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Residents of Braddon's Ori building say they are fed-up with the thumping reverberations coming from a gym on the first floor. But the building's landlord says the gym's owners have ordered a new floor worth $70,000 to dampen the noise and address concerns. An employee from one Ori building business, who did not wish to be named, said banging from the gym was extremely disruptive. "It's not just the noise through the wall, it's that the floor literally vibrates when they drop big weights," they said. The employee said attempts to resolve their complaints had so far been unsuccessful. "We've been told that it's just clients working out, and it's hard to police what people do." Another of the building's residents, who asked not to be named, said thumping from the 24-hour gym was particularly disruptive when people would use it late at night or early in the morning. "Affected residents are very unhappy and businesses in the building are unhappy as well," the resident said. "I've been woken up by it at three or four in the morning." Nik Bulum, from the Bulum Group property development company, said a significant amount of work was already underway to fix issues with reverberation. "They've put rubber buffers on the machine weights and they've had guys come out for testing," he said. "It's a bit of an investigative job to work out where the sound is coming from. "Now they've put in this flooring which should 100 per cent clear all vibrations. Club Lime is working on it. Everything has been sorted." Work to neutralise the reverberations had been going on for around four months already, Mr Bulum added. Mr Bulum said he was aware some apartment owners had issues, but added that so far none of the businesses inside the Ori Building had complained to him about the gym. "If the shops complain they should be telling their property manager," he said. "As a landlord not one shop has spoken to me." The Environment Protection Authority has received 19 complaints in regard to Club Lime gym, an Access Canberra spokeswoman said. Access Canberra has separately received seven complaints about the gym since February 2017. "Access Canberra has commenced the controlled activity order process as set out in the Planning Development Act 2007 to address the issues raised," the spokeswoman added. ACT government statistics show a marked increase in the number of complaints related to noise coming from gyms across the territory. In 2015-16 the government acted on 10 complaints related to "gym equipment noise". By 2016-17 this number had grown 550 per cent, with action taken in relation to 65 complaints. The total number of noise complaints grew 22 per cent in the last year, from 475 to 581. Club Lime did not respond to requests for comment.

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