Swarthmore College – Parrish Hall Renovation Project

The scope of this project was to provide telecommunications cabling systems infrastructure for voice/data/RF video outlets and audiovisual systems infrastructure for the Parish Hall Renovation at Swarthmore College located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Project responsibilities included the telecommunications design and renovation of the building which is home to administrative offices including Admissions, Career Services, the Dean’s Office, Development, Disability Services, Equal Opportunity Office, Finance and Investment, Financial Aid, Institutional Research, Office Services, the President’s Office, the Provost’s Office, and the Registrar’s Office. Parrish Hall also serves as a student hub and houses offices for The Daily Gazette, The Phoenix, and WSRN Radio, and Student Employment Office in addition to the campus Post Office and Credit Union. Designed by Quaker architect Addison Hutton and named for the College’s first president, Parrish Hall once constituted the entire college. Now, Parrish Hall is the College’s main administration building.


Architect: Ayers Saint Gross Architects
Location: Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Project Size: 127,000 gsf

Susquehanna University – Student Entertainment Building

Susquehanna University – Student Entertainment Building Project

The scope of this project includes the conversion of a prefabricated metal building into a social space for student programming. This project was in response to student demands for a student hangout/social space. Trax offers a nightclub setting in a safe campus environment. The space features a dance floor, performance stage, DJ booth, bar, outdoor patio, upper level seating area, lounge and gaming area. Convergent Technologies provided acoustics, noise and vibration control design services. Project responsibilities include recommendations for room shaping and finishes, reverberation time calculations and acoustical recommendations for doors and windows. Some of the acoustically sensitive areas are the stage, DJ booth, gaming area, 2nd level seating area and lounge and the outdoor patio. Project challenges include finding low cost materials that have more than one function. Additional responsibilities include recommendations for HVAC noise control.


Architect: studio d’ARC
Location: Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
Construction Cost: $1.3 Million
Project Size: 7,522 gsf

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Susquehanna University – Apfelbaum Hall – Business & Communications Building

Proton Facilities: Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, Proton Treatment Project – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, Proton Treatment Project – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, Proton Treatment Project – Systems by CTDG

[col3]This project included a $1.1 million dollar design to budget for educational technology systems to include:  a digital audiovisual production studio, videoconferencing, audiovisual presentation and recording, along with the supporting inside/outside telecommunications cable plant with associated infrastructure. The types of spaces to receive audiovisual presentation systems included: three (3) multimedia classrooms, a presentation room, two (2) television studios, numerous small-group study rooms, and 600 dataports (one by every seat in the building). A live digital broadcast quality production-recording studio was designed, inclusive of an audio record/edit suite, digital video editing suites (4), and a master control/production console. Scope of design work included the project management for all telecommunications cabling for voice, data and RF video signals into the new building. Project opportunities included various styles of collaborative classroom settings, as well as various high-end digital/analog recording and editing spaces.  State of the art TV studios and post-production editing suites were planned to reflect world environments to enable students to receive hands on professional experience prior to graduation. Project responsibilities included cost estimating, details outlining procedures and methods of connecting to existing campus telecommunications networks.  The project was a three-year, multi-phase design project. The project has been successfully completed since November 1999.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Spillman Farmer Architects
Location: Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
Construction Cost: $19 Million
Project Size: 80,000 gsf[/col3]

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Robert Morris University – School of Business

Radio, TV, and Recording Studios: College of Notre Dame, Communications Department – Systems by CTDG
Radio, TV, and Recording Studios: Digital Harbor High School, Production Studio – Systems by CTDG
Radio, TV, and Recording Studios: Digital Harbor High School, Production Studio – Systems by CTDG
Radio, TV, and Recording Studios: Digital Harbor High School, Production Studio – Systems by CTDG
Radio, TV, and Recording Studios: Digital Harbor High School, Production Studio – Systems by CTDG
Radio, TV, and Recording Studios: Digital Harbor High School, Production Studio – Systems by CTDG
Radio, TV, and Recording Studios: Digital Harbor High School, Production Studio – Systems by CTDG
Radio, TV, and Recording Studios: Digital Harbor High School, Production Studio – Systems by CTDG
Radio, TV, and Recording Studios: Digital Harbor High School, Production Studio – Systems by CTDG

