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CBS Studios - Hollywood, CA   PDF (57 Kb)
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Acoustics are important in any building, but in a studio setting, quality acoustics are essential. CBS studios is the site for many of FOX networks shows. Even without a sound stage, FOX believed that they could make a set in an underground parking deck at CBS studios. After all, most of the set would of different rooms of a house. The walls of the house were to be constructed using the existing columns as guides, and all participants agreed that the parking deck would be more than enough space to construct sets.

The next step was to treat the ceiling with an acoustical material that would solve three problems. First, the material would have to be dark enough to "black out" the ceiling. Secondly, the material would have to reduce the reverberation of the room. Finally, the material would have to reduce the sound transmission that was occurring between the parking deck and the studios and offices that were directly above the ceiling of the deck. The marterial chosen would have to be installed quickly as their production schedule was to be very tight to allow for fall season productions.

Dark Grey K-13 was chose as the product for the studio becaue it met all of the studio's requirements. Furthermore, the fast track application of K-13 allowed for the 50,000 square foot parking deck to be sprayed at 3" in only 7 days.

CBS Studios
Hollywood, CA
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Dark Grey K-13
50,000 Square Feet
3" Thickness
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