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City of Rockville – New Courthouse

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LOCATION:
Rockville, MD

ARCHITECT:
AECOM

ENGINEER:
RMF Engineering

CONSTRUCTION COST:
$70 MILLION

GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE:
160,000gsf

 

The scope of this project included the design and construction of a new state courthouse in Rockville, Maryland. The facility provides new space for the District Court, Parole and Probation/Intake Unit, Office of the Public Defender, and the Maryland Department of General Services. The six floor building includes space plans for typical courtrooms, traffic courtroom, hearing rooms, a multipurpose room and judges chambers. Convergent Technologies provided acoustics analysis, testing and measurement services for the courthouse in order to determine the noise impact of a power generator at the established property line. Scope of work included the review of existing design documents for the required louvered vent and exterior partition details and the review of the octave band sound power levels generated by the power generator within the facility. CTDG also determined the necessary sound isolation requirements for the building to comply with the applicable Montgomery County Noise ordinances at the property line. An acoustics narrative report was developed outlining findings, results and recommendations.

 

 

 

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation – Gateway Conference Center

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PROPERTY:
Chesapeake Bay Foundation – Gateway Conference Center

LOCATION:
Annapolis, Maryland

ARCHITECT:
SmithGroup, Inc.

LOW VOLTAGE CONSULTANT:
FORTRAN Communications

CONSTRUCTION COST:
$7.2 MILLION

GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE:
32,000 gross square feet

LEED CERTIFICATION:
Platinum

Description
The scope of this project included a $275,000.00 design to budget for audiovisual (AV) & multimedia systems to include: speech reinforcement, videoconferencing, audiovisual presentation and recording, along with custom conference room presenter’s station and associated infrastructure. The primary space to receive technology systems was a 200-Seat Conference/Training Room with videoconference capability and a master control/edit record room for the two spaces. Project responsibilities included: complete specifications for all audiovisual/multimedia and RF video cabling systems, complete acoustical analysis and room finishes criteria, project management through bidding & negotiations concluding with construction administration project management through systems testing and acceptance. The design scope commenced with a schematic design phase that included the development of preliminary design to cost estimates for the to be specified AV systems. The project was a three-year, multi-phase design project. The project has been successfully complete since January 2001.[/col3]

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Calhoon MEBA Engineering School – Auditorium Renovation

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Project:
Calhoon MEBA Engineering School

Architect:
Hord Coplan Macht

Location:
Easton, Maryland

Construction Cost:
$4 Million

Project Size:
10,000 gsf

The Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (MEBA) is world renown for providing state of the art professional training to today’s professional marine engineers, captains, and deck officers in this educational facility. The scope of this project included complete audiovisual and acoustical design services for a 200-seat multipurpose auditorium at the Calhoon MEBA School of Engineering. Involvement in programming & design services, preparation of construction documents, bidding document review, and construction administration services were a key component of this project. The auditorium features audiovisual presentation, program/speech audio reinforcement, surround sound audio, and audio/video production capabilities, recording & editing facilities, and performance quality room acoustics. Key design team contributions included the development of acoustical criteria including recommendations for room shaping, finishes, HVAC equipment noise levels, sound isolation, and room acoustical and floor slab vibration properties. A truly multi-functional space, the facility hosts regional chamber music festival performances on an annual basis with great success. The project has been successfully complete and operational since November 2004.

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Bowie City Hall – New City Hall

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Architect:
Grimm & Parker Architects

Location:
Bowie, Maryland

Construction Cost:
$23.7 Million

Project Size:
80,000 gsf

 

