John Emeljanow

Principal Acoustic Engineer
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John has been employed with Valcoustics Canada Ltd. for over 35 years.  He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, a Designated Consulting Engineer with the Professional Engineers of Ontario and a graduate of the Ministry of the Environment’s Acoustics Technology in Land Use Planning Course. He has given evidence as an expert witness before the Ontario Land Tribunal, Ontario Municipal Board and Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, dealing with environmental acoustics issues in land use planning, as well as before the courts.  John has acted as project manager on many major architectural and environmental projects.  John was an active contributor to the acoustics section of the Architectural Design Standards for Ontario Courthouses prepared for the Ministry of the Attorney General.

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Education

McMaster University
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Affiliations

Registered Professional Engineer, Professional Engineers of Ontario

Designated Consulting Engineer, Professional Engineers of Ontario

Registered Professional Engineer, with the Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia

Publications

“A Technique for Comparing Alternative Transportation Corridor Alignments Based on Noise Impact”, presented at Inter-Noise 92, Toronto, Ontario, July 1992.

“Environmental Noise Aspects of Landfill Site Selection”, Canadian Acoustics, Vol. 21, No. 3, September 1993.

“Acoustical Challenge of Quarry Design”, Canadian Acoustics, Vol. 22, No. 3, September 1994.

“NPC-300 Environmental Noise Guideline – Stationary and Transportation Sources – Approval and Planning”, Seminar for Municipalities, December 9, 2013 (co-presenter).

“Environmental Acoustics in Land Use Planning”, Seminar in Acoustics for the City of Mississauga, June 24-26, 2014 (co-presenter).

“Environmental Acoustics in Land Use Planning”, Seminar in Acoustics for the City of London, July 9-11, 2014 (co-presenter).

“Workshop: Noise and Vibration for New Development in Proximity to Railway Operations”, Prepared for the FCM-RAC Proximity Steering Committee, June 26, 2015 (co-presenter).

“Environmental Acoustics in Land Use Planning”, Seminar in Acoustics for the City of Hamilton, January 23-25, 2018 (co-presenter).

“Environmental Acoustics in Land Use Planning”, Seminar in Acoustics for the City of London, March 23-25, 2021 (co-presenter).

“Environmental Acoustics in Land Use Planning”, Seminar in Acoustics for the City of Vaughan, December 14 & 15, 2022 & January 12, 2023 (co-presenter).