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Located eight minutes from downtown Dawsonville, Ga., Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP) is a private
member country club for motorsports
enthusiasts who own sports cars and
want a place to drive them fast and
legal. Cars and trucks run on AMP’s
2-mile, professionally designed race
circuit where the average lap speed is
about 124 mph.
Noise levels from these powerful,
high-revving automobiles can range
from 50 to 105 decibels.
AMP holds racing events about
180 days of the year as well as about
20-30 additional drivers school activities. In addition to automobile racing,
Special sound barrier tames noise levels
at Atlanta Motorsports Park
AMP features three kart tracks, a driving school, rental garages, pit area,
clubhouse, tennis courts, pool, and
other recreational areas.
According to Jeremy Porter, CEO
of AMP, the need for a new sound wall
arose, as the previous sound wall system, which included natural hay bales,
was deteriorating and was never up to
their standards.
They wanted a sound barrier that
was both modern and sustainable, so
they examined many options.
“Acoustifence had the qualities
we were looking for in a modern outdoor acoustical sound barrier fence.
We wanted a ‘green’ and ‘sustainable’
sound barrier product because we are
an environmentally-conscious organization,” he said. “Acoustifence has the
sound transmission loss (STL) performance we needed plus it’s also
‘green’ in the sense that it has 80 percent recyclable materials in it, and is
100 percent recyclable itself.”
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Having an effective noise barrier
was important to AMP because the
motorsports country club prides itself
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Noise levels from the powerful, high-revving automobiles running up to 124 miles
per hour can range from 50 to 105 decibels, so an effective sound barrier was critical. The solution was found in Acoustifence, shown above.
(Acoustiblok photo)
Acoustifence is a modern day
acoustical soundproofing product
manufactured
by Tampa-based
Acoustiblok Inc. It’s an advanced material sound barrier that is placed between a noise source and the noise
receiver.
Originally designed and used on
offshore drilling rigs, the product consists of a thin, unique 1/8th inch, 6 x
residents who live nearby.
“Acoustifence’s environmental
properties were one of the deciding
factors for us. We thought it was outstanding for our needs so we bought
and installed enough to surround twothirds of the perimeter,” Porter said.
Lahnie Johnson, president and
founder of Acoustiblok Inc., said,
“Our Acoustifence product is an economical way to reduce outdoor noise
that doesn’t require major construction. Two people with a few small
hand tools can install the acoustical
barrier in about 30 minutes if a fencing system is already in place.”
Unlike often tried natural sound
barriers such as fences, shrubs or hay
bales, the Acoustifence material not
only blocks direct sound, but also reduces very low frequency sound from
reflecting off it.
“We’re happy with Acoustifence.
It was easy to install and it’s working.
It’s also green and sustainable. The
customer service was great and so was
the shipment time,” Porter said.
“Since we’ve had the Acoustifence, the neighbors tell us that they
love the new fence. They said they
think the Acoustifence works better
than our previous sound barrier and
they think it is more attractive to look
at as well,” he added.
Made in the U.S., Acoustifence is
an easy to use sound deadening
acoustical fence. It has a unique
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• JUNE 2014 • WORLD FENCE NEWS
Special sound barrier
tames noise levels at
Atlanta Motorsports Park
characteristic that sets it apart from
other non-structural sound barriers
when dealing with very low frequencies such as vehicular or even train
noise. In frequencies of 50 Hz and
below, the heavy limp Acoustifence
material actually begins to vibrate
from low frequency sound waves,
Johnson explained.
In essence it is transforming these
low frequency sound waves into mechanical movement and internal friction energy.
Laboratory tests indicate that this
transformation process reduces these
low frequencies from penetrating the
Acoustifence by over 60 percent relative to the human ear. In these low frequencies test results show an NRC
(noise reduction coefficient) as high as
0.78 (1.00 being the max).
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BY HERB BORNER , WFN CONTRIBUTING EDITOR IN MEMORIAM
Long-time readers of World Fence
News will remember Herb Borner, a
fence man’s fence man if there ever
was one. Herb had done it all, and was
happy to share his expereiences in a
regular column for many years. Here
is just one sample of his down-to-earth
practical advice, and is one of the first
articles he submitted to WFN, back in
July 1983. Sadly, Herb passed away
several years ago.
It is a known fact that the best of
materials poorly installed can create an
eyesore. A fine ship in a harbor, with
the best anchor but a weak anchor
chain, is soon adrift. Similarly, fence
posts set in weak or inadequate concrete footings soon leads to a leaning
fence.
Footing widths and depths vary in
specifications due to differences in
opinion of architects or whomever is
designing the fence. ASTM standard
F567 defines a good practice to be followed.
This standard, generated from
Committee F14 on Fences, calls for
concrete footings to be four times the
diameter or widest cross section of the
post.
A footing for a 4 high fence is to
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dirt, grease, oil, mold, or even being
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be a minimum of 24 deep with 3
added to the depth for each additional
foot in height.
Holes drilled in rock are to be
three times the post diameter or widest
cross section in depth with ½ clearance between post and side walls of
the drilled hole.
The better footing is one where
the holes are power auger drilled. The
best footings, especially in cold
weather areas, are those that are (a)
precast; (b) concrete poured into
wooden forms, backfilled and tamped;
and (c) stovepipe sleeves backfilled
and tamped.
This will allow frost to rise without gaining a hold on the smooth sides
of the footing. A post hole dug with a
hand digger is best when the post hole
is bell bottomed or “balled” at the
base.
The bell shape allows the frost to
lift away from the footing, and the
ball, if below the frost line, will present a greater mass for the frost to lift.
Posts should be concreted in place
as soon as possible after being dug.
Holes left open overnight will generally fill in. If you set your posts in
“caved in” holes after redigging, you
do your customer and yourself a disservice.
This can give access to attack by
frost. An off-centered preponderance
of weight will cause the footing to settle in that direction.
Too big holes, too small holes, offcenter holes, large redug holes and
driven posts with concrete caps added
to the top generally are bad practices.
Hand mixing accounts for the
small holes (less work), transit mix for
the large holes (plenty of concrete) and
slothfulness for the capped posts. We
didn’t always have transit mix, and
when it did become available, we
couldn’t always afford it.
The time saved by using a transit
affords time for checking hole alignment and driving in spot posts. This
time spent saves bucks as the mix
truck is in and out of the site without
charging for overtime.
If the installer lacks experience, he
should stick to hand mixing, then go
on to the cement mixer before attempting transit mix.