The scope of this project includes complete design services for technology systems to include: telecommunications cabling systems (data/voice/RF video) with associated supporting infrastructure, audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure, access control / video surveillance security sysems and acoustics, noise & vibration control. The New City Hall will house the Bowie Police Department and most of the City Government’s administrative offices including the City Manager, Planning & Economic Development, Information Technology, Finance, Human Resources, Community Services, and Animal Control. The primary spaces to receive technology: the new Council Chambers, public meeting spaces, conference rooms, fitness room, and an emergency command center. Design highlights include the new Council Chambers which features broadcast and recording capabilities, the ability to edit/add character generation or graphic layovers in real time during council sessions and recording capabilities between the Council Chambers and the television studio in an existing building. Common areas throughout the building will receive digital signage to include flat panel displays that will feature room scheduling and other building information. Specified systems include: audiovisual presentation & remote control systems, program/speech audio reinforcement, audiovisual recording, digital annotation devices, video recording & broadcasting. Project responsibilities include cost estimating and project management through Construction Administration for all technology systems. In consideration of owner comments and requirements, Convergent Technologies provided future proofing of all audiovisual infrastructure and planned infrastructure for wireless access points. Additional project responsibilities include the development of acoustical criteria for all acoustically sensitive spaces throughout the building. The City recently procured a General Contractor for $10 Million less than project estimates. This project has been completed since Fall of 2011.

 

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Baltimore Lutheran – Fine Arts Theater Building

[col3]This design project featured an 800-seat theater and auditorium space, band rooms, practice rooms & classroom instructional spaces. Professional services included acoustics, noise and vibration analysis as well as performance audio system and digital projection systems. Project responsibilities include: complete specifications for all audiovisual/multimedia systems; design of supporting infrastructure, power and heat load information for stage, pit, and projection/control room; project management through bidding & negotiations, concluding with construction administration project management through systems testing and acceptance. Scopes of design responsibilities commenced in schematic design and were completed with construction administration services. Systems specified for the auditorium included a combined program audio & mono speech system that compliments a high output projection system featuring LCD data/video projection. Primary system features included: stage infrastructure to support drama/theater productions, wireless microphones, and portable audio monitoring for stage presenters. Systems to satisfy both ADA and various presentation set-ups were considered for final design within this exciting hall. Project challenges included the development of acoustical criteria for room shaping and adjacencies, HVAC equipment noise levels, sound isolation, and room acoustical and floor slab vibration properties for this steel constructed building.[/col3]

 

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Architect: S.C. Burdette Architects, Inc.
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Construction Cost: $4 Million
Project Size: 40,000 gsf

 

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Baltimore County Public Schools – Kenwood High School

[col3]The scope of this project for Baltimore County Public Schools included complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems with associated infrastructure for voice/data/video, audiovisual systems infrastructure and acoustics, noise & vibration control. The purpose of this project was to upgrade the existing Technical Education Wing and add classroom space for this and other programs. The types of spaces to receive technology education systems include classrooms, engineering labs, technology labs, construction education labs and classrooms, JROTC classrooms, a Satellite Cafeteria for Seniors, graphics and printing labs, communication technology labs and a video production control room. Specified systems include custom instructor’s stations and wireless networking systems. Design responsibilities commenced from the schematic design phase through construction administration of the installed systems and finishes. Additional responsibilities include recommendations for room shaping and finishes for all acoustically sensitive spaces. This project has been successfully complete since Fall 2007.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: GWWO, Inc.
Location: Essex, Maryland
Construction Cost: $10 Million
Project Size: 60,000 gsf

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Anne Arundel County – Community Theater & Emergency Operations Center

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Architect:
Wheeler Goodman Masek Architects

Location:
Glen Burnie, Maryland

Construction Cost:
$2 Million

Project Size:
24,000 gsf

 

The scope of this project includes a $ 750,000.00 design to budget for technology systems to include: telecommunications cabling (voice, data, RF Video), audiovisual & multi-media enhanced presentations, videoconferencing, audio/video recording sessions, surround sound program & speech audio reinforcement along with custom presenter’s stations with associated infrastructure. The types of spaces to receive technology systems include: Community Theater, Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Emergency Management Conference Room, and a Strategic Planning Conference Room. Features of the EOC include combined monaural program/speech audio reinforcement, custom audio monitoring, a three-projector data/video wall, and the ability to monitor local and county traffic and other critical response video circuits located throughout the area. Additional design responsibilities included the review of building criteria as they applied to acoustics, noise and vibration control, the development of acoustical criteria for HVAC equipment noise levels and sound isolation, and recommendations for room layout, shaping, and acoustical finishes for the Community Theater. Project scope included complete programming narrative system overview descriptions and detailed per space cost estimating for all technology systems. Challenges included renovating an existing facility with state of the art EOC functionality and providing flexibility to grow and adapt to future governmental operational needs. The project has been complete since March 2007.

