2008 Photography Competition - Results
Our 2008 Photography Competition has now closed. We had a large number of entries and it was difficult to choose a winner and runners up.
However, shown below is the winner of the 2008 Photography Competition and the Runners Up.
Many thanks to everyone who entered the competition.
| Winner, 2008 Photography Competition |
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| Cirrus Instruments on Parade at London Notting Hill Carnival Cirrus instruments supported the noise monitoring of this years Notting Hill Carnival, London. Soundguard Acoustics Ltd were contracted to undertake the first Control of Noise at Work risk assessment on behalf of London Notting Hill Carnival Ltd (LNHCL). London Notting Hill Carnival has existed since 1965 and now in its 44th year has grown to become the largest street festival in Europe. Carnival provides an annual reminder that music, good times and dancing will bring over 1.5 million people together in a defining moment of multiculturism. The traditional Caribbean roots of the Trinidadian and Barbadian communities is voiced by the music of Steelpan and drums which now sit alongside the Jamaican sound systems which arrived in the seventies. Stacks of battered speakers and amplifiers have become one of the quintessential images of Notting Hill Carnival, the noise levels of which is possibly only outdone by the parade route and the thousands of masquerades. Soundguard Acoustics Ltd used 40 Cirrus CR:110A Dosebadges, 5 RC:110A Dosebadge readers, and 5 Cirrus Type 1 integrating Sound Level Meters to undertake the assessment over Carnival weekend. Rob Shaddick is the Director of Soundguard Acoustics Ltd and reports that: ‘Soundguard already uses Cirrus equipment and we were confident in hiring further Cirrus equipment to fulfil this contract, Cirrus equipment has always been reliable and benefits from simplicity in operation, something that we felt to be important in the chaos of carnival! We were also pleased to have the support of Keith Turner of TAWSA Health and Safety Ltd who helped with the provision of Cirrus equipment and consultancy services during the Notting Hill weekend’. Working with the LNHCL, the London Metropolitan Police and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Soundguard Acoustics Ltd Consultants formulated a plan that would reveal the likely noise dose of carnival marshals, judges, security and traders as well as the level of noise at policing locations, first aid points, and entry points to the carnival route. In addition the sound level outputs of the passing floats, background levels, noise mapping and a complete assessment of all 40 static sound systems was undertaken. After the contract Rob Shaddick reported: ‘The information that Cirrus Dosebadges and Cirrus Sound Level Meters has provided us has been terrific, my consultants were happy and confident in using the equipment and the information will certainly help us in working with LNHCL to lower noise exposure risk to Carnival employees. Our approach from the outset has been to maintain the vibrant and noisy tradition of carnival, whilst reducing the noise exposure risk of those working within Carnival, a challenge in itself but the Cirrus equipment has helped us to achieve this and has been fundamental in the planning of next years London Notting Hill Carnival.’ |
Instruments used: |
| CR:110A doseBadge |
| CR:800C Sound Level Meters |
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| Runner Up, 2008 Photography Competition |
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| "The picture is of myself and was taken onboard the Shell Brent Delta oil platform while conducting sound readings in one of the turbine halls" Ian Armstrong, Medic / ISO |
Instruments used: |
| CR:800C Sound Level Meters |
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| Runner Up |
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| "This photograph was taken in the middle of the desert for the back ground noise measurements away from a RIG Facility." Shaikh Arifusalam King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia |
Instruments used: |
| CR:800C Sound Level Meters |
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| Runner Up |
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| "A CR:703B Sound Level Meter being used to monitor noise from Pile Driving in Rhyll, North Wales." Andy Maslin, Accudata Ltd www.accudata.co.uk |
Instruments used: |
| CR:800C Sound Level Meters |
| Outdoor Noise Measurement Kits |
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