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West Shore School District – Washington Heights Elementary School Building

[col3]This scope of this project included assessment of a noise disturbance emanating from a nearby chiller plant, with disruptive tonal components. Research of local jurisdiction codes governing acceptable outside sound levels were researched for West Shore County to provide input for calculations determining possible barrier construction. Acoustical measurements were performed at the school to assess property line noise and close-in equipment noise emissions. Calculations were made to determine noise levels transmitted to the exterior due to use of the chiller unit. These noise levels were compared to ambient noise level and property line noise criteria stipulated by the local building authority. Recommendations to solve the noise disturbance were in the form of barrier construction details, sound absorption treatment on the building walls, and chiller silencing techniques such as duct attenuators and compressor caps. The project has been successful complete since March 2002.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Hayes Large Architects
Location: Harrisonburg, Pennsylvania
Construction Cost: $6 Million
Project Size: 35,000 gsf[/col3]

Acoustics, Court Rooms and Law Schools, Higher Education, LEED, Projects

Villanova University – School of Law

[col3]This scope of this project included assessment of a noise disturbance emanating from a nearby chiller plant, with disruptive tonal components. Research of local jurisdiction codes governing acceptable outside sound levels were researched for West Shore County to provide input for calculations determining possible barrier construction. Acoustical measurements were performed at the school to assess property line noise and close-in equipment noise emissions. Calculations were made to determine noise levels transmitted to the exterior due to use of the chiller unit. These noise levels were compared to ambient noise level and property line noise criteria stipulated by the local building authority. Recommendations to solve the noise disturbance were in the form of barrier construction details, sound absorption treatment on the building walls, and chiller silencing techniques such as duct attenuators and compressor caps. The project has been successful complete since March 2002.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: SmithGroupJJR
Location: Villanova, Pennsylvania
Project Budget:$75 Million
Project Size: 170,000 gsf

LEED: Gold

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Acoustics, Business Schools, Higher Education, HVAC, Projects

Temple University – Alter Hall (Fox School of Business)

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Property:
Temple University – Alter Hall

Architect:
Michael Graves Architects; Burt Hill

Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Construction Cost:
$79 Million

Project Size:
217,000 gsf

Convergent Technologies is providing all acoustics, noise & vibration control consulting for this new high profile seven-story School of Business at Temple University. Project challenges include the early identification and communication of acoustical criteria to the owner and design team in order to identify cost impacts and effects of acoustical design on the building envelope. Responsibilities also include the development of acoustical criteria for room adjacencies, HVAC equipment noise levels, sound isolation, and room acoustical and floor slab vibration properties for all acoustically sensitive spaces throughout the facility. Space plans for acoustical consideration and recommendation include: conference rooms, seminar rooms, breakout rooms, student commons, teaching/research labs, business simulation lab, financial trading room, case study rooms, lecture halls (150-seat), Auditorium (300-400 seat), distance learning rooms, tiered & flat classrooms (50-seat), and common areas throughout the new building. The application of past experience with business school pedagogy was useful in planning acoustical criteria for the new building. Knowledge of specific audiovisual systems specified in state of the art business schools across the country aided in prescribing solutions for noise critical environments. Alter Hall opened for use in April 2009.

Acoustics, Audiovisual, Business Schools, Higher Education, Projects, Telecommunications

Robert Morris University – School of Business

Radio, TV, and Recording Studios: College of Notre Dame, Communications Department – Systems by CTDG

Radio, TV, and Recording Studios: Digital Harbor High School, Production Studio – Systems by CTDG

Architect:
Celli-Flynn Brennan Architects & Planners

Location:
Moon Township, Pennsylvania

Project Size:
23,500 gsf

The scope of work for the new business school at Robert Morris University includes design services for audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure, telecommunications cabling infrastructure, and acoustics, noise and vibration control. Spaces to receive educational technology include business training classrooms, PNC Trading Center, US Steel Videoconferencing Classroom, executive conference room, standard presentation style classrooms, study areas, faculty offices and common areas throughout the building. The PNC Trading Center, a result of the PNC Foundation, will be a fully functional trading room similar to that of the New York Stock Exchange, complete with real-time stock tickers and computer stations with market information and analytical software. It is configured with workstations in a two-story stadium arrangement allowing for ease of observation and instruction. Teaching areas will have cutting edge integrated audiovisual systems inclusive of sound reinforcement and SMART annotation technologies, flat panel displays, ceiling mounted projection systems, custom presentation lecterns, and teleconferencing devices. Each area will have remote controllability consisting of, lighting systems, projection screens, and all audiovisual source electronics through interactive color touch panels.