 

Architect:
Celli-Flynn Brennan Architects & Planners

Location:
Moon Township, Pennsylvania

Project Size:
23,500 gsf

The scope of work for the new business school at Robert Morris University includes design services for audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure, telecommunications cabling infrastructure, and acoustics, noise and vibration control. Spaces to receive educational technology include business training classrooms, PNC Trading Center, US Steel Videoconferencing Classroom, executive conference room, standard presentation style classrooms, study areas, faculty offices and common areas throughout the building. The PNC Trading Center, a result of the PNC Foundation, will be a fully functional trading room similar to that of the New York Stock Exchange, complete with real-time stock tickers and computer stations with market information and analytical software. It is configured with workstations in a two-story stadium arrangement allowing for ease of observation and instruction. Teaching areas will have cutting edge integrated audiovisual systems inclusive of sound reinforcement and SMART annotation technologies, flat panel displays, ceiling mounted projection systems, custom presentation lecterns, and teleconferencing devices. Each area will have remote controllability consisting of, lighting systems, projection screens, and all audiovisual source electronics through interactive color touch panels.

Penn State University – Student Health & Counseling Center

The scope of this project includes complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems (voice/data/RF video) with associated supporting infrastructure for the new Student Health & Counseling Center on Penn State’s University Park Campus. The new five story building includes a full-service pharmacy, health education resource library, clinical lab space, health offices, patient exam rooms, group therapy rooms, and conference rooms. Scope of services included telecommunications room sizing, power requirements, environmental requirements, heat load design criteria, telecommunications room lighting and finishes, and grounding and bonding for telecommunications equipment. Project responsibilities include: coordination with the design team for all telecommunications outlet placements, specifications for telecommunications cabling systems, and cost estimating and project management through bidding and construction administration. This project has been successfully complete since May 2008.


Architect: RMJM Hillier
MEP Engineer: BR+A
Location: University  Park, Pennsylvania
Construction Cost: $18.2 Million
Project Size: 63,300 gsf

Mt. Lebanon School District – Mt. Lebanon High School

Mt. Lebanon High School is located in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The complex includes sections built in 1928, 1930, 1955, and 1972, totals over 545,000 square feet and holds 1,912 students, grades 9- 12. The building has not undergone a major renovation in over thirty years; this renovation project addresses the serious infrastructure issues currently facing the building and is intended to create the teaching and learning environment that will meet the educational needs of today’s students. The scope of this project includes complete design services for audiovisual systems electronics, access control/video surveillance system electronics, room acoustics, interior sound isolation, and HVAC noise control. Key spaces included in the renovation are a band, choral and orchestra classroom, music practice rooms, percussion studio, natatorium, science laboratories, dance/theatre classrooms, planetarium, auditorium, conference rooms, 2-D and 3-D arts studio, cafeteria, the Little Theatre, library, general classrooms and offices. Project responsibilities include evaluating room shaping to determine adequate reflected sound level and the control of flutter echo, and complete specifications and project management for all audiovisual and security systems electronics for this multi-phase design and construction project. Convergent Technologies has been involved with the project from the Construction Documents phase and will conclude with Construction Administration of the installed systems and finishes. This project is currently in the design phase.

