April, 2008 – While the Barnett Shale gas play in Fort Worth is a resounding boom for the north Texas economy, not everyone is happy with the sound of success. Noise, as it turns out, has become one of the most contentious issues of the unprecedented exploration. Noise associated with drilling activity, which often takes place in close proximity to residences, is one of the toughest mitigation challenges. As a result, most of the affected communities like Fort Worth have established very stringent noise mandates in an effort to protect residents from excessive noise. Thus drilling companies are scrambling to find something that will reduce drilling noise to the mandated levels. In response to this new demand, Sound Fighter Systems has introduced a fully-portable, high-performance noise barrier designed specifically for temporary applications like gas well drilling.
“Drilling companies approached us with the need for an effective, fully-portable and reusable noise barrier for their drilling sites in densely populated areas.” notes Sound Fighter’s VP Murray Stacy “So we developed a portable version of our renowned LSE Absorptive Noise Barrier System. Our challenge was to maintain the legendary acoustic performance of the LSE System while incorporating ease-of-use and sufficient portability needed by the drilling companies. I think our Mobile LSE Noise Barrier accomplishes this.”
LSE Mobile Sound Wall Specs
- Easy, bolt-up assembly; no cutting, drilling or special tools required.
- Can be positioned for any shape or configuration.
- The units are easy to assemble, disassemble and relocate
- Free-standing for wind loads up to 75mph, and can be easily anchored with screw-in ground anchors for applications with higher wind loads.
- Can be custom designed in different sizes. Common sizes range from 12-18 ft wide, and 10-24 ft tall.
- Like the permanent LSE System, all structural steel is custom fabricated in Sound Fighter’s own plant. All welding conforms to American Welding Society D1.5 and Electrodes shall be E70XX. All fabricated steel members are hot dip galvanized after fabrication per Publication 408 Section 1086.
- Have an NRC of 1.05 per ASTM Test Method C423-90a, and an STC of 33 per ASTM Test Method E90-90 and E413-87.
