PBS NewsHour Features Per Reinhall and MCT

Sep. 15, 2016
pbsMCT Co-Founder Per Reinhall, PhD, was featured on PBS NewsHour September 14, 2016. Dr. Reinhall explained the technology behind MCT’s noise mitigation solution.   The story also featured WSDOT’s leadership in identifying novel solutions that reduce noise from pile driving.

Synopsis:

Awareness of the hazards of ocean noise continues to increase. Today, PBS NewsHour aired a story on the issue, highlighting the leadership WSDOT has shown in nurturing emerging solutions. The story also focused on one solution in particular, the Reinhall Pile, which is ready for deployment in commercial projects.

Watch below:

See full story and video: Turning down the volume on human noise pollution for marine life

"This new research shows we can minimize underwater pile driving noise to avoid harm to mammals and other protected marine species. The new sound attenuation method may also save project construction time and money."
Rhonda Brooks, Research Director, Washington State Department of Transportation

Hear the difference

Recorded from hydrophone deployed at 10m during subscale testing of 8" steel piles in Seattle, Washington in 2013.

You are hearing 4 strikes of a standard pile followed by 4 strikes of a Reinhall Pile™. Notice the difference.