requirements of Section 5 of the Technical Handbook for the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004. Testing in England & Wales is undertaken in line with the requirements of Approved Document E (2003 edition, as amended 2004, 2010, 2013 and 2015) of the Building Regulations 2010 (England & Wales).

Clement has worked on numerous projects associated with domestic complaints for new build developments or existing house stocks managed by Housing Associations.

Acoustic Design

Clement has been involved in the acoustic design of projects for new build and conversion developments ranging from residential and community, health care and educational (hub school projects) projects to office and commercial/entertainment developments such as large cinema multiplexes, restaurants, retail and hotels.

He has been involved with numerous conversion projects from traditional Georgian and Victorian buildings from offices back to residential use.

Common guidance documents used for design projects are listed below:

General guidance: BS 8233:2014 ‘Guidance on sound insulation and noise reduction for buildings’
General guidance: BREEAM Technical Manuals (regularly updated)
School projects: Department for Education Building Bulleting 93 ‘Acoustic design of schools: performance standards’ (BB93, February 2017)
Health Care projects: Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 08-01: ‘Specialist services Acoustics’ (SHTM 08-01, July 2015)
Cinema and hotel projects: Bespoke Client specification documents

Air Tightness Testing

Clement is accredited by Elmhurst Airtightness Scheme (EAS) to undertake Air Tightness Testing at Level 1 (domestic and small industrial). He undertakes measurements of domestic buildings throughout the UK and non-domestic buildings such as offices, student halls, schools and community centres.

Clement has been an air tightness registered tester since 2013 and has undertaken approximately 200 post-completion tests since.

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