The University of Maryland’s BioPark Life Sciences Conference Center supports emerging, high-growth life science companies and specialized research centers. Featured as an amenity to induce such companies to lease space at the BioPark, the Discover Auditorium provides a venue for tenants or outside users to have access to training settings and state-of-the art technology
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The University of Maryland’s BioPark Life Sciences Conference Center supports emerging, high-growth life science companies and specialized research centers. Featured as an amenity to induce such companies to lease space at the BioPark, the project provides two conference rooms, Invent and Advance, with a movable partition wall that can be opened to create one large
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The scope of this project includes design services for telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure for voice, data and RF video, audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure and acoustics, noise & vibration control as it relates to the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Public Health. Space plans include 100-seat auditorium, 60-seat classroom, 35-seat
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Architects: Richter Cornbrooks Gribble – Baltimore, MD Ellenzweig – Cambridge, MA Location: Baltimore, Maryland Construction Cost: $67 Million Gross Square Footage: 112,565 square feet Leed: Gold Description The scope of this project includes a $2.2 Million design to budget for technology systems. Convergent Technologies provided complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting
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This project included complete design services for audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure and acoustics, noise & vibration control as they related to the renovation of two classrooms and the addition of an associated control room. Educational technology systems included: Distance Learning, audiovisual presentation, program/speech audio reinforcement and custom instructor’s stations. Project highlights include multiple
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Scope of work for the New Administration Building included complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems and audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure as they relate to the new Administration Building for the University of Maryland, Baltimore located in Downtown Baltimore. The six story building includes spaces for Administration and Finance, Human Resources, Academic Affairs,
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The scope of this contract is a four-year term with anticipated design fees of $250,000.00 per year. Areas of design include educational technology systems (audiovisual systems, telecommunications cabling, and acoustics, noise & vibration control) across five of the University of Maryland System campuses. Convergent Technologies has been retained directly by the University of Maryland to
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This project included a $1.7 million dollar design to budget for technology systems to include: audiovisual room combining (four ballroom sections), audiovisual recording, audiovisual presentation and remote control, audio and video paging systems, 35mm film projection, master antenna television (with headend configuration) along with inside/outside telecommunications cable plant and associated infrastructure. The types of spaces
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Convergent Technologies Design Group (CTDG) was asked by the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine to review existing programmatic requirements and standards for their audiovisual systems, as well as make recommendations for placement locations in which audiovisual components should be housed. CTDG developed a CSI-format specification for audiovisual wall/floor boxes, audiovisual presentation, audio reinforcement systems,
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Convergent Technologies Design Group (CTDG) was asked by the University of Maryland School of Medicine to provide analysis and recommendations for room acoustics and HVAC noise control for its renovation of Hosick Hall. Design goals were created for background noise levels in the hall based on its intended uses, followed by calculations to determine how
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Architect: Grimm + Parker – Calverton, Maryland William Rawn Associates – Boston, Massachusetts Location: Catonsville, Maryland Construction Cost: $113 Million Gross Square Footage: 217,800 square feet Project scope for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Performing Arts and Humanities Facility is to provide audiovisual design with associated supporting infrastructure, telecommunications cabling systems design,
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Convergent Technologies Design Group was asked to provide design services for the Teaching Theaters located in Tydings Hall on the University of Maryland College Park campus. The building houses the College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, Department of Economics, and the Department of Government & Politics. The scope of work included the design of audiovisual,
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Architect: Cho Benn Holback Architects Location: Baltimore, MD Construction Cost: $1.5 MILLION Gross Square Footage: 3,500 square feet The scope of this project included the complete design of educational technology systems to include: audiovisual presentation, remote control, and recording, as well as, program/speech audio reinforcement along with the associated infrastructure. The types of
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Convergent Technologies had the opportunity to work with Design Collective architects to provide acoustical consulting and construction administration services for the Towson West Elementary school construction project. The basis for these acoustical consulting services was to provide documented recommendations which would substantiate compliance with the LEED Prerequisite 3 Indoor Environmental Quality, Minimum Acoustical Performance criteria.
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Architect: Grimm + Parker Architects Location: Towson, Maryland Construction Cost: $6,400,000 Gross Square Footage: 20,270 square feet
The scope of this project includes a $50,000 design to budget for audiovisual systems and its associated infrastructure for Towson University’s Paws Lounge. Convergent Technologies was asked to provide a high quality surround sound system and an LCD data/video projection system for one (1) 200-seat lounge located in University Union. Project responsibilities include heat load
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The scope of this project includes a $5,000,000 design to budget for educational technology systems to include classroom audiovisual presentation systems, telecommunications cabling systems (voice, data, RF Video), common area hallway displays, and acoustics, noise & vibration control. The types of spaces to receive educational technology systems include: English Language Center, mediated classrooms, computer laboratories,
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Towson University asked Convergent Technologies to analyze acoustical problems occurring within existing theatre classroom space in the University’s Center for the Arts building. The work scope called for CTDG to measure and analyze sound transmission between spaces and offer recommendations to reduce noise disruptions between these adjacent areas. The spaces receiving acoustical and sound-isolation design
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Convergent Technologies was asked to provide interior acoustical measurement and analysis services for several spaces within the ARC of Washington County Awakenings and Recycling Facility located in Hagerstown, Maryland. Several of the spaces within this facility suffered from excessive reverberation, which severely inhibited utilization of those spaces for speech-critical applications such as meetings or presentations.
