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University of MD, Biopark – Forensics Medical Center

[col3]A new forensics center for the State of Maryland Medical Examine’s Office will be located at the University of Maryland’s new BioPark campus. Due to the limited capacity of the current facility the medical examiner’s office has been unable to keep up with demand for its services. The 120,000-square-foot building will be the largest of its kind in the nation. The scope of this project includes complete design services for acoustics, noise & vibration control. Space plans include a Biosafety Level 3 laboratory, Pathology Exhibit, Conference/Media Briefing rooms, Toxicology, Training spaces, Histology Lab, Neuropathology Lab, Autopsy, and offices for the Chief and Deputy Chief Medical Examiners. Design responsibilities include a review of building criteria as they applied to acoustics, noise and vibration control for all acoustically sensitive spaces. Special consideration was given to sound isolation for private offices, the Toxicology Lab, the Histology Lab and Autopsy offices. Acoustical services included room reverberation control, HVAC system noise control, Airborne sound isolation, Impact sound isolation, and Noise ordinance compliance design. This project is expected to complete construction in 2010.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Gaudreau, Inc.
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Construction Cost: $54 MILLION
Gross Square Footage: 120,000 square feet

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University of MD, Biopark – BioPark Life Sciences Conference Center Discovery Auditorium

The University of Maryland’s BioPark Life Sciences Conference Center supports emerging, high-growth life science companies and specialized research centers. Featured as an amenity to induce such companies to lease space at the BioPark, the Discover Auditorium provides a venue for tenants or outside users to have access to training settings and state-of-the art technology for speakers. The scope for this project included the design of telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure for voice/data/RF video outlets, as well as, audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure. The auditorium includes a control room that overlooks the presentation space and features remote control capability of all audiovisual source selections and associated electronics. Lighting and projection can also be managed from both the control room and at the presenter’s lectern via LCD touch panels. Presentation technology systems included audiovisual presentation and recording, speech reinforcement, custom smartÂť presenter’s lecterns, and abilities to present video based or computer generated presentations via dual LCD projection systems. Project responsibilities included complete specifications for all audiovisual & multimedia systems. The auditorium will have significant technology infrastructures to support teaching/presentation equipment and methods. The scope of this project included the update of previous deliverables for a design project commencing with Construction Documents through Construction Administration of the installed systems and finishes. This project opened in the fall of 2009.

 

Architect: Richter Cornbrooks Gribble Architects (RCG) Inc., Architects

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Gross Square Footage: 1,600 gross square feet

University of MD, Biopark – BioPark Life Sciences Conference Center Conference Rooms

The University of Maryland’s BioPark Life Sciences Conference Center supports emerging, high-growth life science companies and specialized research centers. Featured as an amenity to induce such companies to lease space at the BioPark, the project provides two conference rooms, Invent and Advance, with a movable partition wall that can be opened to create one large room. Each of the new spaces includes user friendly audio/visual equipment. The scope of this project includes complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems with infrastructure, audiovisual systems infrastructure, audio visual system electronics, and acoustics, noise & vibration control design. Construction was completed in the fall of 2009.

 

Architect: Gaudreau, Inc.
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

University of MD, Baltimore – School of Public Health Building

The scope of this project includes design services for telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure for voice, data and RF video, audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure and acoustics, noise & vibration control as it relates to the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Public Health. Space plans include 100-seat auditorium, 60-seat classroom, 35-seat classroom, 15-seat classroom, Dean’s Conference Room, small conference rooms, medium conference rooms and 35-seat videoconferencing classroom. The auditorium features digital audio/video capture with streaming capabilities to the Local Area Network (LAN). Specified systems include: digital annotation devices, assisted listening system, audiovisual presentation and recording, custom instructor’s lecterns and program/speech audio reinforcement. Project highlights includes coordination with UMB staff on minimum systems performance requirements and preferred audiovisual equipment. Project responsibilities include the review of building criteria as they relate to acoustics, noise and vibration control for all acoustically sensitive spaces throughout the building. Recommendations were made for room shaping and finishes and partition types to be used. This project was designed through Schematic Design. The scope of this project was reduced to include only the auditorium.

 

Architects: Richter Cornbrooks Gribble (RCG) Architects
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

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University of MD, Baltimore – Pharmacy Hall Addition

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Architects:

  • Richter Cornbrooks Gribble – Baltimore, MD
  • Ellenzweig – Cambridge, MA

Location:
Baltimore, Maryland

Construction Cost:
$67 Million

Gross Square Footage:
112,565 square feet

Leed:
Gold

Description
The scope of this project includes a $2.2 Million design to budget for technology systems. Convergent Technologies provided complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure, audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure, video surveillance and access control security systems and acoustics, noise & vibration control as it relates to the Renovation and Addition to Pharmacy Hall at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. The seven story building includes: 200-seat Lecture Halls, 80-seat Lecture Hall, Distance Learning Classrooms, 40-seat and 76-seat Classrooms, Practice Labs, Patient Interaction Rooms, Dispensing Laboratories, Institutional Pharmacy with sterile preparations laboratory and Seminar Rooms. Educational technology systems include: 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. Project highlights include the design of common area video displays, and a presentation video display wall for the atrium space. Additional project responsibilities include recommendations for room shaping and finishes for all acoustically sensitive spaces within the buildings. The Pharmacy Hall Addition has been completed since August 2010.[/col3]

