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Planning & Environmental Acoustic Consultants in Sydney

Helping Sydney Develop Smarter, Quieter Spaces

Octave Acoustics delivers trusted acoustic consulting services across Greater Sydney. We partner with urban planners, developers, architects, and local governments to assess, manage and mitigate environmental noise and vibration, ensuring your project complies with NSW planning regulations and creates better environments for communities.

Our Sydney Environmental Acoustics Services

We specialise in delivering practical, data-driven assessments for:

  • Environmental noise monitoring and predictive modelling
  • Construction and infrastructure noise management
  • Industrial and mechanical plant noise mitigation
  • Road, rail and aircraft noise impact assessments
  • Development Application (DA), Development Control Plan (DCP) and Secretary’s Requirements (SEARs) assessments.
  • Expert evidence and tribunal support (e.g. LEC)
  • Compliance assessments under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act
  • Music and entertainment and licensed venue noise assessments, including limiter calibration
  • Peer review and government engagement
  • Community noise complaint resolution

Industries We Work With In Sydney

Our consultancy services cater to a diverse range of sectors:

  • Residential and commercial development
  • Infrastructure and civil construction
  • Industrial and manufacturing
  • Transport infrastructure
  • Energy generation and renewables (including solar, wind and thermal generation)
  • Event and entertainment
  • Education
  • Health and aged care
  • Community and sporting
  • Shooting and firing ranges
  • port and airport facilities

 

Why Choose Octave Acoustics?

We combine deep technical expertise with a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach. Whether you’re seeking planning approval, managing community expectations, or optimising project outcomes, we tailor our service to meet your goals.

  • Trusted by leading developers and government bodies
  • Clear, accessible reports for stakeholders and authorities
  • Responsive, experienced consultants with local knowledge
  • End-to-end support from pre-DA to post-construction compliance

Featured Sydney Projects

Greystar BTR, Zetland

Octave Acoustics is excited to be providing acoustic consultancy to Greystar’s new BTR project in Zetland. This new development will deliver 190 build-to-rent apartments across two seven level buildings. A key challenge on this project was the design of the Bourke Street and O’Dea Avenue facades to provide very high levels of traffic noise reduction whilst complying with the consent condition for provision of ventilation in accordance with City of Sydney’s Draft Alternative Natural Ventilation of Apartments in Noisy Environments: Performance Pathway Guideline.. View Project

Gosford Waterfront Revitalisation Masterplan

Octave Acoustics was engaged to conduct investigations and provide a comprehensive noise impact assessment to support the environmental assessment for Central Coast Council’s Gosford Waterfront Revitalisation Master Plan.

The revitalised Gosford Waterfront is to result in a vibrant mixed use precent including venues for the arts, conferences and events, indoor and outdoor dining, residential, retail and new office uses, a hotel, ferry wharf, improved public connectivity and access to the waterfront and integration with the stadium, redeveloped Olympic pool and public urban domain facilities.

The Gosford Waterfront Precinct comprises three major areas, the waterfront, urban domain and the stadium.

Key activities undertaken by Octave Acoustics included:

Extensive surveys and measurement (long & term) of existing ambient environmental noise within the study area.
Computer 3-D noise modelling of various sources including the stadium, rail corridor, local roads and ferry movements.
Analysis of potential noise impacts associated with new uses and interfaces.

Coordination with Council and the wider multi-disciplinary team to identify potential adverse outcomes and refine the plan to minimise resultant noise impacts. View Project

Contact Our Sydney Office

Have a project in Sydney requiring expert acoustic advice?

Sydney Office

Level 11, 1 O’Connell Street
Sydney, NSW 2000
Phone: +61 2 8027 0100
Email: info@octaveacoustics.com.au

Octave Acoustics is a proud member of the Association of Australasian Acoustical Consultants (AAAC), ensuring adherence to the highest industry standards.