Simon Edwards Senior Acoustician, HGC Noise Vibration Acoustics Toronto, ON
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Industry
Engineer
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Services offered
Acoustics, Acoustical Engineering
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Has Experience with these building types:
Business (Office), Educational, Institutional, Mixed-Use, Multi-Family (Apartments, Condos, etc.), Student Housing
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Has Experience with these material types:
Mass Timber, Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT), Timber-Frame / Post and Beam, Hybrid (wood with steel or concrete), Wood-Concrete Composite Systems, Light-Frame, I-joists, Open-web trusses, Wood structural panels
Simon is with HGC Engineering's Built Environment Division, with acoustical design experience that spans the permitting, design, construction, and post-occupancy phases of residential and commercial buildings. He has extensive experience with mass timber developments, including the first Toronto mass timber building (R-Hauz pilot project) and the acclaimed YW Supporting Housing project in Kitchener, Ontario. Simon is also an expert on sound transmission and a member of the ISO and ASTM Technical Committees on Building Acoustics and a contributing member to the development of ongoing standards that govern industry-wide measurement and calculation methodologies.