University of MD, Baltimore – Pharmacy Classroom Videoconferencing

This project included complete design services for audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure and acoustics, noise & vibration control as they related to the renovation of two classrooms and the addition of an associated control room. Educational technology systems included: Distance Learning, audiovisual presentation, program/speech audio reinforcement and custom instructor’s stations. Project highlights include multiple displays and an expandable central control room for audiovisual system operators. Additional project responsibilities include recommendations for room shaping and finishes for all acoustically sensitive spaces within the building. This project has been successfully complete since the summer of 2008.

 

Architect: Marshall Craft Associates

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
AV Systems Cost: $320,000.00
Gross Square Footage: 3,050 square feet

University of MD, Baltimore – New Admin Building

Scope of work for the New Administration Building included complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems and audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure as they relate to the new Administration Building for the University of Maryland, Baltimore located in Downtown Baltimore. The six story building includes spaces for Administration and Finance, Human Resources, Academic Affairs, External Affairs, Research & Development, University Counsel and the Office of the President. The primary spaces to receive audiovisual presentation systems included various conference rooms throughout the building. Project responsibilities included specifications outlining procedures and methods of connecting to existing telecommunications networks and coordinating with service providers to ensure no down-time during construction. This was a Design/Build project and has been successfully complete since October 2008.

 

Departments:

  • Office of External Affairs
  • Office of R&D
  • CITS Web Development
  • Admin & Finance
  • Academic Affairs
  • Human Resource Services

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Architect: Design Collective
Construction Cost: $19.5 Million
Gross Square Footage: 58,520 square feet

University of MD System – “On Call” Consulting for Educational Technology Systems

The scope of this contract is a four-year term with anticipated design fees of $250,000.00 per year. Areas of design include educational technology systems (audiovisual systems, telecommunications cabling, and acoustics, noise & vibration control) across five of the University of Maryland System campuses. Convergent Technologies has been retained directly by the University of Maryland to participate in the role of technical, economical and project management advisor for the integration of educational technology systems in classrooms, labs, lecture halls, teaching theaters, conference rooms, stadiums, performing arts centers/theaters and other acoustically challenging spaces. Project responsibilities include conducting needs analysis, technical performance reviews, and pedagogical discussions with faculty and administrators on a variety of large scale and intimate sized technology integration projects. To date, no projects have been awarded with this vehicle, although the University conducted a multi-level progression RFP selection process verifying project references, team resumes and financial information about our firm.

Campuses:

  1. Coppin State College
  2. University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
  3. Towson University
  4. University of Baltimore
  5. University of Maryland, Baltimore County

University of MD – Eastern Shore – Student Services Center

This project included a $1.7 million dollar design to budget for technology systems to include: audiovisual room combining (four ballroom sections), audiovisual recording, audiovisual presentation and remote control, audio and video paging systems, 35mm film projection, master antenna television (with headend configuration) along with inside/outside telecommunications cable plant and associated infrastructure. The types of spaces to receive audiovisual & multimedia systems included: multi-purpose meeting rooms, sub-dividable ballroom (1000-seat), Surround Sound Theater (500-seat), common areas, and conference room type spaces. Scope of design work included the specification and project management for all telecommunications cabling systems and connection to existing campus telecommunications networks. Common area dining and patio areas both received background music and voice paging systems, overcoming acoustical challenges of elevated background noise levels, and environmental effects. Project highlights included the successful design of a movie theater space which serves as both a teaching presentation facility and a campus resource for displaying new release commercial films via 35/70mm film, as well as, Digital (DLP) Projection media with THX Dolby “surround sound” audio reinforcement. The project was a four-year, multi-phase design project, and has been successfully complete since June 2001.

 

Architects:

  • Ellerbe Becket – Washington D.C.
  • Richter Cornbrooks Gribble – Baltimore, Maryland

Location: Princess Anne, Maryland

Construction Cost: $30 Million
Gross Square Footage: 120,000 square feet

University of Maryland School of Medicine – Teaching Lab

Convergent Technologies Design Group (CTDG) was asked by the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine to review existing programmatic requirements and standards for their audiovisual systems, as well as make recommendations for placement locations in which audiovisual components should be housed. CTDG developed a CSI-format specification for audiovisual wall/floor boxes, audiovisual presentation, audio reinforcement systems, source electronics, and instructor’s stations. The design provided necessary cameras and displays that allow students to view precise medical procedures in a group setting.

Owner: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Systems Value: $60,000