Acoustics, Audiovisual, Federal, Healthcare, Projects, Security, Telecommunications

Department of Veterans Affairs Roseburg Healthcare System – Mental Health Seismic Replacement, Phase I & II

Emergency Operations and Public Safety: Anne Arundel County, Maryland – Theater and Emergency Ops Center – Systems by CTDG

[col3]The New Mental Health SARRTP (Substance abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program) Relocation project will complete design of Phase II for the Mental Health Renovations. The new, 19,600gsf building will accommodate 22 beds. The MH Seismic Replacement Project involves a new replacement building for Building 2. Convergent Technologies provided design expertise for audiovisual systems design and supporting infrastructure, acoustics, noise & vibration control, telecommunications systems design and supporting infrastructure and security systems design. Additionally, Convergent Technologies worked to integrate nurse call and code blue intercom systems and developed criteria for publc address and paging along with inter/intra departmental intercoms. This project is currently in the design phase with construction anticipated to begin in 2012.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Tina Ely Architect; Oh Planning + Design
Location: Roseburg, Oregon
Project Budget: $8 Million
Project Size: 80,500 gsf[/col3]

Acoustics, Audiovisual, Business Schools, Higher Education, LEED, Projects

Ithaca College – School of Business

Radio, TV, and Recording Studios: Johns Hopkins University MICA, Renovation – Systems by CTDG

[col3]The Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise allows students to experience opportunities to work and learn together in environments similar to the professional environments they will one day occupy. U-shaped seating areas, numerous collaborative breakout rooms and small conference spaces facilitate such learning. Such an environment invites collaboration in every nook. The scope of this project included a $300,000 design to budget for educational technology systems to include: audiovisual presentation and recording, distance learning, speech reinforcement, dual data/video projection systems, along with custom instructor’s stations and associated infrastructure. The types of spaces to receive educational technology systems include: 120-seat Classrooms, 60-seat Classrooms, Trading Room, Breakout Rooms, Conference Rooms, General Classrooms, and Moot Board Room. Other project responsibilities include room acoustics and mechanical systems noise and vibration control for all acoustically sensitive spaces. Project scope included complete system overview descriptions and detailed per space cost estimating for all educational technology systems. Project challenges included the need to design infrastructure with flexibility to support currently designed systems, as well as, future anticipated growth of technology systems. This project has been successfully completed since 2008.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Location: Ithaca, New York
Construction Cost: $14 Million
Project Size: 40,000 gsf

LEED: Silver[/col3]

Acoustics, Audiovisual, Higher Education, Projects, Science and Technology, Telecommunications

Buffalo State College – Technology Building

[col3]The new technology building at Buffalo State College will provide new research spaces and computer labs for the technology and computer information systems departments. Programs within the technology department include Electrical Engineering Technology, Fashion & Textile Technology, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Technology Education. Convergent Technologies provided complete design services for audiovisual systems, telecommunications cabling systems and acoustics, noise & vibration control. Spaces to receive educational technology systems include 36- and 60-seat SMART Classrooms, two (2) Shared Network Labs, Computer Science Labs, two (2) administrative conference rooms, General CAD/CAM/Design Lab, Shared General Electrical Engineering Technology Lab, Shared Control and Machines Lab, Thermal Science/Textile Analysis, Shared Technology Project Shop, Mechanics Project Shop, Materials Analysis & Science Lab, Quality Control Computer Lab, Illustration/Safety Classroom, two (2) Instructional Computer Labs, Multimedia Lab & Control Room, two (2) Apparel Construction Labs, Apparel Design/Pre-Production Lab, 24-seat Sub-dividable SMART Classroom, and Knit Lab. The multimedia studio is intended for use by students to do small productions, recording of interviews and distance learning. The system will include the capability for a three camera shoot or one camera may be used at a time for students to do individual small productions. Project responsibilities include complete specifications for all audiovisual/multimedia and RF video cabling systems, calculation of power and heat load information for projection/control room, recommendations for acoustical room shaping and finishes and construction administration project management through systems testing and acceptance. Construction is scheduled to begin September 2010 and complete in June 2013.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: The S/L/A/M CollaborativeLocation: Buffalo, New York
Construction Cost: $40.3 Million
Project Size: 100,000 gsf

