Environmental Noise Assessment
Site surveys, traffic and industrial noise studies, and boundary compliance assessments that establish the facts before design begins.
View scope and standards for Environmental Noise Assessment and Impact StudiesSpecialist acoustical engineering consultancy, est. 2011
Acoustical engineering, proven in the built result.
G Universe is a specialist acoustical engineering consultancy founded in 2011 in Jal el Dib, Lebanon, working across the Middle East, the Gulf, and Africa. We design, model, and verify the acoustic performance of hotels, hospitals, towers, and industrial plant, from the Waldorf Astoria Al Madinah to the King Abdullah Financial District.
Selected clients and projects
The difference
The quiet promised at design stage, measured again at handover.
Acoustic defects are among the costliest to fix after construction and the cheapest to prevent before it. We prevent them across the full arc of a project, from the baseline survey that establishes the real noise environment to the in-situ measurement that proves the built result meets its target.
Acoustics is all we do. Since 2011 that focus has carried more than 40 projects in eight countries, from guest rooms in Al Madinah held to operator noise targets to jet engine test cells measured in Dhahran.
What we do
Six disciplines, one responsibility: the acoustic performance of your project.
Noise Mapping and 3D Simulation
Outdoor propagation models to ISO 9613-2 and indoor simulation that compare design options before anything is procured.
View scope and standards for Noise Mapping and 3D Acoustic SimulationArchitectural and Building Acoustics
Sound insulation, impact isolation, and room acoustic design for every space with a criterion to meet.
View scope and standards for Architectural and Building AcousticsHVAC and MEP Noise and Vibration Control
NC and NR criteria, duct and silencer design to ASHRAE and CIBSE, and vibration isolation from fan coil units to generators.
View scope and standards for HVAC and MEP Noise and Vibration ControlIndustrial Acoustics and Power Generation
Generator rooms, gas turbines, factories, and substations designed and assessed against WHO, OSHA, and boundary limits.
View scope and standards for Industrial Acoustics and Power GenerationAcoustic Testing and Commissioning
In-situ insulation, noise, and vibration measurement with calibrated Class 1 instrumentation, closing the loop between design and reality.
View scope and standards for Acoustic Testing and CommissioningWhere we work
We work where acoustic requirements are strictest and failure costs most.
Hospitality and luxury
Operator brand standards make hotels the most acoustically regulated buildings in private development. Our hospitality work runs from full acoustic design of the Waldorf Astoria Al Madinah to resort consultancy at Earth Resort and ACRAK Resort in Riyadh, and chiller remediation protecting occupied penthouses in Lebanon.
View more hospitality projectsHealthcare and education
Recovery, privacy, and speech intelligibility are functional requirements here, not finishes. References include patient room mock-up design and testing at King Faisal Medical Center in Riyadh, facade and rooftop plant work at AUBMC, and the 500-seat auditorium at Riyadh American School.
View more healthcare and education projectsCommercial, residential, and government
Towers inherit traffic noise through their facades and export plant noise from their roofs. We tested facades and partitions at King Abdullah Financial District in 2012 and delivered the full noise and vibration study for the Ministry of Culture in Riyadh in 2024, alongside the National Bank of Kuwait and Beirut Terraces.
View more commercial, residential and government projectsIndustrial and power generation
Heavy plant answers to regulators, neighbors, and occupational limits at once. We have measured jet engine test cells in Dhahran for BAE Systems and the Royal Saudi Air Force, and designed generator rooms from Beirut to Lubumbashi.
View more industrial and power generation projectsProof
Three projects that show the range of the practice.
KAFD
Reference project · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah Financial District
Facade element and demising partition testing, impact sound insulation assessment, vibration isolation for air handling units, and 3D traffic noise propagation modeling.
2012Delivered
2 of 6Disciplines engaged
Middle East Airlines Headquarters
Acoustic design of a generator room housing four 2,000 kVA gensets serving flight simulation and office buildings.
Read the case study on Middle East Airlines Headquarters
Ministry of Culture, Riyadh
Full noise and vibration mitigation study for a government building complex.
View commercial and government projects including Ministry of Culture, RiyadhMethod
Four phases, each ending in a deliverable you can hold.
Phase 01
Baseline and assessment
Site surveys, regulatory review, and design targets that fix the criteria before design begins.
Deliverable
Baseline survey and design targets
Phase 02
Predictive modeling
3D noise models that quantify risk and compare mitigations while a change costs nothing.
Deliverable
3D noise model report
Phase 03
Design and specification
Acoustic specifications for facades, partitions, floors, doors, and MEP plant, coordinated with your design team.
Deliverable
Acoustic specifications
Phase 04
Testing and commissioning
In-situ measurement against the design targets, reported formally for clients and authorities.
Deliverable
Commissioning test report
Reference scale
dB(A)
- 35
- 45
- 55
- 65
- 75
- 85
2011Practice founded
40+Projects since 2011
8Countries
6Acoustic disciplines
Start the conversation
Tell us where the noise problem is.
Send drawings, a site address, or one line describing a complaint. A senior acoustic engineer, not a sales team, reads and answers every enquiry.