Ventac Ireland

Brian joined Ventac in early 2010. His background is in technical sales and business development. He left Kevin Street in 1986 with a diploma in Applied Physics. He joined the Nuclear Energy Board for two years before concentrating on industrial automation. In the last five years he has become more involved in the ventilation and renewable energy sectors, focusing on energy-saving solutions to improve the interior air quality in the domestic and commercial markets. Brian is also very involved with industrial manufacturing, an area in which Ventac has a close association with, including several multinational customers.

Mark is responsible for providing technical acoustic knowledge and for conducting relevant acoustic tests at the Ventac laboratory facilities and vehicle noise assessments at our customers’ sites. Mark has extensive experience in vehicle noise assessments and in testing both acoustic materials and building acoustics.

Vehicle noise: Mark has acoustically assessed industrial, agricultural, building, military and mass transport vehicles and developed noise control kits for each type of vehicle with the engineering team. This involves not only the evaluation of the best available existing noise control solutions but also the development of new and more innovative solutions.

Acoustic Materials Testing: Mark has used the laboratory facilities to assess the performance of noise control materials, composites, isolation mountings, barriers, silencers, attenuators and jacket and enclosure arrangements. He has built up an extensive knowledge of the acoustic behaviour of these noise control solutions in the lab.

Building acoustics: Mark has conducted extensive laboratory tests of floor and wall constructions and tested their performance in completed buildings in the field. This work has been on constructions on or for domestic buildings, office buildings, conference centres, performance areas, churches, lecture halls, test facilities, motorways and rail lines. This work has been primarily on the test parameters Sound Transmission Loss (Airborne Sound and Impact Sound), Sound Absorption Coefficients and Reverberation Times.

Environmental, Health and Safety: Marks background was originally as an Environmental, Health & Safety consultant. This has given him experience in conducting Environmental Noise assessments and Health and Safety Noise assessments in a very wide range of industrial and domestic situations. By working closely with the experience of the Ventac Contracts Team these assessments are carried out with a view to a practical and deliverable solution. 

Qualifications:

Master of Science            Applied Acoustics                                    University of Derby

Postgraduate diploma      Acoustics and Noise Control                     Institute of Acoustics

Postgraduate diploma     Safety and Health in the Workplace           Dublin City University

Bachelor of Science       Environmental Science                              University of Limerick

Membership of Professional Bodies:

Institute of Acoustics

Elliot Leavy joined Ventac in August 2011 as a Manufacturing Engineer. The role of Manufacturing Engineer within the Ventac Group comprises of many different responsibilities. Elliot is responsible for the creation of working drawings for production and working files for the cnc cutters. He is also responsible for costing of new parts and managing changes in raw material price or redesign. He oversees the examination of prototype parts and quality checking of first batch product along with resolution of any quality issues raised by production. He also is responsible for the implementation and documentation of all engineering changes, design of new products and redesign of existing products. He also looks after the noise level testing of industrial vehicles and acoustic lab testing of materials. He provides technical support to all areas of production and consults with customers and suppliers regularly. He also is responsible for documentation of all the Engineering tasks to ISO 9001 standard.

The roles above are carried out across a range of projects which include the development of new products for industrial vehicles and buses to the redesign of products to reduce costs.

Ruth Scott started in Ventac in 2006. She is responsible for the co-ordination of all engineering tasks for vehicle noise control. Ruth is actively involved in testing and developing new acoustic solutions, prototyping parts, introducing new products, cost reduction and quality projects. Her role also includes providing engineering support to the manufacturing facility and she ensures that all engineering functions are carried out in compliance with Ventac’s ISO9001 procedures.

Ruth completed her Bachelor in Manufacturing Engineering at the Institute of Technology, Tallaght and continued her studies with a diploma in Management Practice from University College Cork. During her time with Ventac, Ruth also completed the diploma in Acoustics and Noise Control from the Institute of Acoustics.

Mark Moran has worked for Ventac since 1992. He is responsible for overseeing tendering and the technical selection of ventilation equipment. He also manages our major industrial, pharmaceutical and micro-engineering projects. He provides sales, technical support and problem-solving solutions for ventilation and acoustic equipment at Ventac.

Mark studied in Bolton Street, College of Technology and completed a diploma in Building Services Engineering. He also completed a certificate in 3D Auto-CAD and continues his studies with a diploma in acoustics in the Institute of Acoustics.