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Fort Knox WT Complex – Admin/Ops Center and SFAC – Acoustical Consulting Serivices

[col3]Fort Knox’s units include Army Cadet Command, Army Human Resources Command, and Army Recruiting Command. In addition to these units, Fort Knox is home to the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division, the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, the 84th Training Command, Ireland Army Community Hospital, and other Partners in Excellence, making Fort Knox the most multi-functional military base in the United States Army. Convergent Technologies’ scope of work for the Fort Knox WT Complex included acoustical consulting services for the Admin/Ops Center and SFAC. Project responsibilities included review of structural and architectural design documentation, as well as applicable building standards; analysis of room partition design; recommendations for improving sound isolation to adjacent spaces; and preparation of narrative report outlining findings, results and recommendations. Exterior walls and roof/floor/ceiling assemblies, doors, windows and interior partitions are designed to reduce external noise sources such as airfields. This project began in 2012 and is scheduled for completion in 2013.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Michael Baker Corporation
Location: Fort Knox, KY

Project Budget: $14,000,000
Project Size: 42,000 square feet

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Midwestern University – New Classroom & Laboratory Building Addition

The scope of this project included a $600,000.00 design to budget for technology systems accommodating very specific healthcare education requirements, including an Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) Laboratory where medical classes of 150 students gather as a single group to practice and learn specific skills. A challenge of this room was designing an audiovisual system that allows multiple cameras to distribute, record and transmit demonstrations to all points of this rather large room, as well as to remote locations for distance learning applications. Other unique spaces include two medical research laboratories including Occupational Therapy laboratories for general workshop purposes and the Assisted Daily Living (ADL) classroom for training and skills development of medical professionals. Mock examination rooms and emergency rooms are also included in this facility where patient interaction skills are developed and which contain remote observation and recording capabilities. Scope of design work included programming, design, and construction administration for all audiovisual systems and telecommunications cabling systems for this new building. Specifications included details outlining procedures and methods of connecting to existing campus telecommunications networks, as well as recommendation of building construction details as they applied to acoustics, noise and vibration control for all acoustically sensitive spaces. Project highlights included the inclusion of integrated remote control systems in all classroom and lab spaces, enabling remote monitoring and troubleshooting of audiovisual system. The project was a two-year design project and has been successfully complete since August 2004.

 

Architect: D W L Architects

Departments:

  • Osteopathic Medicine
  • Pharmacy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Clinical Psychology

Location: Downers Grove, Illinois
Construction Cost: $12 Million
Gross Square Footage: 50,000 square feet

Midwestern University – New Classroom & Laboratory Building

The scope of this project included a $650,000.00 design to budget for technology systems to include: Telecommunications Cabling (voice, data, RF video), Interactive Teaching Software (TCP/IP), audiovisual presentation and remote control, audiovisual recording, master antenna television (with headend configuration) along with high output-speech reinforcement and logic controlled room combining with associated infrastructure. The types of spaces to receive audiovisual systems included: technology rich research laboratories for osteopathic manipulative therapy, physical therapy, and occupational therapy, as well as a simulated patient teaching laboratory for students of all programs. Classrooms, research facilities, and faculty offices for the Chicago College of Pharmacy are also housed in this new building. 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. Specifications included details outlining procedures and methods of connecting to existing campus telecommunications networks. Project highlights included integrated remote control systems controlling audiovisual and environmental system features in classroom and lab spaces. Other system features included near-production quality audio/video recording and distribution of teaching sessions in the 80-seat Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) Lab located in this building. The project has been successfully complete since March 2003.

