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"Most offices concentrate on the stopping of sound transference between individual offices and meeting rooms, and not on the quality of sound within the rooms and the open areas.This is compounded by the current trends of hard surface flooring and glass partitions that don’t help to absorb sound."
Tim Griffiths, the owner of Initial Interiors, an established London Office Refurbishment company founded over 22 years ago.
He continues "Sound absorbing materials can be retro fitted to ceilings and walls helping improve the clarity of speech. The architects we work with for new office refurbishment projects tell us that more attention has been given to acoustics since the 00's. Many existing offices have not dealt with this, most likely not understanding how it improves the productivity of their staff, but also not knowing that this can be improved cost effectively with off the shelf solutions as part of an office refit or bespoke refurbishment."
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