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Stoneleigh Elementary, located in the Towson area, enrolls approximately 600 students annually between Kindergarten and 5th grade. The scope of this project included an assessment of noise in the cafeteria during the lunch period. Recommendations were provided to reduce noise levels and improve the signal to noise ratio during the lunch period. Project responsibilities involved
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The scope of this project includes design services for audiovisual systems as it relates to the Meeting Room addition to the St. Mary’s County Government Administration Building. The 140-seat Meeting Room was programmed primarily for the County Commissioners Board’s weekly day-long meetings. The room was designed to allow for the broadcasting of meetings on the
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This project includes a $355,000.00 design to budget for Telecommunications Cabling systems to include: Enhanced Category 5 Type (voice, data, RF video), videoconferencing, outside plant fiber optic, along with inside horizontal & vertical plant station cables and associated infrastructure. The project is a new classroom building inclusive of approximately twenty (40 seat) classroom type spaces
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Architect: Ayers Saint Gross Architects Departments: Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies Department of Information Technology Integrated Media Center Teaching Learning Network Location: Salisbury, Maryland Construction Cost: $58 MILLION Gross Square Footage: 165,000 gross square feet LEED Certification: Silver The scope of this project includes a $4 million dollar design to budget for
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Convergent Technologies’ scope of work for this project included complete room acoustics, interior sound isolation, and HVAC noise control design services for the Salisbury University Holloway Hall Auditorium Renovation. Holloway Hall, currently the administrative office building, is the first structure to be built on the Salisbury University campus. The facility houses administrative and faculty offices,
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The Sacred Heart Church asked Convergent Technologies to provide Acoustic Testing and Measurement services for the Church Auditorium. The purpose of the project at Sacred Heart Church was to determine the existing reverberation time through measurement and offer recommendations to improve the acoustic environment for the multipurpose use of the auditorium. Recommendations were provided for
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Paragon Bioservices is a manufacturing organization whose focus is the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals. They provide research and manufacturing services with specialty in protein expression, viruses, stem cells, antibodies, bacteriophage, and electron microscopy. The scope of this project included an acoustical analysis of Paragon’s 4th floor office space. This project was completed in 2008. Architect: Gaudreau, Inc.
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The United States Naval Academy, located in historic Annapolis, Maryland, provides moral, academic, professional and physical education to future outstanding members of the Navy and Marine Corps. The scope of this project included design services for telecommunications cabling systems (voice/data/RF video) with associated supporting infrastructure for the IBU-25 building on the Naval Academy Campus. Project
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The scope for the National Institute of Health Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences included the design of audiovisual systems and its associated infrastructure and room acoustics. Project responsibilities included heat load figures, AC power requirements and special grounding and bonding measures for audiovisual systems, as well as signal flows for audiovisual equipment used
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The scope of this project included consulting and design services for Morgan State University’s Academic Quad utility upgrades. Project responsibilities included the design of outside service plant telecommunications cabling pathways enabling campus wide connectivity. Deliverables were formatted for a multi phase design project commencing with the Schematic Design phase and concluding with Construction Administration of
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The scope of this project includes a $1.3 million dollar design to budget for educational technology systems to include: video production and recording, digital/analog audio recording, videoconferencing, audiovisual presentation and recording, along with a specialized digital annotation and documentation system. The new building will support both undergraduate and graduate programs that address the physical aspects
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The objective of this project was to mediate the debate between technological advancements and historical elegance. CTDG accomplished this by assimilating state of the art technology seamlessly into the Third Floor renovations of the Montgomery County Courthouse, located in Rockville, Maryland. This allowed for modern technological flexibility and acoustical qualities while maintaining the classic visual
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LOCATION: Rockville, Maryland ARCHITECTS: Burt Hill and Cho Benn Holback + Associates CONSTRUCTION COST: $40 MILLION GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE: 142,100 square feet The scope of this project includes the design of educational technology systems to include: distance learning, audiovisual presentation and recording, program/speech audio reinforcement, custom instructor’s stations, as well as building-wide telecommunications
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The Bioscience Education Center is part of a larger process to upgrade the Germantown campus of Montgomery College, in an effort to better meet the demands of the growing bioscience fields, and increase student capacity. Offering both degrees and certificates in Biotechnology and Life Science, the emphasis of the Biotechnology program is on applied laboratory
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LOCATION: Baltimore, Maryland ARCHITECT: Ellerbe Becket CONSTRUCTION COST: $292 Million GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE: 672,000 gsf The scope of this project includes complete design services for telecommunications (voice/data) cabling systems, cable antenna television (CATV) systems, closed circuit video systems (CCTV), and acoustics, noise & vibration control for the new Mercy Medical Center replacement patient tower
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The McDonogh School is a co-educational kindergarten through twelfth grade day school with approximately 1,300 students enrolled. The new Edward St. John Student Center and Naylor Building are being constructed as part of the McDonogh Forever Campaign which will fund priority construction projects included in the campus master plan and raise money for the annual
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LOCATION: Frederick, MD ARCHITECT: Hord Coplan Macht CONSTRUCTION COST: $20 MILLION GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE: 75,000 gross square feet The scope of this project included educational technology systems that enhance the teaching and learning process for the hearing impaired including: visual paging/messaging systems, interactive whiteboards that allow teachers to write on the boards with their
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Convergent Technologies provided all room acoustics, noise and vibration control consulting for this 750-occupant live venue nightclub. Designed to meet a variety of music types, the club includes a dance floor, seating areas, billiard room, and support facilities. Design schedule included involvement in design development and construction documents preparation. Responsibilities included review of building criteria
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