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Office pods, acoustics and getting work done in a loud room.

Practical writing on acoustic office pods, soundproof booths and workplace design, from the team that builds and installs them across Australia.

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Open-plan office floor with an acoustic booth in use

acoustics

Office Noise and Concentration

Open-plan offices are not usually too loud. They are too intelligible — and that is a different problem with a...

· 5 min
Acoustic pod set up on an event floor

hire-events

Pods at Expos and Conferences

Media interviews in a corridor, sponsors on the phone in the car park. What a pod solves at an event,...

· 6 min
Soundproof meeting pod installed in an office interior

acoustics

Why Office Pods Go Unused

Pods almost never fail because they are not quiet enough. They fail for three other reasons — and all three...

· 6 min
One-person acoustic booth installed in an open-plan office

fitout-strategy

What to Check Before a Pod Is Delivered

Four measurements, taken before you order rather than on delivery day. This is the checklist that prevents the most expensive...

· 5 min
FocusPod booth positioned against a wall in an open-plan workspace

fitout-strategy

How Many Office Pods Does an Office Need?

One pod per fifteen people, or one per eight to ten for sales and client-facing teams. Here is where those...

· 7 min
FocusPod Solo installed on an open-plan office floor

acoustics

What 30 dB Actually Sounds Like

Decibels are a terrible way to describe a booth to a human. Here is what a 30 dB reduction actually...

· 6 min
Acoustic office booth beside a desk run in an Australian office

cost-buying

How to Get an Office Pod Approved

You already know you want one. This is the part where you have to convince someone who doesn't sit on...

· 9 min
FocusPod acoustic office pod in use on a working office floor

cost-buying

What to Check Before You Sign a Pod Quote

Nine checks that take ten minutes and routinely save several thousand dollars — what a quote includes, what it assumes,...

· 6 min
Soundproof office booth in use on a working office floor

acoustics

Soundproof Booths in Australia

Nothing is truly soundproof, and the suppliers who say otherwise are the ones to watch. What you are buying is...

· 6 min
FocusPod booth positioned against a wall in an open-plan workspace

cost-buying

Buy or Hire an Office Pod?

Events and short projects: hire. Anything past about six months: buy. Here is where the line sits and why we...

· 6 min
Acoustic booth on an open-plan office floor

fitout-strategy

Office Pods and the Open-Plan Problem

Open plan was not a mistake. It was an unfinished idea — and the missing piece was somewhere to close...

· 7 min

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