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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 Nevada Las Vegas – ACTC (Advanced Clinical Training Center)

The scope of this project for the UNLV Shadow Lane Campus includes complete design services for audiovisual presentation systems as it relates to the new Advanced Clinical Training & Research Center. Planned to consolidate the University of Nevada Health Sciences System programs through the shared use of classrooms, teaching labs, and simulated patient lab space, the facility plans include: 80-seat Classroom, 80-seat Computer Classroom, 150-seat Lecture Hall with videoconferencing capabilities, 100-seat Lecture Hall, Videoconferencing Classrooms, Subdivideable Classrooms, Seminar Rooms, Breakout Spaces and the Dean’s Conference Room with videoconferencing capabilities. Educational technology systems include: clinical training management systems, healthcare observation, digital audio/video capture with streaming capabilities, distance learning, audiovisual presentation, program/speech audio reinforcement and custom instructor’s stations. Project highlights include: dual image presentation systems in classrooms and breakout areas. Project responsibilities include complete specifications for all audiovisual/multimedia systems, calculation of power and heat load information for projection/control room, and construction administration project management through systems testing and acceptance. Convergent Technologies completed this project through design documents. This project is currently on hold for funding.


Architect: Carpenter Sellers Architects
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Construction Cost: $55 Million
Project Size: 66,154 gsf

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Nevada System of Higher Education Health Sciences System – Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas

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Architect:
SmithGroupJJR

Location:
Las Vegas, Nevada

Construction Cost:
$9 Million

Project Size:
31,500 gsf

The scope of this Nevada System of Higher Education Health Sciences System project included complete design services for audiovisual presentation systems, telecommunications cabling systems (voice, data, RF Video), and acoustics, noise & vibration control as it related to the renovation of UNLV’s Building B, Biomedical Research Building. This project was a joint venture between the University of Nevada School of Medicine, the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Nursing and Nevada State College School of Nursing. Space plans include upgrades to the following areas: Clinical Skills Labs, Patient Simulator Labs, 25-seat Distance Learning Classroom, 25-seat Seminar Room, 80-seat Computer Classroom, Debriefing Rooms and lab support spaces. Educational technology systems include: clinical training management systems, healthcare observation, digital audio/video capture with streaming capabilities, distance learning, audiovisual presentation, program/speech audio reinforcement and custom instructor’s stations. Project highlights include incorporating medical education technologies into simulation ER and hospital settings. Project responsibilities included complete specifications for all audiovisual/multimedia and RF video cabling systems, calculation of power and heat load information for projection/control room, recommendations for acoustical room shaping and finishes and construction administration project management through systems testing and acceptance. Project challenges included space plan layouts for patient simulator labs and practice Labs that will share a centralized control room for patients and control room operators. This project opened in December 2009.

The College of New Jersey – Decker Hall Renovation

Convergent Technologies provided telecommunications cabling (voice, data, RF video), access control and video surveillance systems with associated infrastructure design services as they pertain to the Decker Hall renovation. The Decker Hall renovation project is part of TCNJ’s Housing Facilities Master Plan which calls for a total addition of 262 beds to the campus housing facilities. The renovated six-story (6) Decker Hall will accommodate additional space for the College’s Sophomore Year Experience (SYE) Program and house approximately 360 students in double occupancy rooms. Complete specifications and project management for all telecommunications cabling for voice, data and RF video signals into the building from existing distribution points are included in the scope of design work. Specified systems include access control systems with proximity card readers and intelligent data gathering. Project highlights include providing new CATV distribution from the basement entrance point to each floor and integrating access control and video surveillance hardware with the existing security system. Project challenges include relocating telecommunications equipment rooms, updating outlets to be two gang and surface mounted, and updating access control infrastructure to accommodate the building. This project is currently in the Construction Administration phase with expected occupancy in 2010.


Architect: Kimmel Bogrette
Location: Ewing, New Jersey
Construction Cost: $5 Million
Project Size: 93,538 gsf

NFEC Mid-Atlantic – Bachelor Enlisted Quarters – French Creek & Camp Lejeune

Home to the Marine Corps Combat Support Services Schools (MCCSSS),which consists of four MOS (Military Occupations Specialty) producing schools, four tenant commands and the Navy’s Field Medical Training Battalion, Camp Gilbert H. Johnson is a satellite facility to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Military Occupation Specialties such as administration, supply, logistics, finance and motor transport maintenance are trained here. Additionally, Marine Corps Water Survival Schools (MCWSS) train at this location. Convergent Technologies Design Group was asked to provide recommendations to Michael Baker Corporation for new audiovisual systems and supporting infrastructure for the Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at Camp Johnson. Assessments were made regarding the audiovisual needs of the camp, as well as the intended uses of each specific space. Recommendations were made for AV system components, including the layout of several large displays and associated loudspeaker systems. Several gaming consoles were integrated into the design. Additional recommendations were also made to specify appropriate infrastructure necessary to support these systems including wallboxes and appropriate mounting equipment, as well as provide extra space to accommodate any future growth.

