Millville By The Sea – Community Amenities

This new beach resort, a planned community of single-family and townhomes, is designed to offer classic beach-town charm with updated technological amenities. Convergent Technologies Design Group was asked to provide design services for low-voltage systems and supporting infrastructure for voice/data/RF video outlets; audiovisual system electronics; and access control/video surveillance systems. These services will provide state-of-the-art Audiovisual, Security, and Telecommunications systems to support several planned multi-use spaces throughout future community-amenity areas. The planned spaces include a community center, a wellness center, pool and pool building, as well as an outside pavillion.

Location: Millville, Delaware
Project Budget: $350,000-380,000 for Technological Amenities
Project Size: 16,994 gsf

Baltimore Museum of Art Renovation – Capital Renovation

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Location:
Baltimore, Maryland

Project Cost:
$12 Million

Gross Square Footage:
40,000 gsf

 

To usher in its 100-year anniversary in 2014, the BMA is undergoing a three-year, phased capital renovation. Convergent Technologies’ design services for the renovation focus on audiovisual systems and supporting infrastructure. The scope of work includes specifying locations for housing audiovisual components, particularly areas involving tight coordination, such as audiovisual equipment rooms, lobby desks, furniture millwork, and historical areas. Areas on three floors to receive audiovisual design include the first-lobby front desk in the Pope wing, a second-floor lobby, a flex education and an education classroom, break room, photo studio, and the Wurtzburger Gallery. Convergent’s design work will be followed by construction management of the specified areas. The BMA’s renovation began in 2011 and is scheduled to be finished in 2014.

Washington And Lee University – Integrative and Quantitative Center

Convergent Technologies was asked to provide all acoustics, noise and vibration control, telecommunications cabling systems, and audiovisual systems with infrastructure design services for the redevelopment of the Integrative and Quantitative Science Center (IQ Center) located in Lexington, Virginia. The space will support interdisciplinary, collaborative, and quantitative programs of integrated research and teaching for students enrolled at the University. Space plans include: a traditional computer visualization lab, 3-D high performance visualization lab, physical/mechanical experimentation lab, an analytical instruments suite, printing room for project development, and a meeting/study area for informal gathering. Educational technology systems include: 20 dual-head workstations with dual-screen projectors, 3-D projector screens where visual data can be manipulated in projectors for collaborative use, microscope rooms with video cameras to facilitate teaching reinforcement, telecommunications outlets to support all computers, phones, and audiovisual equipment, and multiple digital signage displays to demonstrate IQ center activities. Design considerations include: flexible infrastructure, interconnectivity between classrooms and laboratories, bring your own device capabilities, and integration with library information systems and resources. Additional project responsibilities include an analysis for interior room acoustics, sound isolation, and HVAC noise/vibration control because the microscopes are susceptible to mechanical vibrations. This project is expected to be complete May, 2013.

Location: Lexington, Virginia
Construction Cost: $1,500,000
Gross Square Footage: 5,000 gsf

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Maricopa County – Southwest Justice Courts

Business Schools: University of Maryland College Park, Smith School of Business, Suite Front – Systems by CTDG
Business Schools: Temple University, Alter Hall, Fox School of Business, Atrium First Floor – Systems by CTDG
Business Schools: Temple University, Alter Hall, Fox School of Business, Auditorium – Systems by CTDG
Business Schools: Temple University, Alter Hall, Fox School of Business, Boardroom – Systems by CTDG

 

Location:
Avondale, Arizona

Budget:
$22,000,000

Square Footage:
60,000 gsf

ARCHITECT:
Architekton

With over 3.8 million people, Maricopa County ranks 4th among the nation’s counties for total population. Maricopa also encompasses over 9,224 square miles, making its land mass greater than that of seven states. There are twenty five Justice Courts within Maricopa County that oversee civil, criminal, and traffic court cases. The new Justice Center will house five Justice Courts and supporting facilities. Convergent Technologies scope of services for this project includes audiovisual systems design and infrastructure along with acoustics, noise and vibration control design. This project is currently in the programming stage of design.

 

 

Delaware Technical & Community College – Office of the President – Addition & Renovations

With campuses in Dove, Georgetown, Stanton, and Wilmington, Delaware Tech has been named as an educational leader in the state. The Dover campus’ Central Administration Building (commonly known as the Office of the President) currently houses the Office of the President, Academic Affairs, Human Resources, Legal, Finance, Accounting, and Purchasing Documents. In order to accommodate additional functions of International Education, Center for Creative Instruction and Technology, and College-wide Planning, Assessment and Articulation, complete building renovations and a 6,000 square foot addition were needed. Convergent Technologies was asked to provide complete telecommunications cabling systems with associates supporting infrastructure for voice/data/RF video outlets and access control/video surveillance systems design services. Space plans include: conference rooms, offices, computer room, and administrative spaces. Design began in April, 2012 and construction is expected to be complete in April, 2014.