 

Architect: D W L Architects

Departments:

  • Osteopathic Medicine
  • Pharmacy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Clinical Psychology

Location: Downers Grove, Illinois
Construction Cost: $21 Million
Gross Square Footage: 60,000 square feet

Midwestern University – Basic Sciences Building

Midwestern University is comprised of seven colleges specializing in the health sciences, the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Chicago College of Pharmacy, the College of Health Sciences, the College of Pharmacy, the College of Dental Medicine and the Arizona College of Optometry. Prabhu Hall is an interdisciplinary basic science building with anatomy labs, classrooms, offices, animal research laboratories and research facilities for biochemistry, microbiology, immunology, and pharmacology. In addition to housing basic science programs, the building also provides space for the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and the College of Dentistry with dental simulation facilities. Prabhu Hall is accredited by the American Associate for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) featuring a vivarium, BSL-3 animal holding room, procedure rooms and surgical suite for USDA covered species. Convergent Technologies provided complete design services for audiovisual systems, telecommunications cabling systems and acoustics, noise & vibration control for this five-story building. This building was designed to be LEED certified but the University opted not to pursue accreditation. This project has been successfully complete since 2001.

 

Architect: D W L Architects

Location: Downers Grove, Illinois

Gross Square Footage: 230,000 square feet

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United States Army – Advanced Individual Training Barracks

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Architects:

  • Michael Baker Jr., Inc. – Alexandria, Virginia
  • W.G. Yates & Sons Construction – Fort Gordon, Georgia

Location:
Fort Gordon, Georgia

Project Budget:
$14,400,000

Gross Square Footage:
91,000 square feet

 

Fort Gordon, Georgia is home to the U.S. Army Signal Corps and Signal Center, which trains more military personnel than any other training center of the U.S. Army. The main component of the post is the Advanced Individual Training for Signal Corps military occupational specialties. With the installation of the new Barracks, Convergent Technologies provided acoustical design services for interior sound isolation as well as noise and vibration control. This included analysis of the radiated, structure-born, and inlet/outlet octave-band sound power levels for HVAC equipment in addition to recommendations for Sound Transmission Class (STC) ratings of partition types and floor slab/ceiling construction. Analysis and calculation were delivered in the form of a narrative report, which also contained details for selected partition types based on the recommended acoustical design criteria. Acoustical recommendations for doors and acoustical seals and details for caulking, closure at pipe and duct penetrations and partition intersections were also provided. The sound isolation analysis also included the study of the sleeping quarters, with recommendations on the construction of partitions and ductwork layout between various spaces. Convergent’s services commenced with the Construction Documents phase of the project. This project was completed in early 2011.

 

 

 

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University of MD, College Park – Smith School of Business Reagan Building

Proton Facilities: University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine – Proton Treatment Center – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: University of Maryland Biopark, Proton Treatment Center – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: University of Maryland Biopark, Proton Treatment Center – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: University of Maryland Biopark, Proton Treatment Center – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: University of Maryland Biopark, Proton Treatment Center – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: University of Maryland Biopark, Proton Treatment Center – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Proton Therapy Facility – Systems by CTDG
Proton Facilities: Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Proton Therapy Facility – Systems by CTDG

Architect:
Grimm + Parker Architects

Location:
Washington, D.C.

Construction Cost:
$1.8 Million

Gross Square Footage:
12,000 square feet

The D.C. campus of the Robert H. Smith School of Business is located in the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. The Ronald Reagan Building brings together federal, state and regional trade resources, international trade related businesses and services. In addition to the Smith School of Business this facility is home to meeting and wedding venues, conventions, conferences and other local and federal business offices. This project involved the conversion of 12,000 square feet of existing space into five (5) tiered classrooms including fixed seating and standard business school audio/video technologies. Convergent Technologies provided design services for audiovisual, and telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure as well as acoustics, noise & vibration control. Spaces to receive audiovisual technology included three 65-seat tiered classrooms, two 45-seat tiered classrooms and the lobby. Scope of work included $400,000.00 design to budget for audiovisual systems. Specified systems included digital annotation devices and custom instructor’s stations. This project has been successfully complete since 2008.

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Kennedy Center – South Block Renovations Project

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Project:
Kennedy Center

Architect:
Grimm + Parker Architects

Location:
Washington, D.C.

