Matthew Ottley
Matthew Ottley is a Senior Associate with the Sydney office specialising in environmental noise control, building and room acoustics, mechanical services and industrial noise control.
He graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) with Honours in 2000 and has over 25 years of experience in consulting acoustics, working in Sydney since 1998, before joining Marshall Day in 2014.
Matthew has had involvement in a wide range of projects including performing arts, education, hospitality, commercial, civic, industrial, transport and infrastructure. He has provided expert evidence, both for individual parties and as a joint expert, in matters relating to environmental and building acoustics in the Land and Environment Court of NSW and the Supreme Court of NSW. Matthew currently serves as Vice Chair on the Board of the Association of Australasian Acoustical Consultants (AAAC).
Expertise
Building Acoustics
Room Acoustics
Environmental Noise
Industrial Acoustics
Vibration
Qualifications & Memberships
Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical (Hons), University of Sydney
Executive Master of Business Administration, Quantic School of Business and Technology (EMBA)
Member of the Australian Acoustical Society (MAAS)
Member of the Institution of Engineers Australia (MIE Aust)
Member of the Institute of Acoustics, UK (MIOA)
Member of the Environmental Planning Law Association (EPLA)
Publications
Use of Virtual Reality and auralization as a training tool for acoustic practitioners (2024)
What Does Learning Sound Like? A STEM Outreach Experience (2023)
Acoustics in gesamtkunstwerk; design of the Phoenix Central Park Performance Space (2021)
Building a University Music Facility in a Reused Printery Building (2017)
Identifying Noise Levels of Individual Rail Pass By Events (2016)
Selected Projects