Location: Dover, Delaware
Project Budget: $3,500,000
Project Size: 12,500 gsf

Towson University – Burdick Hall Improvements – Phase 3

The University’s goal is to design an attractive facility, while sustaining its functionality, flexibility, and maintainability. The scope of this project includes complete room acoustics design services for the Burdick Hall Improvements – Phase 3 project. Spaces receiving interior acoustical analysis are: classrooms, lecture halls, and a conference room. CTDG’s responsibilities include recommending room reverberation time for the classrooms, lecture halls, and conference room; evaluating room shaping for adequate reflected sound levels; calculating reverberation time and speech intelligibility; recommending special acoustical finishes; and providing specifications on special acoustical finish material items. This project commenced in August, 2012 and construction is expected to be complete in 2014.

Location: Towson, Maryland
Construction Cost: $12.6 Million
Project Size: 118,613 gsf

U.S. General Services Administration – Internal Revenue Service Lincoln Center

Designed to accommodate 109,000 rentable square feet of office and related space for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Lincoln Center project will include the vacant historic Denver & Rio Grande Building and loading dock and revitalize both structures. This new building consolidates multiple functions for the IRS into one location, resulting in increased cost efficiencies and effectiveness. The scope of work for this project included design services for acoustics, noise & vibration control systems design. This project has been complete since Spring 2012.


Architect: SmithGroupJJR; FFKR Architects
Location: Ogden, Utah
Construction Cost: $21.8 Million
Project Size: 109,000 gsf
LEED: Silver Certification

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National Institutes of Health – Renovation and Adaptive Reuse of Building 29A

[col3]The National Institutes of Health (NIH), nation’s medical research agency, is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and serves as the world’s largest source of funding for medical research.  Convergent Technologies’ scope of work for this project includes room acoustics, interior sound isolation, HVAC noise control design services for the renovation of Building 29A of NIH’s Building 29 Complex.  Building 29A was constructed in 1968 and includes five floors consisting of biomedical research laboratories, shared analytical laboratories, laboratory support and administrative space, and a research vivarium on the basement level.  The goal of this project is to bring Building 29A up to NIH design standards, while facilitating interaction between scientists and support staff to achieve flexibility, energy efficiency and a quality work environment.  Design began in November, 2012 and construction is expected to be complete in 2014.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Cannon Design
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Construction Cost: $60,000,000
Project Size: 106,700 gsf[/col3]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority – MTPD District II Police Substation & Training Facility

Convergent Technologies is providing room acoustics, interior sound isolation, and HVAC noise & vibration control design services for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Substation and Training Facility.  WMATA is fulfilling a requirement for a police substation, a training facility with indoor firing range, and an adjacent parking lot of the Franconia-Springfield Metro Station.  Spaces to receive acoustical review & analysis include: reception, three (3) training rooms, roll call room, gymnasium, break room, layover room, defensive training, interview room, firing range, lobby, armory shop, armory vault, and two (2) range towers.  CTDG is responsible for calculating room reverberation time and speech intelligibility; evaluating STC ratings; recommending noise criterion (NC) levels and architectural sound isolation; and calculating and comparing radiated noise generation from terminal units, duct breakout noise transmission, discharge noise generation from terminal units, and discharge/inlet noise generation from Air Handler units.  Deliverables are being provided in the form of narrative reports.  This project commenced in 2012 and is expected to be complete in May, 2014.

 

Architect: Michael Baker, Jr.
Location: Washington, DC
Construction Cost: $15,000,000 – $20,000,000
Project Size: 58,235 gsf

Montgomery County – Multi-Agency Service Park

The purpose of this project is to provide economic opportunities for the future growth of the Montgomery County, provide room for the implementation of the Shady Grove Sector Plan, and provide a replacement for the aging facilities. The Montgomery County Multi-Agency Service Park is composed of a number of facilities including: Main Building, Vehicle Bays Building, Horticulture Building, Montgomery County Public School, and the Public Safety Training Academy. CTDG’s scope of this project includes complete design services for telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure for voice/data/RF video outlets, audiovisual system electronics with associated supporting infrastructure, access control/video surveillance systems, room acoustics, HVAC noise control design services for the Montgomery County (MC) Multi-Agency Service Park to be located in Rockville, Maryland. The spaces to receive technology systems design include: training room, lobby, firing range, gymnasium, defense tactics room, aerobics/ free weights room, multipurpose room, leader command room, video room, fourteen classrooms, ALS library, and a fire stimulation and storage room. This project is scheduled to be completed in 2016.

 

LOCATION: Montgomery County, Maryland

ARCHITECT: Baker and Associates

CONSTRUCTION COST: $150,400,000