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Acoustic Consultants and Security Sweeps

Acoustic Surveillance and Testing Ltd is a multi discipline consultancy. The company has 2 main areas of expertise:

Acoustic Consultants

The acoustic consultancy division provides services to commercial and domestic clients i.e. architects, surveyors, project managers for various small to large projects in the UK and Overseas. All our acoustic consultants are highly experienced and continuously receive external and in house training to keep their skills up to date.

The division has an acoustic design team and a Testing and Investigation Unit.

The acoustic design team provides detailed CAD design for various projects including: recording studio design , music rooms for education establishments, schools, sound proofing design for new build and conversions to meet Part ‘E’ of the building regulations.

Apart from the experience in the department, we use worldwide recognized professional software including AutoCAD, Odeon, Dirac, Insul etc. We also have an ongoing program of analyzing the results from our test data which provides invaluable research into how well various products work as well as providing feedback for our design performance.

The Testing and Investigation Unit provide comprehensive field testing including pre completion sound testing , air leakage testing and noise assessments . We are a UKAS accredited organization for sound insulation testing our air tightness testing staff are BINDT registered. Our technical staff are members of the IOA ( Institute of Acoustics ).

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Security Sweeps - Electronics Counter Surveillance

This specialist division is known as COSEC International. COSEC International provides specialist international Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) - sometimes known as electronic counter surveillance, security sweeps or debugging - for corporate and private clients who may be under threat from electronic surveillance.

The team has the latest advanced professional passive and electronics counter surveillance equipment to search for and locate surveillance devices or 'bugs'. The sweeps include searching and locating Infra red, video, burst, encrypted, spread spectrum and frequency hopping transmitters. This covers serious professional bugs, not just ‘domestic’ transmitters that can be purchased by anyone at ‘spy’ shops in London.

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Recording Studio Design

Acoustic Surveillance and Testing Ltd specialises in providing quality sound insulation, recording studio design and audio visual or home cinema rooms. Our recording studio design is amongst the best in the United Kingdom and Europe. We can coordinate your whole project design from start to finish.

Sound Testing

We at Acoustic Surveillance and Testing Ltd are a UKAS-accredited, sound testing laboratory. Due to our vast experience in acoustic design and sound testing, we have built a wide range of data that allows us to determine the best performance of sound proof products.

Noise Surveys

The service of noise surveys provided by Acoustic Surveillance and Testing Ltd is of particular interest to developers, architects and planning consultants. Our noise surveys provide you with a comprehensive report that assesses the NEC or Noise Exposure Category that the building site falls into.


Tel: 08450 21 22 21

Recent Acoustic & Sound Testing projects:

Recording Studio & Control Room design – Derby County Council

Main Function Hall acoustic design

– Derby County Council

Sound proofing design & sound testing

– Canterbury City Council

Commercial recording studio complex

– Heathrow

Multi purpose studio suite

– Southport

Demo recording studio

– Stockport

Drum studio & acoustic booth

– Tower Bridge , London

Commercial basement studio design

– Whitechapel, London

Silent Stages

– Cardiff

Sound testing for various property developers

– throughout the South East

PPG24 Noise assessments

– various housing developments