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Fort Knox WT Complex – Admin/Ops Center and SFAC – Acoustical Consulting Serivices

[col3]Fort Knox’s units include Army Cadet Command, Army Human Resources Command, and Army Recruiting Command. In addition to these units, Fort Knox is home to the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division, the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, the 84th Training Command, Ireland Army Community Hospital, and other Partners in Excellence, making Fort Knox the most multi-functional military base in the United States Army. Convergent Technologies’ scope of work for the Fort Knox WT Complex included acoustical consulting services for the Admin/Ops Center and SFAC. Project responsibilities included review of structural and architectural design documentation, as well as applicable building standards; analysis of room partition design; recommendations for improving sound isolation to adjacent spaces; and preparation of narrative report outlining findings, results and recommendations. Exterior walls and roof/floor/ceiling assemblies, doors, windows and interior partitions are designed to reduce external noise sources such as airfields. This project began in 2012 and is scheduled for completion in 2013.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Michael Baker Corporation
Location: Fort Knox, KY

Project Budget: $14,000,000
Project Size: 42,000 square feet

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United States Army – Advanced Individual Training Barracks

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Architects:

  • Michael Baker Jr., Inc. – Alexandria, Virginia
  • W.G. Yates & Sons Construction – Fort Gordon, Georgia

Location:
Fort Gordon, Georgia

Project Budget:
$14,400,000

Gross Square Footage:
91,000 square feet

 

Fort Gordon, Georgia is home to the U.S. Army Signal Corps and Signal Center, which trains more military personnel than any other training center of the U.S. Army. The main component of the post is the Advanced Individual Training for Signal Corps military occupational specialties. With the installation of the new Barracks, Convergent Technologies provided acoustical design services for interior sound isolation as well as noise and vibration control. This included analysis of the radiated, structure-born, and inlet/outlet octave-band sound power levels for HVAC equipment in addition to recommendations for Sound Transmission Class (STC) ratings of partition types and floor slab/ceiling construction. Analysis and calculation were delivered in the form of a narrative report, which also contained details for selected partition types based on the recommended acoustical design criteria. Acoustical recommendations for doors and acoustical seals and details for caulking, closure at pipe and duct penetrations and partition intersections were also provided. The sound isolation analysis also included the study of the sleeping quarters, with recommendations on the construction of partitions and ductwork layout between various spaces. Convergent’s services commenced with the Construction Documents phase of the project. This project was completed in early 2011.

 

 

 

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University of MD, College Park – Smith School of Business Reagan Building

Proton Facilities: University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine – Proton Treatment Center – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: University of Maryland Biopark, Proton Treatment Center – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: University of Maryland Biopark, Proton Treatment Center – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: University of Maryland Biopark, Proton Treatment Center – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: University of Maryland Biopark, Proton Treatment Center – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: University of Maryland Biopark, Proton Treatment Center – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Proton Therapy Facility – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Proton Therapy Facility – Systems by CTDG

Architect:
Grimm + Parker Architects

Location:
Washington, D.C.

Construction Cost:
$1.8 Million

Gross Square Footage:
12,000 square feet

The D.C. campus of the Robert H. Smith School of Business is located in the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. The Ronald Reagan Building brings together federal, state and regional trade resources, international trade related businesses and services. In addition to the Smith School of Business this facility is home to meeting and wedding venues, conventions, conferences and other local and federal business offices. This project involved the conversion of 12,000 square feet of existing space into five (5) tiered classrooms including fixed seating and standard business school audio/video technologies. Convergent Technologies provided design services for audiovisual, and telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure as well as acoustics, noise & vibration control. Spaces to receive audiovisual technology included three 65-seat tiered classrooms, two 45-seat tiered classrooms and the lobby. Scope of work included $400,000.00 design to budget for audiovisual systems. Specified systems included digital annotation devices and custom instructor’s stations. This project has been successfully complete since 2008.