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McDaniel College -Hoover Library Renovation Phase I & II

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LOCATION:
Westminster, MD

ARCHITECT:
Marshall Craft Associates
Baltimore, MD

PROJECT BUDGET:
$3.5 million

PROJECT SIZE:
14,200 GSF

Description
About 22 years after construction, McDaniel College’s entire Hoover Library is underwent a three-phase renovation. As part of Phase II and Phase III of this renovation, Convergent Technologies was asked to provide audiovisual systems electronics design and specifications for two meeting/events rooms, a group study room, and a reference/IT desk area. Hoover’s renovation features a new information literacy interactive learning classroom. The space features specially designed tables for teaching in the round and technology-enable spaces that support students’ changing patterns of learning and innovation. The space should become of student destination for spirited group study and collaboration, team building, academic coaching and quite study. CTDG’s work on this project contributed to bringing the latest videoconferencing technology to the library – a resource expected to feature speakers from around the world for the college community. The scope of design work for this project included identifying locations and specifications of audiovisual systems; including flat panel displays; video cameras; and presentation lecterns. Project deliverables include construction management of the specified areas. The project opened in late spring 2013.

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Howard University – Undergraduate Library Main Level Renovation

[col3]Howard University is a private, comprehensive research university. The scope of this project includes complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure for voice/data/RF video outlets, audiovisual system electronics with associated supporting infrastructure, access control/video surveillance systems, and room acoustics, interior sound isolation, and HVAC noise control for the Howard University Undergraduate Library Renovation. Spaces included in this renovation project include: group study areas, collaborative spaces, learning commons, seminar/classroom, multipurpose meeting room, and a conference room. Design began in Spring 2013 and construction is expected to be complete in July, 2015.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Atelier Architects
Location: Washington, D.C.
Construction Cost: $31,800,000
Gross Square Footage: 17,540 gsf[/col3]

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SUNY Oswego – Penfield Library Renovation Programming

[col3]The Penfield Library had received some critical maintenance and preservation upgrades over the past 40 years, but was in need of substantial critical maintenance items as well as some plant adaptation. Programmatically, this library of the future will increasingly be called upon to partner with faculty, staff and students in the analysis, evaluation, and communication of information and knowledge. New modes of course delivery, expanded use of distance education, more fluid boundaries between disciplines, and a greater diversity among the students on our residential campus will all have a great effect on the function of the library. These changes will spur physical and virtual adaptations in Penfield Library allowing it to play an increasingly important role supporting the learning-centered mission of SUNY Oswego. The study looked into a minimum of three (3) design solutions, or “facility development alternatives” to develop alternate approaches to upgrading facilities for Penfield Library. These solutions explored adaptive reuse of the existing facility. CTDG’s scope of work for this project involves a program study providing telecommunications cabling systems and audiovisual systems design services for the SUNY at Oswego (SUNY) Penfield Library Program Study to be located in Oswego, New York. CTDG conducted a review of existing conditions survey and SUNY standards for the audiovisual and telecommunications cable systems. The project continued with communication with the facility’s design team, identifying the general locations and quantities throughout the project in which audiovisual and telecommunications cable components would be located and should be housed. Important to design team considerations were locations such as audiovisual equipment rooms, ceiling heights, control rooms, and raised floor areas requiring tight coordination.[/col3]

 

[col3]Architect: Sasaki ArchitectsLocation: Oswego, New York
Project Size: 160,0720 gsf

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Rockefeller University – Welch Library Renovations

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Architect:
Kilment Halsband Architects

MEP Engineer:
BR+A Consulting Engineers

Contractor:
Turner Construction Company

Location:
New York, New York

Project Size:
40,000 GSF

Project Budget:
$50 MILLION

LEED:
Gold

Description:
Part of the north campus revitalization project, a five year construction effort, the Welch Hall refurbishment project links the north and south parts of the campus together with a twenty-first century library and state-of-the-art meeting rooms. The historic nature of the five-story, 1929 Beaux Arts building required that certain elements were preserved while incorporating modern technology requirements. Centerpiece to the project is a historically accurate renovation to the second floor reading room which now houses public computers, coffee lounge and periodicals. The North Room (also known as the Audubon Room) now provides meeting room space. Below this, the A&B levels now house stacks, study areas and meeting rooms, in addition to dedicated spaces for first year graduate students. Scope for this project included complete design services for Telecommunications Cabling Systems and supporting infrastructure. Construction Manager at Risk Delivery Method, LEED Gold Certified, the building re-opened in April of 2013.

