Petr Chocenský

Acoustical Consultant at GHD for Québec and East Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

About

• Noise control for large industrial facilities, roads, railways and airports. • Acoustic modelling using CadnaA - expert user. • Proficient in noise policies and guidelines in Europe and Canada. • PhD in Civil Engineering - Thesis on Tyre/Road Noise Reduction. • Trilingual (Czech, English, French).

Experience

  • Directeur de projet specializé en bruit / Director of projects related to noise at GHD
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • HGC Noise Vibration Acoustics (Permanent Full-time · 15 yrs 10 mos)
    • Regional Manager for Québec
      Sep 2024 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Senior Acoustical Engineer, Associate
      Feb 2019 - Aug 2024 · 5 yrs 7 mos

    • Acoustical Consultant - Project Manager
      Jun 2010 - Feb 2019 · 8 yrs 9 mos

      HGC Noise Vibration Acoustics is one of the North America's largest consultancy firms specializing in consulting services to control noise, vibration and design for acoustics. We provide solutions to acoustical challenges for developers, operators, architects, planners, engineers, environmental consultants, governments, industry associations and the community at large.

  • Acoustical Engineer at EkolaGroup
    Jul 2006 - Feb 2010 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    EkolaGroup provides various environmental services to industries, governments, municipalities and comunities; it was founded by an acoustic engineer and its core services still include acoustic consultancy primarily focused on transportation infrastructure projects and environmental noise. During my time with Ekolagroup, I managed and led environmental noise assessments of large road and rail infrastructure projects, as well as the development of large scale noise maps, such as Strategic Noise Maps of Roads in the Czech Republic, and noise maps of the City of Prague. I conducted an analysis to identify "hot-spots", as part of the strategy of the European Union to manage noise pollution in the environment.

  • Noise Consultant at Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic
    Sep 2004 - Jul 2005 · 11 mos

    The Ministry of Health is the governmental body responsible for regulation of environmental noise in the Czech Republic. My role there involved resolution of noise complaints and disputed cases of noise assessments, as well as consultations in the process of updating existing national guidelines for environmental noise compliance.

  • Junior Acoustical Engineer at EkolaGroup
    Sep 2003 - Aug 2004 · 1 yr

    EkolaGroup provides various environmental services to industries, governments, municipalities and comunities; it was originally founded by an acoustic engineer and it's core services still include acoustic consultancy primarily focused on transportation infrastructure projects and environmental noise.