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2025-02-26StART SIRRPP Update: Field Assessment and Acoustic Testing of 30 Homes — Slide 9 (February 26, 2025)
A presentation slide states that third-party consultants conducted field assessment and acoustic testing concurrently at 30 homes over a two-week period beginning August 19, 2024. The 30 homes were selected to reflect the distribution of manufacturers by year for sound insulation packages installed between 1986 and 2014. -
2025-02-26StART SIRRPP Update — Slide 8: Sound Insulation Package Survey Results by Manufacturer and Year (February 26, 2025)
Slide 8 from a Port of Seattle / ESA 2024 report presents two tables summarizing 1,067 survey responses about sound insulation packages installed at Sea-Tac Airport. The left table compares response distribution by manufacturer (e.g., Alpine STC44 leading at 21.1%), while the right table breaks down installations by year, with Pre-1993 representing the largest share at 21.4% of survey responses, out of a total program baseline of 3,200 packages. -
2025-02-26StART SIRRPP Update — Sound Mitigation Contractor Map by Property (September 2022) — Slide 7
Slide 7 from a Sea-Tac Airport presentation titled 'Survey Overview and Results (cont.)' showing a geographic map of properties around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport color-coded by sound mitigation contractor (Other, Milgard, Alpine, CDI/Peerless/Devac). The map is dated September 2022 and includes a note directing homeowners to contact the Noise Programs office at 206-787-5393 to determine eligibility for sound mitigation programs. -
2025-02-26StART SIRRPP Update — Survey Overview and Results (February 26, 2025) — Slide 6
A presentation slide titled 'Survey Overview and Results (cont.)' reporting 1,067 survey responses (over 33% response rate), with operational concerns ranging from 60–75% and glass-related concerns from 50–72% depending on product. The slide concludes that overall age and design of the finished product—not the specific year or product installed—are the key factors driving residential concerns. -
2025-02-26StART SIRRPP Update — EDI Survey Integration (Slide 5), February 26, 2025
A presentation slide (page 5) titled 'Survey Overview and Results (cont.)' describes EDI integration efforts including translation of survey materials into Port Tier 1 and Tier 2 languages (six additional languages), physical copies available in seven languages upon request, added demographic questions on race/ethnicity and income, and questions about residents' window/door concerns. The slide appears to be from a Port noise-related resident survey presentation, consistent with Sea-Tac Airport noise insulation program reporting. -
2025-02-26StART SIRRPP Update — Assessment Key Findings — Slide 16 (February 26, 2025)
Presentation slide titled 'Assessment Key Findings' summarizing results of a sound insulation assessment: 99% of products installed prior to 2014 are past their expected useful life, lack of replacement parts limits resident maintenance, and all tested homes (including five Pre-1993) measured under 45dB DNL interior, with sound insulation packages deemed acoustically effective despite operational and appearance concerns. -
2025-02-10Sound Insulation Repair and Replacement Pilot Program Assessment Update
The Port of Seattle launched a Sound Insulation Repair and Replacement Pilot Program to assess the effectiveness of previously installed noise insulation packages in homes near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Authorized under Commission Order 2024-04 with a $6.5 million tax levy-funded budget—$5 million of which is reserved for design and construction—the program involved community outreach, property owner surveys, and acoustic testing throughout 2024. Properties were prioritized using an equity index to ensure underserved communities were considered, with design and construction work expected to begin in 2025. -
Sound Insulation Repair and Replacement Pilot Program
The Sound Insulation Repair and Replacement Pilot Program was granted approval by the Port of Seattle Commission on February 27, 2024. This pilot program is to help assess products that were previously installed as part of the Sound Insulation Program and evaluate the current condition of those installations. The assessment was completed in December 2024. -
2024-11-12Here’s what we’re doing to address failing ‘Port packages’ near Sea-Tac
By Fred Felleman and Hamdi Mohamed Special to The Seattle Times The Seattle Tacoma International Airport is the nation’s fastest-growing airport of its size with over 400,000 flights carrying 50.8 million passengers in 2023. As a result, it continues to undergo extensive renovations that create jobs to build and operate the new facilities. Less obvious -
2024-06-09Port Package Update Survey: more questions than answers
Including only a third of the homes is not the half of it As we’ve been reporting, the Port Package Update program, now called the Sound Insulation Repair/Replacement Pilot Program has had pitfalls at every turn. The most obvious concern we had is that the survey was sent to 3,200 homes, which is only a