 

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Albany Public Library – Arbor Hill & New Scotland Branch Libraries

[col3]The Albany Public Library Branch Improvement project involves the renovation of three libraries and the addition of five new branch libraries including the Arbor Hill and New Scotland Branch Libraries. The scope of this project includes complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems for all voice, data and RF outlets, audiovisual systems and access control/video surveillance systems as it relates to the new branch libraries in the Arbor Hill/West Hill and New Scotland neighborhoods. The Library’s Board of Trustee’s Design Review Committee is working closely with the design team and project manager, the Dormitory Authority of New York, to ensure a timely and cost-efficient completion. Throughout the design process feedback and suggestions from the communities have influenced the designs of the libraries. The Arbor Hill/West Hill and New Scotland neighborhoods have attended Board meetings which gave them the opportunity to respond to the library designs. Additional Responsibilities include preparing cost estimates for all specified telecommunications cabling, audiovisual and security systems, reviewing existing standards for telecommunications cabling, audiovisual and security systems and establishing new standards for access control/video surveillance systems. The project is two year design and construction process was completed in 2010.[/col3]

 

[col3]Architect: Kevin Hom + Andrew Goldman ArchitectsLocation: Albany, New York
Construction Cost: $7 Million
Project Size: 19,000 gsf

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University of Central Missouri – James C. Kirkpatrick Library & Technology Center

[col3]The scope of this project consisted of a $1.5 million dollar design to budget for educational technology systems to include: digital audiovisual production recording, distance learning, and audiovisual presentation and recording, along with the supporting inside/outside cable plant with associated infrastructure. The types of spaces to receive audiovisual presentation systems: typical classrooms (40-seat), sub-dividable classrooms (140-seat), audio/video edit suites, conference rooms and collaborative group study type spaces. A pair of rooms dedicated to distance learning/videoconferencing is also featured in the project scope. A live broadcast quality production recording studio was designed, inclusive of an audio record/edit suite, audio origination room, and a master control/production console with associated mix position. Scope of design work included the specifications and project management for all telecommunications cabling for voice, data and RF video signals into the new building. Specification details were provided outlining procedures and methods of connecting to existing campus telecommunications networks. The project was a three-year, multi-phase design project. The building has been successfully complete since May 1999.[/col3]

 

[col3]Architect: Hastings & Chivetta Architects
Location: Warrensburg, Missouri
Construction Cost: $29 MILLION
Gross Square Footage: 120,000 gross square feet

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Enoch Pratt Free Library – Renovation & Annex Addition Children’s Garden Theater

[col3]The scope of this project included a $125,000.00 design to budget for audiovisual & multimedia systems to include: stereo surround sound program audio, videoconferencing, audiovisual presentation and recording. The primary space to receive audiovisual & multimedia systems was a 175-Seat Theater with projection/videoconference capability and a custom millwork equipment rack unit housing all audiovisual source, processing and loudspeaker systems. Project responsibilities included: complete specifications for all audiovisual/multimedia and RF video cabling systems, complete acoustical analysis and room finishes criteria, and project management through bidding & negotiations, concluding with construction administration through systems testing and acceptance. Systems that were specified for the theater included a six channel stereo surround sound program audio system that compliments a high light output projection system with touchpanel remote control. Design meetings included discussions with both design team project managers and the owner’s technical representatives to establish and verify existing standards for the to be specified technology components, as well as, value engineering exercises to maintain project budget. The project was a three-year, multi-phase design project. The project has been successfully complete since June 2002.[/col3]

 

[col3]LOCATION: Baltimore, Maryland

ARCHITECT: Ayers Saint Gross Architects and Beyer Blinder Belle Architects

CONSTRUCTION COST: $2 MILLION

GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE: 10,000 gross square feet

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Yavapai Library Network – Prescott Valley Library

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Project:
Yavapai Library Network

Architect:
Richard + Bauer

Location:
Phoenix, Arizona

Construction Cost:
$14.6 Million

Project Size:
50,000 gsf

Description:
The scope of this project includes a $300,000 dollar design to budget for educational technology systems to include observation & recording, digital audio/video capture with streaming capabilities to the UA Local Area Network (LAN), audiovisual presentation and recording, program/speech audio reinforcement, and custom instructor’s stations. The types of spaces to receive educational technology systems include: a 60-seat classroom, 80-seat classroom, 150-seat classroom, computer lab, student lounge, Institute for Children, Youth, and Families observation suite, conference room, laboratory research center, and executive boardroom. Project responsibilities also included the development of acoustical criteria for room adjacencies, HVAC equipment noise levels, sound isolation, and interior room acoustics for all acoustically sensitive spaces throughout the facility. Project highlights included the opportunity to continue a working relationship with the University of Arizona and SmithGroup after the successful completion of past projects. This project has been successfully complete since August 2008.

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City of Apache Junction – Library Children’s Wing Addition

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Architect:
Richard + Bauer

Location:
Apache, Arizona

Construction Cost:
$5.5 Million

Project Size:
30,500 gsf

Description:
Convergent Technologies Design Group provided complete programming services for audiovisual systems for the expansion and renovation of the Apache Junction Library. Space plans include: Step Into the Story Experience Theater, Enchanted Book, a 3-D Projection Room, a Cafe’ and an Aquarium. Scope of work includes identifying performance features/minimum requirements on a per space basis for all A/V systems and cost estimating services for the planned A/V systems. In conjunction with Apache Junction Library officials CTDG identified the needs and space requirements for the project. The expansion project is expected to add an additional 10,500 square feet to the already 20,000 square feet building. The City of Apache Junction hopes to provide greater access to information and learning resources for library patrons and increase overall library visits through the expansion and renovation project. The expansion and renovations to the Apache Junction Library have been successfully complete since the summer of 2008.