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Department for Education and Skills (DfES)

School Buildings & Design Unit
7th Floor, Caxton House, 6-12 Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NA
Website: www.teachernet.gov.uk/acoustics

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)

Building Regulations Division
3/D1, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DU
Website: www.odpm.gov.uk

Institute of Acoustics
77A St Peter’s Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3BN
Tel: 01727 848195 Fax: 01727 850553
Email: ioa@ioa.org.uk
Website: www.ioa.org.uk

Association of Noise Consultants

6 Trap Road, Guilden Morden, Royston, Herts, SG8 0JE
Tel: 01763 852958 Fax: 01763 853252
Email: mail@association-of-noise-consultants.co.uk
Website: www.association-of-noise-consultants.co.uk

Voice Care Network UK

29 Southbank Road, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 1LA
Tel: 01926 864000 Fax: 01926 864000
Email: vcnuk@btconnect.com
Website: www.voicecare.org.uk

National Deaf Children's Society

15 Dufferin Street, London, EC1Y 8UR
Tel: 020 7490 8656 (voice & text) Fax: 020 7251 5020
Email: ndcs@ndcs.org.uk
Website: www.ndcs.org.uk

British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD)

175 Dashwood Avenue, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 3DB
Email: secretary@batod.org.uk
Website: www.batod.org.uk

Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID)

19-23 Featherstone Street, London, EC1Y 8SL
Website: www.rnid.org.uk

Association of Building Engineers (ABE)

Lutyens House, Billing Brook Road, Weston Favell, Northampton, NN3 8NW
Tel: 01604 404121
Email: building.engineers@abe.org.uk
Website: www.abe.org.uk

Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)

222 Balham High Road, Balham, London, SW12 9BS
Tel: 020 8675 5211
Fax: 020 8675 5449
Website: www.cibse.org

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