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Prince George’s County – African American Museum & Cultural Center

[col3]Convergent Technologies is providing complete design services for telecommunications cabling, audiovisual and security systems with associated supporting infrastructure as well as acoustics, noise and vibration control for the new home for Prince George’s County African American Museum and Cultural Center (PGAAMCC). The Museum will be the center of the newly created Gateway Arts District, a $70 Million initiative along Route 1 (Rhode Island Avenue), in North Brentwood, Maryland, the first municipality in Prince George’s County incorporated by African American citizens. The Museum, currently located on the first floor of the Gateway Arts Center, strives to cultivate, preserve, present, document and interpret the cultural and artistic contributions and the local and regional history and culture of African Americans in Prince George’s County. The 76,000 square foot facility will include 34,000 square feet of permanent and temporary exhibit space, a 200-seat theater/auditorium, community meeting rooms, two 50-seat classrooms with the ability to function as one or two separate spaces, a museum store, small reference library, cafe, and a studio/multi-purpose room. Specified systems include access control/CCTV systems, audiovisual presentation systems for the theater, classrooms, and studio/multi-purpose room, and wireless access points throughout the building including the outdoor rooftop/garden area. The project is being designed to pursue LEED Silver Certification. The new museum is expected to be complete in 2013.[/col3]

 

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Architects:

  • Arel Architects – Clinton, Maryland
  • Bernard Tschumi Architects – New York, New York

Location: North Brentwood, Maryland

Construction Cost: $28.6 Million

Gross Square Footage: 76,000gsf

Pursuing LEED Silver Certification

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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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Aberdeen Proving Grounds – USAMRICD

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Architect:
Flad & Associates

Location:
Aberdeen, Maryland

Construction Cost:
$230 MILLION

Gross Square Footage:
300,000 square feet

LEED: Silver

 

The scope for the US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) included the design of audiovisual systems and its associated infrastructure. 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 in public areas and auditoriums, as well as simulation, conference and video conference rooms. Features within these areas include video projection, remote controlled audiovisual systems, program and speech audio reinforcement, videoconferencing systems, as well as baseband and broadband distribution systems. Special design constraints pertaining to end user visibility and lines of sight, such as ceiling heights, furniture layouts, and ceiling shape were considered in the design of the audiovisual systems. The scope of this project commenced at the schematic design phase and construction was scheduled to be complete in December 2010.

 

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Arizona State University & University of Arizona – Arizona Biomedical Collaborative Building

 

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The Arizona Biomedical Collaborative Building #1 (ABC) was a joint venture project between the University of Arizona and Arizona State University (ASU). The scope of this project featured educational technology systems including audiovisual presentation and recording, speech reinforcement, custom smart presenter’s lecterns, distance learning, touchpanel remote control systems, and digital annotation. Fixed audiovisual systems were specified for a small conference room, medium conference room, and large mediated conference room. Custom portable carts consisting of a plasma display, digital annotation overlay, and ancillary sources were specified to be used throughout the building in order to promote collaboration utilizing educational technology. Project opportunities to incorporate distance-learning capabilities in the large mediated conference room were successful in remotely connecting this new research building with the rest of the ASU & University of Arizona campuses. Additional responsibilities included acoustics, noise & vibration control for spaces receiving audiovisual systems including sound isolation, interior room acoustics, and mechanical systems noise control. This project has been complete since July 2007.

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[col3]Architect: Smithgroup

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Construction Cost: $29.6 Million

Project Size: 85,600 gsf

LEED:
LEED-NC-Gold

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Arizona State University Fitness Complex for LEED Platinum

 

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The new Arizona State University Sun Devil Fitness Complex has passed the Architecture 2030 Challenge for carbon reduction! This was a combined effort of Studio MA and Sasaki with the help of CTDG. Its design was based on the desert which included a rain screen, rooftop solar thermal system and deep overhangs and louvers. All of this has led to a 70% decrease in energy use.

 

In the midst of a severe national economic
recession, Arizona State University students voted
to increase student recreation fees in order to fund
design and construction of an expanded and
renovated Student Recreation Complex. Extensively
involved in the pre-programming of the facility,
students looked to consolidate the various locations
throughout the community where intramural sports
had been relocated. The new facility will include
new competition fields, a large gym with multiple
courts, in addition to strength /cardio, multipurpose
and student health/wellness spaces.
Convergent Technologies’ scope for this project
includes complete design services for audiovisual
presentation systems and telecommunications
cabling systems design. Additionally, acoustical
analysis for interior room finish recommendations
was provided for all high-bay gymnasium spaces
along with the design of sound isolating partitions
between the existing Small Gymnasium and
adjacent office spaces. This project was completed
in 2013.

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LOCATION:
Tempe, AZ
ARCHITECT:
Studio MA
Phoenix, AZ
Saski
San Francisco, CA
PROJECT COST:
$21.5 MILLION
PROJECT SIZE:
213,000 GSF

LEED- Platinum

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