<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Rick Green has experience with sound walls but don't know if he has measurements and/or data to support the acoustic aspect.I will send you his contact info BOM.<br><br>Good luck<br><br>Maurice and Joy Bennett<br>
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You must be the change you want to see in the world.   Gandhi<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 11/11/10, Sarah Johnston <i><sarahjohnston@ihug.co.nz></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Sarah Johnston <sarahjohnston@ihug.co.nz><br>Subject: [GSBN] SB & Acoustics<br>To: "(private, with public archives) Global Straw Building Network" <GSBN@greenbuilder.com><br>Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 6:42 PM<br><br><div id="yiv259069902"><div style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hello!</span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We've had an inquiry from a local road works company about using straw bale as a
 landscape wall for acoustical reasons along the main highway (keep in mind, in this neck of the woods...the main north-south road is two lanes only...).</span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">They have requested acoustical research and data.  We have the information in Bruce's book, but I thought I would check to see if there has been any new testing or research done recently that you could share with us?</span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Does anyone have experience with landscape walls along busy highways?</span><span
 class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I'm questioning the overall long-term durability of this type of landscape wall.  Your thoughts and input are all welcome.</span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Many thanks!</span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cheers,</span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span class="yiv259069902Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sarah</span><span
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