New studio on the 3rd floor

Hi there, I am reading all I can on this forum as I am about to start my first studio build in the next year. With this post I hope to get some info on things to consider with this project. I've been in the recording business for about 20 years. This will be my first serious place. I just did edit/mix stuff in my loft before. I did work at awesome studio's though. I'll describe the place I want to build the studio in first. I have about 225 square meters (2420 square feet) of space on the third floor of a church building. It is (roughly) 15 by 15 meters.The height is about 4 meters. The church has a 1500 seat great hall which I hope to connect to the studio (by madi) for concert recordings. There is an elevator to the third floor at the other side of the building. I don't think I'll have problems with that making noise bleeding into the studio. I want to build a place with 1 control room, a main recording area and 3 iso booths. I would also like a smaller room for some edit work or recording the great hall while the studio is in use and a machine room. There is no need for toilets or a tv room or anything. That's already there. I am in the lucky position that the contractor likes what I'm trying to do and is willing to help. Over the last years I've been working up to this. I have bought the equipment I needed secondhand (some awesome bargains) as they came along. I have 2 macpro's with MADI cards inside. For the main studio I have an Antelope Orion converter and some awesome outboard. I have bought an Amek Hendrix Console about a year ago for next to nothing from a studio that went bankrupt. I hope this is enough info to start with. I will provide more info as I get it. I know there are plans of the building which I hope to get soon. It would be awesome to get some tips and opinions on this. Thanks!

Just hoping for some tips and tricks in the idea/planning stage of this project. Has anybody build a studio on another floor than ground floor around here? I'm studying and trying some stuff with scetch up right now. Hope to make it a little more clear later on in this project.

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