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Acoustics, Audiovisual, Higher Education, Projects, Schools of Health, Telecommunications

Nevada System of Higher Education Health Sciences System – Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas

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Architect:
SmithGroupJJR

Location:
Las Vegas, Nevada

Construction Cost:
$9 Million

Project Size:
31,500 gsf

The scope of this Nevada System of Higher Education Health Sciences System project included complete design services for audiovisual presentation systems, telecommunications cabling systems (voice, data, RF Video), and acoustics, noise & vibration control as it related to the renovation of UNLV’s Building B, Biomedical Research Building. This project was a joint venture between the University of Nevada School of Medicine, the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Nursing and Nevada State College School of Nursing. Space plans include upgrades to the following areas: Clinical Skills Labs, Patient Simulator Labs, 25-seat Distance Learning Classroom, 25-seat Seminar Room, 80-seat Computer Classroom, Debriefing Rooms and lab support spaces. Educational technology systems include: clinical training management systems, healthcare observation, digital audio/video capture with streaming capabilities, distance learning, audiovisual presentation, program/speech audio reinforcement and custom instructor’s stations. Project highlights include incorporating medical education technologies into simulation ER and hospital settings. Project responsibilities included complete specifications for all audiovisual/multimedia and RF video cabling systems, calculation of power and heat load information for projection/control room, recommendations for acoustical room shaping and finishes and construction administration project management through systems testing and acceptance. Project challenges included space plan layouts for patient simulator labs and practice Labs that will share a centralized control room for patients and control room operators. This project opened in December 2009.

Acoustics, Audiovisual, Federal, Projects, Telecommunications

Naval Facilities Engineering Command – SOI East Facilities Camp Geiger

Environments For Aging: Five Star Senior Living, Villa Valencia – Systems by CTDG

[col3]Convergent Technologies Design Group, Inc. (CTDG) was asked to provide audiovisual system electronics with associated supporting infrastructure, telecommunications cabling systems, and acoustics, noise and vibration control design services for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NFEC) School of Infantry (SOI) East Facilities, Camp Geiger located in North Carolina. Each of these classrooms or labs will have a sizable array of electronic teaching tools. The ability to simulate battlefield actions through electronic means requires a high level of isolation within each classroom.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Michael Baker Jr. Inc
Location: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Project Budget: $45 MILLION[/col3]

Acoustics, Audiovisual, Higher Education, LEED, Projects, Telecommunications

University of MD, College Park – Knight Hall College of Journalism

[col3]The scope of this project includes complete design services for Knight Hall, the new home for the College of Journalism on the College Park campus. Convergent Technologies provided building programming review and verification, cost estimating, project management and complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems (voice/data/RF video) with associated supporting infrastructure, audiovisual systems infrastructure and acoustics, noise & vibration control. Knight Hall will replace the original journalism building, and be located on a new mall planned for University expansion to the West. The Philip Merrill College of Journalism has outgrown the current building with various programs spread across more than ten (10) buildings on campus. The new three-story building will be the first green building owned and operated by the University of Maryland, College Park. Knight Hall will bring all of the journalism academic and professional programs together in one building. Space plans include: a two-story Great Hall; the Richard Eaton Broadcast Theater; the Edith Kinney Gaylord Journalism Library & Resource Center; a multi-media news bubble lab; the Baltimore Sun News Lab; four (4) 18-seat news/media teaching labs; three (3) seminar rooms; two (2) 30-seat classrooms; an Executive Board Room; formal and informal meeting spaces; faculty offices; and student services spaces including a Dean’s suite and the academic advising office. The third floor of the building will be dedicated to professional training centers including the J-Lab: Institute for Interactive Journalism; the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism; National Association of Black Journalists; American Journalism Review; Journalism Center on Children and Families; and the American Association for Sunday and Feature Editors. This project was a three-year design and construction effort and was successfully completed in November 2009.[/col3]

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Architect: Grimm + Parker Architects

Location: College Park, Maryland

Construction Cost: $28.5 Million

Gross Square Footage: 59,700 square feet

LEED:
LEED NC 2.2 Gold

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