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Acoustical Consulting in the Modern Workplace

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Acoustical Consulting in the Modern Workplace: Why Integrated Design Matters

Unless there's an acoustical consultant on a project, a ceiling gets specified for how it looks, what it costs, and how it integrates — rarely for how it performs. Here's what changes when acoustics is in the room from the start.

Newcomb & Boyd / July 7, 2026 / 15 min read Read Article →

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Experience Design in Buildings: Acoustics, Lighting, AV

How acoustics, lighting, and audiovisual systems shape the way people experience a space — not just how it functions.

Experience Design in Buildings

Jul 2026 · 11 min Lighting

Visual Comfort in the Built Environment

Why lighting quality — not just light levels — determines how comfortable a space really feels.

Visual Comfort in the Built Environment

Jul 2026 · 4 min Audio-Visual

AV System Design and the Operating Economics of a Building

How audiovisual systems, specified early, shape a building’s long-term operating costs — not just its launch-day experience.

AV System Design and the Operating Economics of a Building

Jun 2026 · 10 min MEP-F

Integrated Engineering Built to Perform

Why pairing deep MEP-F engineering with a dedicated technology studio produces buildings that genuinely perform.

Integrated Engineering Built to Perform

May 2026 · 5 min MEP-F

Market-focused Design. One Integrated Approach. Built Around You.

One integrated approach to engineering, tuned to the demands of each market we serve.

Market-focused Design. One Integrated Approach.

Apr 2026 · 4 min Sustainability

Let’s Walk the Talk: Newcomb & Boyd’s Sustainability Journey

How a century-old engineering firm is turning its own sustainability commitments into measurable, verifiable practice.

Let's Walk the Talk: Newcomb & Boyd's Sustainability Journey

Nov 2025 · 8 min Audio-Visual

Samford University’s Seibert Wellness Center

The integrated engineering and technology behind Samford University’s new Seibert Wellness Center.

Samford University's Seibert Wellness Center

Oct 2025 · 3 min Acoustics

Acoustic Modeling

What acoustic modeling reveals about a room before it is built, and why it pays off long after move-in.

Acoustic Modeling

Oct 2025 · 2 min MEP-F

Using CFD to Redefine Comfort in Historic Auditoriums

How computational fluid dynamics brings modern comfort to historic auditoriums without altering their character.

Using CFD to Redefine Comfort in Historic Auditoriums

Sep 2025 · 5 min Sustainability

Building Smarter Futures: How Our Team is Influencing LEED v5

Inside the firm’s work helping shape the next version of the LEED green-building standard.

How Our Team is Influencing LEED v5

Aug 2025 · 3 min Lighting

Visual Comfort: The Art and Science of Specialty Lighting Design

The art and science of specialty lighting, and how it shapes visual comfort in a space.

Visual Comfort: The Art and Science of Specialty Lighting Design

Jul 2025 · 4 min Sustainability

Leveraging Data to Drive Sustainability

Turning building data into the decisions that actually lower energy use and carbon.

Leveraging Data to Drive Sustainability

Jul 2025 · 4 min Intelligent Buildings

The Rosetta Stone of Intelligent Buildings

A shared language for intelligent buildings — translating systems, data, and controls into real performance.

The Rosetta Stone of Intelligent Buildings

Feb 2025 · 3 min Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Operational Technology Services

Protecting the building systems that keep facilities running, where operational technology meets cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity Operational Technology Services

Jan 2025 · 4 min Workplace

Invesco’s New Headquarters: A Showcase of Innovative Design and Technology

How integrated engineering and technology came together in Invesco’s new headquarters.

Invesco's New Headquarters

Oct 2024 · 4 min Science & Technology

HVAC Design Approaches for Sustainable Laboratories

Balancing stringent lab safety requirements with energy performance through smarter HVAC design.

HVAC Design Approaches for Sustainable Laboratories

Apr 2024 · 2 min Sustainability

Taking Junction Krog District to LEED Gold

The engineering decisions that carried the Junction Krog District to LEED Gold certification.

Taking Junction Krog District to LEED Gold

Apr 2024 · 3 min

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