Tweed - New Haven Airport Summary: Like virtually all airports around the world, the terminal building at Tweed-New Haven airport had a problem: Reverberation. As a result, the public address system used to page people and make flight announcements was virtually unintelligible, causing confusion and inconvenience for employees and travelers alike. Application Introduction: While problems of this type abound in public buildings, this case was especially severe and with good reason. The 229,000-cubic foot space was designed and initially used as an airplane hangar. Never intended as an acoustically friendly space, it had a number of properties that exacerbated reverberation – such as reflective glass block walls, vinyl covered concrete flooring and a steel ceiling. To make matters worse, the

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