One
of the largest campuses in the UK, Loughborough University employs
over 3,000 staff and holds in excess of 12,000 students. Its School
of Sport & Exercise Science has long been nationally and internationally
recognised for its excellence in teaching and research, as well
as producing many of the UK's national and Olympic athletes.
Loughborough
University's latest facility, the new Sports Hall, has been developed
for international sports events and is home to the Leicester Riders
Basketball Team. Covering an area over 2000m² and housing
a 3 zone sports hall, seminar room, martial arts centre and changing
facilities; the building sees an enormous amount of public usage.
To ensure the audio system is secure from vandalism or theft in
such a public space, i-ceilings Sound Panels were specified in
all suspended ceiling areas, ensuring loudspeakers are completely
unidentifiable in the environment.