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Noise Assessment

A Noise Assessment is a targeted inspection designed to measure and evaluate workplace noise levels, ensuring they remain within safe and legal limits. Conducting a thorough noise assessment demonstrates your business’s commitment to employee wellbeing, legal compliance, and proactive risk management – trusted by clients, partners, and regulators across all sectors. With effective noise management, you protect your workforce from hearing loss, reduce health risks, and maintain a safe working environment. Compliancy Group guides you through every step – making noise compliance clear, practical, and a genuine business advantage.

Why Choose Compliancy Group?

We understand the challenges of managing workplace noise and complying with current regulations. Our team brings hands-on experience with noise assessments, control measures, and industry best practices.

No one-size-fits-all here. Whether you need an initial noise survey, risk assessment, mitigation strategies, or ongoing compliance advice, our services are fully customised to your operations. We offer flexible support packages—from essential guidance to comprehensive on-site consultancy.

We work exclusively with UKAS-accredited certification bodies and maintain a 100% pass rate for compliance assessments. Our clients trust us to deliver results that stand up to audit and regulatory scrutiny—helping you achieve, maintain, and leverage noise compliance for business growth.

Compliance shouldn’t slow you down. We help you build safer environments, reduce noise risks, and improve operational efficiency—so you can focus on your core business.

You’ll work directly with our expert team, including leadership involvement from our CEO. We pride ourselves on responsive communication, clear guidance, and ongoing support throughout your compliance journey.

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Noise Assessment Benefits for Your Business

Demonstrate compliance to secure contracts and reassure clients, staff, and regulators.

Show your commitment to employee wellbeing, safety, and legal responsibilities.

Minimise the risk of noise-induced health issues and costly liabilities.

Enhance your standing as a responsible and trusted employer.

Regular assessments and compliance checks foster a culture of ongoing safety and operational excellence.

Unlock New Opportunities

Boost Credibility

Strengthen Reputation

Strengthen Reputation

Drive Continuous Improvement

Benefits of Compliancy Group Services

From initial assessment to ongoing support, our team ensures you’re always prepared and confident.

We streamline compliance processes, freeing up your team to focus on core business activities.

Services are tailored to your specific business needs, not generic templates.

Ongoing support, training, and regulatory updates keep your business compliant long after inspection.

Our 100% compliance pass rate and exclusive partnerships with UKAS-accredited bodies mean you’re in safe hands.

Expert Guidance at Every Step

Time & Resource Savings

Customised Solutions

Relevant Certifications & Accreditations

FAQ's - Noise Assessment

A Noise Risk Assessment must outline all measures required in order to meet the requirements of the noise at work regulations by either mitigating or eliminating exposure. If a company fails to control noise hazards, it can result in formal enforcement from the HSE.
The main goal of a noise assessment is to assess the existing noise environment and predict how new developments might change things. You'll need a noise assessment for planning effective noise reduction strategies and ensuring compliance with any regulatory, permitting or planning requirements.
BS 4142 is a method to assess the impact on humans in residential premises. It is appropriate for assessing sound levels outside a building that are from: industrial premises, manufacturing premises or fixed installations. mobile plant, vehicles, train or ship movements within the permit boundary.
Guest Contributor. Covering all industries; the legislation requires any employer who intends to perform work that will likely expose the workforce to excessive noise, to complete a risk assessment that outlines how this will affect health and safety.
The duration of a noise survey depends on the type and complexity of the assessment. For example, BS 8233 and BS 4142 surveys usually involve on-site noise monitoring over 24 hours. The analysis and reporting process typically take 1-2 weeks from the first site visit to be completed and issued.
Normally the hours for noisy works are: 8am - 6pm on Monday to Friday. 8am - 1pm on Saturday. no noisy works on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
These are called exposure limit values and the maximum daily or weekly exposure is 87 dB and the maximum peak sound pressure is 140 dB.
Otherwise known as a noise survey, a noise assessment is a broad term given to an analysis of an indoor or outdoor area to determine the new, existing or predicted future sound environment.
Excessively loud music and parties (repeated over a period of time) Unreasonable noise from pubs, clubs, bars and live events. Persistently noisy neighbours. Noise from building sites or building works outside of permitted hours.
5 steps to complete your Noise at Work Assessment. 1.Identify the Main Sources of Noise. Consider all of the different sources of noise in your workplace. ... 2.Measure Noise Levels. Use dosimeters to measure noise levels around your workplace premises. ... 3.Implement Control Measures. ... 4.Record Findings. ... 5.Get Expert Help.