 

Architect: Celli-Flynn Brennan Architects & Planners; OWP/P Cannon Design
Location: Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Construction Cost: $75 Million
Project Size: 545,000 gsf

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Millersville University – Visual & Performing Arts Center

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Architect:
Spillman Farmer Architects

Location:
Millersville, Pennsylvania

Construction Cost:
$26 Million

Project Size:
88,500 gsf

Scope of work for the new Visual and Performing Arts Center at Millersville University includes the renovation of 29,041 square feet and a 59,452 square foot expansion of the existing Lyte Auditorium/Alumni Hall. Lyte Auditorium is the main campus venue for recitals, student produced musicals, and the annual Cultural Affairs Committee Series. Convergent Technologies provided complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems, public address/paging system, and access control/video surveillance security systems with associated supporting infrastructure as they relate to this project. The newly renovated building will house the Music Department, hold approximately 650-seats and feature a concert hall, recital/rehearsal hall, piano lab, multipurpose dance hall, classrooms, music library, recording studio, department offices, an art gallery, scene shop and theatre. This project is part of the university’s master plan and is expected to improve and enhance the visual and performing arts programs on campus. Project responsibilities include design and specifications for all telecommunications cabling systems, video/CATV system and a reverse 911 mass notification paging system. This project is currently in the Construction Administration phase and is scheduled to be complete by the fall of 2011.

 

Messiah College – Nursing Department Renovation Feasibility Study

Founded in 1909, Messiah College is a Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences.  Located just outside the state capital of Harrisburg, Messiah enrolls approximately 2,800 undergraduate students each year. Convergent Technologies participated in the feasibility study for the planned Nursing Department Renovation, located in the Kline Hall of Science to encompass a state-of-the-art advanced simulation lab, and newly renovated labs which would include a maternal-child lab, a psychiatric-mental health lab, two basic skills labs, and a physical assessment lab. Our scope dealt specifically with audiovisual systems and their associated supporting infrastructure.  Responsibilities included evaluating the proposed floor plan usage in terms of infrastructure requirements, adjacency issues, as well as, all relevant design criteria, all while ensuring the outlined systems reflected a combination of programmed space requests, best practice industry nursing standards, and current Messiah College standards for classroom audiovisual (AV) system technology.


Architect: RCG Architects
Location: Grantham, Pennsylvania
Project Budget: $5 Million
Project Size: 15,000 gsf

Messiah College – Boyer Hall

The scope of this project included a $1,000,000 design to budget for educational technology systems including: telecommunications cabling (voice, data, RF Video), classroom audiovisual presentation systems, audio/video observation & recording, custom instructor’s stations and conference room presentation systems. The types of spaces to receive educational technology systems included: a language lab, twenty-one (21) typical lab/classrooms (30-50 seat), 70-seat tiered classroom, 140-seat film screening venue, four (4) behavioral science exam observation rooms, conference rooms, over 90 faculty offices, and group study collaboration areas. Project challenges included the design of building infrastructure to support the proposed technology, as well as, the future anticipated growth of the systems. Additional responsibilities include the review of building criteria as they apply to acoustics, noise and vibration for all acoustically sensitive spaces, the development of acoustical criteria for HVAC equipment noise levels and sound isolation, and recommendations for room layout, shaping, and acoustical finishes. Project scope included complete programming narrative system overview descriptions and detailed per space cost estimating for all educational technology systems. Technical staff and administration valued an analysis of the pros and cons of utilizing an Internet Protocol (IP) based remote control system for room scheduling, monitoring, and maintenance in addition to the basic design deliverable. The project was a twenty-four month design effort. Construction has been successfully complete since September 2003.


Architect: Ayers Saint Gross Architects
Location: Grantham, Pennsylvania
Construction Cost: $19 Million
Project Size: 98,000 gsf

Kossis Loft Residence – Kossis Loft Acoustics

Convergent Technologies was asked to review construction drawings and provide acoustic recommendations for the Kossis Loft Residence located in Pittsburgh, PA. Calculations were performed to determine the sound transmission from exterior noise, and from the public hallway and elevator located inside the building. Recommendations were made regarding partitions, doors, and window glazings to minimize exterior sound transmission into the residence. Interior noise control was also provided for the HVAC system, as well as a noisy laundry room and plumbing system. Vibration isolators, increased STC ratings for partitions and doors, and proper HVAC duct installation were all required to meet design goals.

 

Architect: Studio D’Arc
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Systems Value: $25,000