 

Architect: Michael Baker Corporation

Location: Jacksonville, North Carolina

Systems Value: $50,000.00

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Naval Facilities Engineering Command – SOI East Facilities Camp Geiger

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Environments For Aging: Five Star Senior Living, Villa Valencia – Systems by CTDG
Environments For Aging: Five Star Senior Living, Villa Valencia – Systems by CTDG
Environments For Aging: Five Star Senior Living, Villa Valencia – Systems by CTDG

[col3]Convergent Technologies Design Group, Inc. (CTDG) was asked to provide audiovisual system electronics with associated supporting infrastructure, telecommunications cabling systems, and acoustics, noise and vibration control design services for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NFEC) School of Infantry (SOI) East Facilities, Camp Geiger located in North Carolina. Each of these classrooms or labs will have a sizable array of electronic teaching tools. The ability to simulate battlefield actions through electronic means requires a high level of isolation within each classroom.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Michael Baker Jr. Inc
Location: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Project Budget: $45 MILLION[/col3]

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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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Oakland University – Human Health Building

Oakland University’s new Human Health Building will bring the Schools of Nursing and Health Sciences under one roof to foster multidisciplinary collaboration. The scope of this project includes a $1.1 Million design to budget for educational technology systems. Convergent Technologies is providing audiovisual systems design services for simulation systems and multimedia presentation systems. The five-story building will feature an Interactive Media Center, Public Health Clinic and Distance Learning capabilities. Spaces to receive audiovisual systems include 200-seat Auditorium, General Classrooms, Seminar Room, Distance Learning Education Center, Conference Rooms, Teaching Labs, Simulation Labs, Collaborative Group Spaces, Control Rooms, Debriefing Rooms, and Common Area/Lobby Displays. Teaching spaces throughout the building include labs for Musculoskeletal, Metabolic, Exercise Science, Nurses Patient Care Practice, Nursing Basic Health Assessment, Therapeutic Exercise Intervention, Wellness, Neurological Rehabilitation, Occupational Safety & Health Robotics and Protection, and Industrial Hygiene. Specified educational technology systems: healthcare observation & recording, digital audio/video capture with streaming capabilities to the Local Area Network (LAN), distance learning, digital annotation, audiovisual presentation, program/speech audio reinforcement and custom instructor’s stations. Project opportunities include creating state-of-the-art medical simulation, instructional and collaborative spaces and integrating digital media and streaming presentation technologies into the architectural fabric of the building. This project is currently in the design phase with completion scheduled for 2012.

 

Architect: SmithGroup

Departments:

  • Physical Therapy
  • Safety Management
  • Occupational Safety & Health
  • Wellness
  • Health Promotion & Injury Prevention
  • Medical Laboratory Sciences
  • Applied Health Sciences
  • Health Sciences
  • Exercise Sciences
  • Nursing

Location: Rochester, Michigan
Construction Cost: $62 Million

Gross Square Footage: 160,000 gross square feet

LEED: Platinum

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McLaren Healthcare – Proton Therapy Center

[col3]Convergent Technologies is providing complete design services for emergency paging audio, intercom, video surveillance (CCTV), access control/intrusion detection, and treatment room status area displays for the new McLaren Healthcare Proton Therapy Center. Once complete, the McLaren Proton Therapy Center will be the first proton beam therapy center in Michigan, and one of nine in the entire country. It is projected to treat patients throughout Michigan, as well as Canada and surrounding states. The Center is said to be representative of the future of proton therapy with its apprehensible advances in design and technology. The types of spaces receiving technology systems design include: patient treatment areas, control rooms, treatment imaging room, reception, examining rooms, procedure rooms, nurses’ workrooms, and executive offices. This project is currently in the Construction Administration Phase.[/col3]

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Architect: Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers, PC

Location: Flint, Michigan
Construction Cost: $65 MILLION
Gross Square Footage: 52,000 square feet

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Wor-Wic Community College – Allied Health Building

The scope of this project includes complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems with supporting associated infrastructure, audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure, access control and video surveillance security systems with supporting associated infrastructure, and acoustics, noise & vibration control as it relates to the New Allied Health Building at Wor-Wic Community College. Spaces to receive educational technology include: one (1) Meeting Room; three (3) Nursing Labs; one (1) Radiologic Lab; sixteen (16) Classrooms; one (1) Occupational Therapy Lab; one (1) EMS Lab; one (1) Physical Therapy Lab; Simulation Labs; Conference Rooms; and Administrative and Nursing office spaces. Educational technology systems: clinical training management systems, healthcare observation & recording, digital audio/video capture with streaming capabilities to the Local Area Network (LAN), distance learning, audiovisual presentation, program/speech audio reinforcement and custom instructor’s stations. Patient simulator labs feature two beds in each room connected to the instructors’ station for control of patient monitoring / recording stations and encoding onto the network. Other project highlights feature the design of an access control system that include proximity card readers, door position switches, request-to-exit devices and door locking mechanisms. This project is currently in the Construction Documents phase with a projected completion date of May 2011.

 

Architect: Richter Cornbrooks Gribble

Departments:

  • Nursing
  • Physical Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • EMS
  • Radiography

Location: Salisbury, Maryland

Construction Cost: $19 Million
Gross Square Footage: 50,000 square feet