Washington College – Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts

The scope of this project included complete design services all telecommunications cabling systems with associated infrastructure, audiovisual systems with associated infrastructure, and acoustics, noise & vibration control for the renovation and expansion of Gibson Hall at Washington College. The music and drama departments will enjoy a completely renovated building including the 440-seat Tawes Theater, a 200-seat recital hall, a brand-new 175-seat experimental theatre, expanded rehearsal space, office space, classroom space, and green room space. It is anticipated that Gibson Hall will be the main campus venue for major events such as the George Washington Birthday Convocation, lectures by prominent speakers, admissions open houses, and the concert series that will draw the campus and community into the newly renovated spaces. Space plans include the College’s first climate-controlled, secure art gallery, enabling theatre- and concert-goers to comfortable enjoy visiting exhibits as well as the work of the college’s students and faculty. These rooms will also be used for teaching presentations utilizing audiovisual presentation systems technology. Design responsibilities included deliverables for a design project commencing with the schematic design phase and concluding with construction administration of the installed systems and finishes. Project responsibilities included complete project management of all specified telecommunications and audiovisual systems. The newly renovated Gibson Center for the Arts was opened for use in October 2009.

 

Architect: GWWO, Inc./Architects

Location: Chestertown, Maryland
Construction Cost: $24 MILLION

University of MD, Shady Grove – School of Nursing

Expansion of the University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Shady Grove will allow the campus to double their enrollment over the next five years. The scope for the renovation of the Nursing Program’s facilities included program verification and audiovisual systems design with associated supporting infrastructure as they relate to campus. This project involved the renovation of the Simulation Center and related labs to include a Fundamentals Lab, OB/Pediatric Lab, Health Assessment Lab, Patient Simulator Lab, OSCE Exam Rooms, and ICU/Critical Care Lab. A centralized small control room for patients and control room operators was also included. This room allows a centralized matrix switching of audio/video feeds from rooms to allow any seat in the control room to monitor & record any bed in the facility. This project was a one year design effort and has been successfully complete since November 2009.

 

Architect:RCG Architects
Location:Rockville, Maryland

Construction Cost: $ 3.4 Million
Gross Square Footage:9,94 square feet

University of MD, Shady Grove – Robert H. Smith School of Business

The renovation project for the Robert H. Smith School of Business on the University of Maryland Shady Grove campus was an opportunity for the school to evolve their audiovisual standards. To accomplish this, Convergent Technologies Design Group, Inc. (CTDG) assessed the existing systems, developed new programmatic requirements, and then advanced the school from an analog platform to the digital presentation domain. The audiovisual system design was complimented with associated infrastructure, heat and power load coordination. CTDG designed the telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure for voice/data/RF video outlets. The audiovisual and telecommunications systems were founded on existing programmatic requirements, UMSG standards the telecommunications cabling, as well as specialized grounding and bonding considerations. This project has been completed since Fall of 2011.


Architect: Grimm + Parker Architects
Location: Rockville, Maryland
Project Budget: $3 Million
Project Size: 20,000 gsf

University of MD, College Park – Van Munching Hall Addition

The scope of this project includes a $300,000 design to budget for educational technology systems to include: audiovisual presentation and recording, distance learning, speech reinforcement, dual data/video projection systems, along with custom instructor’s stations and associated infrastructure. The types of spaces to receive educational technology systems include 80-seat classrooms, 56-seat classrooms, Executive Meeting Room (four-way subdividable), Conference Rooms, Seminar Rooms, and Lobby Presentation areas. Scope of design work includes the complete specifications and project management for all audiovisual and telecommunications cabling for voice, data and RF video signals into the new addition from existing distribution points. Other project responsibilities include room acoustics and mechanical systems noise and vibration control for all acoustically sensitive spaces. Project challenges include cohesively merging the existing campus standards utilized by the Smith School of Business with current available technologies. Other challenges include providing the infrastructure for the existing Master Control Room to be tied into the new classroom presentation systems in order to control and monitor presentations via one central location. The project has been successfully complete since January, 2008.

 

Architect: Grimm + Parker Architects

Location: College Park, Maryland
Construction Cost: $16 MILLION
Gross Square Footage: 38,000 gross square feet

University of MD, College Park – Tawes Building Conversion

Scope of work for the Tawes Fine Arts Building Conversion included the design of acoustics, noise and vibration control, telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure and infrastructure for audiovisual systems. The facility was constructed in 1965 and has been primarily used for the fine arts program. Since the construction of the new performing arts center on the College Park campus the Tawes building has been underutilized and has served as surge/overflow space. The English Department at the University of Maryland is a core academic program and the conversion will provide a new home for the offices and classrooms associated with the English department in lieu of several buildings across campus. Project responsibilities included the review of existing campus standards for designed systems, cost estimating, and production of contract drawings and specifications. Additional project responsibilities included the review of building criteria for all acoustically sensitive spaces within the building. The scope of this project commenced at the Schematic Design phase and construction was completed in the summer of 2009.

