dB Foresight

dB Foresight is a professional and reliable software solution created to help you determine the level of noise in a construction area, before actually beginning the project, in order to learn whether certain adjustments need to be made in order to observe sound pollution regulations.

The application experiences and quick and easy setup process, after which you can launch it and begin working with it right away, its straightforward functions making it fairly accessible for computer novices included.

The main window of dB Foresight lets you configure certain aspects about the area where the project will be unfolding, specifically geographical location, output path for the generated information and other ‘Project Notes’.

To get things started, you need to define specifics of your project, namely north and south latitude as well as east and west longitude. You also have to indicate a resolution, then input the ground type, whether to include wind effect, thermal inversions and elevation effects.

From the Settings section of dB Foresight, you can further define sources, barriers, ‘PORs’, ‘Contour Lines’ and ‘Filled Contours’, providing the required information for each section, in order to ensure a successful and accurate estimate.

When all the data is entered, you can save the project to a local folder, then input the ‘Elevations File Path’, in CSV format. If you do not have such a file, you can create it in no time, using Elevations Mapper.

Finally, you can click on the ‘Run Computations’ option from the ‘Run’ menu and within a few minutes, your results will be generated, enabling you to decide how to proceed with your project.

To summarize, dB Foresight is a useful and efficient program that engineers can find quite handy in assessing and predicting the noise impact generated by a facility's construction in its proximity.