William Angliss Institute Commercial Fitout
Alexandria, Sydney
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Not every acoustic problem needs the same pod. The right choice depends on who is using it, what they are doing inside, and how much floor space you can give up. Stemar walks your floor and matches the pod type to your use case.
Footprint 0.8 to 1.2 square metres. For one person making a confidential call, joining a video meeting, or doing focused work. Acoustic privacy in under one square metre of floor space. All pods are portable and can be relocated if your layout changes.
Footprint 2.5 to 5 square metres. For huddles, one-to-ones, and small team check-ins. The HR conversation that cannot happen at a hot desk. The weekly sync that keeps getting bumped because every meeting room is booked.
Footprint 5 to 9 square metres. For hybrid team sessions, client presentations, and workshops where half the group is on screen and half is in the room. Integrated AV mounting points and ventilation rated for sustained multi-person occupancy.
Acoustic performance is measured two ways. STC rates how much sound the pod walls block from escaping. NRC rates how much echo is absorbed inside. You need both. A pod with high STC but low NRC traps sound inside and turns every call into a reverberating mess. Occupancy sensors, standard on quality commercial pods, shut off ventilation and lighting when empty and feed utilisation data back to facilities. If a supplier cannot answer these questions with numbers, move on.
Commercial pods range from STC 30 to STC 45. At STC 35, a normal conversation inside the pod is inaudible one metre outside. Below STC 30, voices are muffled but still intelligible — that is not privacy. Ask for the tested rating, not a manufacturer estimate.
NRC measures internal sound absorption. 0.85 or above prevents the echo and reverberation that ruins call quality inside the pod. Low NRC means the person on the other end of your video call hears a hollow, boomy room.
Minimum 10 litres per second per person of outside air is required in occupied spaces under AS 1668.2. Quality commercial pods deliver 25 to 60 CFM depending on occupancy. Check airflow rate, not whether the pod has a fan.
Plug-in configurations avoid AS/NZS 3000 hardwired electrical compliance, simplifying installation. Look for integrated LED lighting with occupancy-triggered dimming and at least two USB-A or USB-C charging points per occupant.
Office pods and acoustic partitions solve different problems. Pods are discrete, relocatable acoustic units for specific tasks: calls, focus work, small meetings. Acoustic partitions divide a whole floor into zones, reducing ambient noise at the spatial level.
Pods and partitions often work together. Partitions reduce the floor's baseline noise. Pods provide the enclosed privacy for confidential conversations that partitions alone cannot deliver.
One to eight people, relocatable, and classified as furniture under standard Australian tenancy law.
Fixed installations that reduce ambient noise across an entire floor zone and cover far more floor area per dollar.
Stemar supplies and installs pods and partitions as part of one coordinated project after a single walkthrough.
Installing pods into a live commercial floor is not the same as ordering furniture online. It requires coordination with your building manager, your operations schedule, and sometimes your electrician. Stemar manages the process end to end.
Most single pod installations take 2 to 4 hours. A bank of three or four can go in overnight. Lead times depend on pod availability and your building's access requirements, but Stemar confirms the installation date at quoting stage. No vague delivery windows.
Quotes include delivery, placement, electrical connection where required, and flooring protection. Each cost line is itemised for internal approval. After-hours installation is available on every project, and staged delivery is standard for multi-pod orders.
One project manager coordinates electrical, flooring, and building access. Pods not fixed to the building structure are relocatable within your floor or to a new tenancy. Furniture-classified pods are typically removed at lease end without make-good obligations — confirm with your solicitor for your specific lease.
Most pod installations sit inside a larger workplace project: a floor reconfiguration, a new tenancy build, or a post-lease refurbishment. Stemar delivers pods as one coordinated line item within a broader commercial office fitout, not as a standalone product sale. A Stemar principal is available by phone throughout your project, and we also supply and install office partitions so your floor gets the right combination of enclosed privacy and open-plan noise reduction.
We measure your goods lift dimensions and corridor widths before specifying a pod. If the pod does not fit through the access route, we know before the order is placed, not on delivery day.
Loading dock bookings, after-hours access permits, and contractor inductions are handled by Stemar's project manager. Your facilities team is kept informed, not burdened.
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