Simon Edwards

Senior Acoustic Engineer, Associate
HGC Noise Vibration Acoustics

Simon is a member of HGC’s built environment division, whose acoustical work has spanned the permitting, design, construction, and post-occupancy phases of residential and commercial buildings. He has extensive experience with mass timber developments, including the first Toronto mass timber residential building (R-Hauz pilot project) as well as the acclaimed YW Supporting Housing project in Kitchener, Ontario.

Simon is also an expert on sound transmission, including both theoretical calculations and experimental sound transmission testing (“Kij Testing”) to specifically evaluate sound transmission flanking in accordance with ISO 12354 and ISO 10848. In this respect, Simon is a member of both the ISO and ASTM Technical Committees on Building Acoustics and a contributing member to the development of ongoing standards that govern industry-wide measurement and calculation methodologies.