HGC Engineering

HGC Engineering is a Canadian-based acoustical consulting group that was founded in 1994. At that time, the regulatory environment for noise and vibration in Ontario was rapidly evolving and growing ever more stringent (a scenario that still holds true today). The province was one of the first jurisdictions in North America to designate Noise as an environmental pollutant with the potential to impact community health and well-being. Fast-forward to today and HGC Engineering has become one of North America’s largest consulting engineering firm specializing exclusively in noise, vibration and acoustics. We have “quietly” grown and acquired a worldwide reputation in the measurement, assessment and mitigation of noise and vibration problems. For example, HGC Engineering has worked internationally to provide site-wide noise assessments and mitigation solutions of large petrochemical and refinery complexes. We are also experts in construction vibration monitoring; whole building vibration isolation and analysis; as well as isolating the impact of vibration on hypersensitive equipment used in healthcare and scientific institutions. Furthermore, Toronto, our home base, is the Condominium Capital of North America and we have been an active contributor to this remarkable success story, providing comprehensive acoustical consulting services for projects in the city, its suburbs and well beyond. The company also provides ongoing consulting as part of teams on many P3 projects that include large scale, complex and often LEED targeted developments such as healthcare, academic and civic institutions. We are also involved in major infrastructure projects: from roads, rails, highways, tunnels, and bridges to sewage, potable water, power, and oil & gas distribution systems. And we also address ongoing concerns related to Wind Energy, where we are pioneering and leading in the adoption of new acoustical measurement standards and techniques related to wind turbine noise.