Since receiving his M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Acoustics) from U.B.C. in 1973, Mr. Wakefield has gained over 27 years of experience in acoustics and noise control engineering as a consultant and specialist in the private sector and within government.
From 1973 to 1980, as an employee of the Vancouver, B.C. acoustical consulting firm, Acoustical Engineering Ltd. and subsequently as a partner of Harford Kennedy Wakefield Ltd., he participated in and directed a wide range of projects in community/environmental noise impact assessment and control, industrial/occupational noise control, architectural acoustics and building noise and vibration control.
Duane has a bachelors degree in Physics (UVic) and a masters degree in Applied Science (UBC). He qualified as Health Physicist in Acoustics in 1993 (Health Canada). He has participated in a range of research projects including aero-acoustics and shock wave research. Duane, a Mechanical Engineer, is skilled in noise measurement, analysis and modeling as it applies to transportation noise studies. He has completed (2003) a week-long training course in Boston MA with transportation noise specialists Harris Miller, Miller and Hanson on the use of the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s new Traffic Noise Model (TNM) software. Duane is a member of the Health Canada Working Group on National Guidelines for Environmental Noise Impact Assessment / Construction Noise and is a member of the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project Design Team forging an improved link between Vancouver and Whistler, B.C. for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games. Duane is a private pilot and likes to fly in his spare time
Andrew Williamson, Engineer in Training, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Victoria and is currently working towards his designation as a professional engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geo-Scientists of British Columbia (APEGBC). Through U.Vic’s co-op engineering program Andrew gained project experience in the pulp and paper, high-tech manufacturing and copper refining industries. Andrew is skilled in noise measurement, analysis and computer modeling for community and transportation noise studies. Andrew has also worked on projects involving vibration monitoring and analysis. Andrew enjoys surfing, skateboarding, pen and ink drawing and was an outstanding rugby player when attending St. Michaels University School. His interests also include listening to music, playing bass guitar and pen and ink drawing.