 

Architect: Einhorn Yaffee Prescott
Location: College Park, Maryland

Construction Cost:$22.2 Million
Gross Square Footage: 83,300 square feet

 

University of MD, College Park – Sorority House Renovations

Convergent Technologies provided complete design services for telecommunications (voice/data/video) cabling, access control security and audio paging systems with associated infrastructure as they pertain to the renovation of Delta Phi Epsilon (building #173) and Sigma Delta Tau (building #174) sorority chapter houses on the College Park campus. The renovation of buildings #173 and #174 represent Phase VIII of UMCP’s Fraternity/Sorority Renovation Program. Project responsibilities include coordination of design features that relate to gaining points toward LEED Silver certification and coordination of overall technology infrastructure elements with service providers. Space plans include meeting, dining and study areas, residential spaces with community bathrooms and a staff living apartment. Specified systems include access control card readers at all exterior doors, mechanical rooms, telecommunications/security rooms, and electrical rooms and an audio paging system with a phone connected to loudspeakers on each floor. This project is currently in the Construction Documents phase with an expected completion date of July 2010.

 

Architect: Design Collective
Location: College Park, Maryland

Construction Cost: $8.8 MILLION
Gross Square Footage: 10,500 square feet (Each building)

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University of MD, College Park – Knight Hall College of Journalism

[col3]The scope of this project includes complete design services for Knight Hall, the new home for the College of Journalism on the College Park campus. Convergent Technologies provided building programming review and verification, cost estimating, project management and complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems (voice/data/RF video) with associated supporting infrastructure, audiovisual systems infrastructure and acoustics, noise & vibration control. Knight Hall will replace the original journalism building, and be located on a new mall planned for University expansion to the West. The Philip Merrill College of Journalism has outgrown the current building with various programs spread across more than ten (10) buildings on campus. The new three-story building will be the first green building owned and operated by the University of Maryland, College Park. Knight Hall will bring all of the journalism academic and professional programs together in one building. Space plans include: a two-story Great Hall; the Richard Eaton Broadcast Theater; the Edith Kinney Gaylord Journalism Library & Resource Center; a multi-media news bubble lab; the Baltimore Sun News Lab; four (4) 18-seat news/media teaching labs; three (3) seminar rooms; two (2) 30-seat classrooms; an Executive Board Room; formal and informal meeting spaces; faculty offices; and student services spaces including a Dean’s suite and the academic advising office. The third floor of the building will be dedicated to professional training centers including the J-Lab: Institute for Interactive Journalism; the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism; National Association of Black Journalists; American Journalism Review; Journalism Center on Children and Families; and the American Association for Sunday and Feature Editors. This project was a three-year design and construction effort and was successfully completed in November 2009.[/col3]

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Architect: Grimm + Parker Architects

Location: College Park, Maryland

Construction Cost: $28.5 Million

Gross Square Footage: 59,700 square feet

LEED:
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University of MD, College Park – Easton Hall Renovation

Originally constructed in 1965, Easton Hall is an eight story, co-ed, traditional style residence hall, located between the Campus Recreation Center and the Stamp Student Union. Part of the Denton Community located across from the Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, Easton Hall also houses the Math Success Program in its basement. Accommodating close to 600 residents, each room is equipped with data jacks for private telephone and computer use, and cable connections for each student in addition to providing wireless connections in first floor study lounges. Convergent Technologies designed telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure for voice/data/RF video outlets, and access control systems. Responsibilities included surveying the existing telecommunications cabling support spaces along with the existing access control locations, identifying the critical cabling pathways and systems to be maintained, and designing appropriate solutions for the renovation of the building.

 

Location: College Park, Maryland

Architect: Design Collective, Inc.

Project Budget: $1 million

Gross Square Footage: 10,000 square feet

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University of MD, Biopark – Robert H. Smith School of Business

[col3]The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business project involves relocating the Smith School from the current location at the UMB School of Nursing to a new 14,127 square foot space in the BioPark #2 Building located at the University of Maryland’s BioPark campus. The new space will include technology-equipped classrooms, team break-out rooms, staff offices, a conference room, a computer lab and library in addition to a lounge area. The scope of this project includes complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems with infrastructure, audiovisual systems with infrastructure, room acoustics, interior sound isolation and HVAC noise control. Acoustical considerations addressed issues presented by the existing HVAC equipment. Construction was completed in fall 2009.[/col3]

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Architect: Gaudreau, Inc.
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Construction Cost: $2 Million
Gross Square Footage: 14,127 square feet

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University of MD, Biopark – Genomic Research 5th & 6th Floors

The Institute for Genome Sciences is part of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and is located on the 5th and 6th floors of 801 W. Baltimore Street, BioPark Building No. 2. The Institute’s mission is to facilitate discoveries in genomics and bioinformatics, to accelerate the translation of these new discoveries to improve healthcare and to enhance the training and education of future generations of scientists in genomic science. Convergent Technologies provided design services for telecommunications cabling systems infrastructure and acoustics, noise & vibration control as it relates to the renovation of the fifth and sixth floors of the building for the Institute. The seven story building includes: laboratories, offices, and conference rooms. Project highlights include the design of conference room acoustics, and interior sound isolation for noisy laboratory equipment. This renovation project was completed in the spring of 2008.

 

Architect: Gaudreau, Inc.

Location: Baltimore, Maryland