The project aims to develop a robust method for predicting the acoustic flanking performance of floor and wall systems in mid-rise LGS buildings. The resulting design recommendations will give the building community confidence about how to reliably design and construct LGS buildings.
Researchers on this project include: Assoc Prof Amin Heidarpour, Prof. Tuan Ngo, Prof Lu Aye, Dr Bernard Gibson.
Date commenced and duration
September 2022, 36 monthsLead researcher
Industrialisation
- Building Design and DFMA
- Building Materials & Systems
- Housing and Urban Design (Affordability)
- Sustainable Materials & Products
- Construction Safety and Wellbeing
- Building Operation and Performance
- Computational Design
Building Design and DFMA
Theme coordinator

Ivana Kuzmanovska
Projects
Light House Project #6: Malvern East Apartment Development
#32 Acoustic flanking performance of mid-rise light gauge steel (LGS) structures
#59 Innovative Steel–Timber–Concrete Composite StrongFloor
#38 Victorian Government Digital Build – Translating theory into practice
#31 Demystifying Volumetric Construction: A Study of the Bathroom Pod
Building Materials & Systems
Theme coordinator

Dr Rackel San Nicolas
Projects
#41 New Materials for Windows of the Future – Phase 2
#60 Mass Timber Wellness in Workplaces
#32 Acoustic flanking performance of mid-rise light gauge steel (LGS) structures
#15 Using the Whole Tree for Future Timber-Based Construction – Scoping Study
#24 Next Generation of Robust and Fire-resilient Light Gauge Steel Systems for Mid-Rise Buildings (Umbrella Project)
Sustainable Materials & Products
Theme coordinator

Dr Philip Christopher
Projects
Light House Project #6: Malvern East Apartment Development
#32 Acoustic flanking performance of mid-rise light gauge steel (LGS) structures
#59 Innovative Steel–Timber–Concrete Composite StrongFloor
#15 Using the Whole Tree for Future Timber-Based Construction – Scoping Study
#37 Australian Timber Fibre Insulation Scoping Study
Computational Design
Theme coordinator

Dr Abdallah Ghazlan
Projects
#32 Acoustic flanking performance of mid-rise light gauge steel (LGS) structures
#59 Innovative Steel–Timber–Concrete Composite StrongFloor
#57 Wind Comfort Simulation and New Engineering Design Process
#4 Computational Design and Optimisation Tools for Prefabricated Building Systems – Phase 1 Scoping Study
#42 Workflow Automation Tools for Home Designs Phase 1 Scoping Study
Keywords
- Acoustic
- Australian Building Industry
- Computational design
- DfMA
- Digital Engineering
- engineering
- Flanking
- Impact
- Light-gauge steel structures
- Steel structures
- Validation