Construction Cost:
$5 MILLION

Gross Square Footage:
22,500 square feet

The scope of this project includes digital audio systems, room acoustics, interior sound isolation, and HVAC noise control design services for the South Block Renovations at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. The Kennedy Center, America’s living memorial to President John F. Kennedy and the nation’s busiest arts facility, produces and presents a variety of theater and musicals, dance and ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular, world and folk music and multi-media performances. The South Block Renovations has several components including the redesign of all support spaces for the Main Concert Hall (the largest venue at the Kennedy Center). This includes all dressing rooms, rehearsal rooms, practice rooms, instrument storage rooms, locker rooms, office spaces, etc. As part of this task, the piano storage area will be relocated for grand pianos used in the Main Concert Hall; this new room will require specialized temperature and humidity control to address the sensitivities of these instruments. Additionally, we have been asked to identify acoustical deficiencies and MEP system deficiencies within the Main Concert Hall and propose design solutions.

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Department of State – Visitor Center and National Museum of American Diplomacy

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Architect:
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects

Location:
Washington, DC

Construction Cost:
$24,000,000

Project Size:
20,422 gsf

The United States Department of State, headquartered in the Harry S. Truman Building in Washington DC, is responsible for the nation’s international relations. The Department has recently dedicated space to house the Visitor Center and National Museum of American Diplomacy. Convergent Technologies’ scope of work for this project was to provide complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure for voice/data/RF video outlets, audiovisual systems infrastructure for all spaces & exhibits, audiovisual systems electronics, and room acoustics, interior sound isolation, and HVAC noise control. Featured spaces include: two (2) classrooms, conference room, theater, education suite space, Diplomacy Center, Visitor’s Center, and exhibit areas. This project is currently in the Construction Documents phase and is expected to be complete in 2015.

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory – Energy Systems Integration Facility

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Architect:SmithGroup

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Construction Cost: $135 Million

Project Size: 175,000 gsf

 

Designed to facilitate complex systems research and development that integrates the most advanced simulation, data analysis, engineering and evaluation techniques, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Energy Systems Integration Facility plans to transform the nation’s energy infrastructure. This state of the art facility will support not only research and engineering, but the testing and analysis of components and systems to enable economic, reliable integration of renewable electricity generation, fuel production, storage and building efficiency technologies. Convergent Technologies is providing complete design services for audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure. This project features a high performance data center (HPDC) consisting of a 2.1teraflop supercomputer, supporting by an Insight Collaboration Room with a three-dimensional (3D) partial immersion cave. The HPDC also includes a visualization room with a videowall in the 24-32 mega pixel range. CERBS offers a rear projection cube 2×6 videowall Control Room and will simulate the typical large utility control systems, as well as integrate the display of real-time and faster than real-time data sets from any of the nine (9) connected experimental bays. Additional spaces to receive technology systems include secure videoconference rooms, collaborative conference rooms, and a common area tour system for the public with displays throughout the building. Displays on tour routes in the common areas will be timed and automated with a control system. This project is planned for completion in 2013.

 

 

 

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Yavapai Library Network – Prescott Valley Library

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Project:
Yavapai Library Network

Architect:
Richard + Bauer

Location:
Phoenix, Arizona

Construction Cost:
$14.6 Million

Project Size:
50,000 gsf

Description:
The scope of this project includes a $300,000 dollar design to budget for educational technology systems to include observation & recording, digital audio/video capture with streaming capabilities to the UA Local Area Network (LAN), audiovisual presentation and recording, program/speech audio reinforcement, and custom instructor’s stations. The types of spaces to receive educational technology systems include: a 60-seat classroom, 80-seat classroom, 150-seat classroom, computer lab, student lounge, Institute for Children, Youth, and Families observation suite, conference room, laboratory research center, and executive boardroom. Project responsibilities also included the development of acoustical criteria for room adjacencies, HVAC equipment noise levels, sound isolation, and interior room acoustics for all acoustically sensitive spaces throughout the facility. Project highlights included the opportunity to continue a working relationship with the University of Arizona and SmithGroup after the successful completion of past projects. This project has been successfully complete since August 2008.