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United States Naval Academy – NAVSTA IBU-25 – Design

[col3]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 responsibilities included: coordination with the design team for telecommunications outlet placements, telecommunications room sizing, power requirements, environmental requirements, heat load design criteria, telecommunications room lighting and finishes, grounding and bonding for telecommunications equipment, specifications for telecommunications cabling systems, and project management through bidding and construction administration. This project has been successfully complete since May 2007.[/col3]

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MEP Engineer: Mueller Associates, Inc.
Location: Annapolis, Maryland[/col3]

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College of Notre Dame – Communications Department Renovation of Broadcast Television Studio & Editing Suite

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LOCATION:
Baltimore, Maryland

ARCHITECT:
Melville Thomas Architects

CONSTRUCTION COST:
$2 MILLION

GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE:
20,000 gross square feet

 

The scope of this project included a modest design to budget that led to efficient use of both new and existing television broadcast electronics, studio lighting, and production studio infrastructure. Included spaces are programmed as primary rooms for teaching the art of television production and editing. Technology systems included: master control/production console, AV preview monitoring, analog/digital video production switcher, digital audio recording/editing/mastering, multiple-camera broadcast news set, fully dimmable production floor lighting grid, teleprompting system, and a two-channel intercommunications system throughout the control room, filming stage, and audio booth areas. The broadcast suite included demonstration and post-production audio/video editing, mastering, and finalizing areas, with optical fiber connectivity to the campus wide local area network (LAN) for video distribution within the campus and on the internet. The studio performs on both digital and analog recording platforms. Scope of design work included the complete specifications and project management for audio and video broadcast electronics within the control room and edit suite. Project highlights included project bid responses coming in on budget and project completion occurring on time meeting both tight budget and schedule parameters. Other project responsibilities included room acoustics, noise and vibration control for the studio spaces and punchlist development followed by systems acceptance. The project has been successfully complete since January 2004.