Aleksandar Pavic
Modal test of Bishop Rock lighthouse
1st Nov 2021
On July 20th 2021 a team from Full Scale Dynamics Ltd (FSD) carried out a modal test of the Bishop Rock Lighthousehelideck. The testing and subsequent modal analysis was part of University College London’s Future-proofing…
The New Civil Engineer magazine publishes about us
4th Jul 2021
A blog post by Aleksandar Pavic
The New Civil Engineer has just published a piece with me talking about the rapidly developing tension between the need for the lean design of long-span building floors in a climate…
CALMFLOOR® Features in Thornton Tomasetti’s Brochure on Floor Conversions for Life Science Laboratories
10th Jun 2021
We are delighted that Thornton Tomasetti, a world-leading scientific and engineering consulting firm, have included CALMFLOOR® product, made by our sister company FSD Active Ltd, in their latest brochure entitled "Life Science Conversions" on the…
Shall we stop structural modifications of low-frequency floors to achieve their vibration serviceability?
27th Apr 2021
A blog post by Aleksandar Pavic
Vibration performance of low-frequency building floors responding to human-induced footfall dynamic loading, better known as walking, is worldwide by far the most widely considered vibration serviceability requirement. It has rightly…
Is the lively building floor problem solved for good?
26th Feb 2021
A blog post by Aleksandar Pavic
A quarter of a century of my dealings with excessive vibrations of building floors under footfall loading has taught me that, once a floor experiences a vibration problem, fixing it…