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Design Considerations: Comfort and Performance<br />

Two floor system factors have significant physical and psychological impact<br />

on individuals who inhabit or use a building. Those factors are:<br />

Sound Transmission &<br />

<strong>Floor</strong> Vibration<br />

While these factors may, in fact, be measured quantitatively, reactions to<br />

them by humans are purely subjective. For this reason, design<br />

professionals should be aware of human preferences for performance <strong>with</strong><br />

regard to these factors.

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