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Buffalo State College – Technology Building

[col3]The new technology building at Buffalo State College will provide new research spaces and computer labs for the technology and computer information systems departments. Programs within the technology department include Electrical Engineering Technology, Fashion & Textile Technology, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Technology Education. Convergent Technologies provided complete design services for audiovisual systems, telecommunications cabling systems and acoustics, noise & vibration control. Spaces to receive educational technology systems include 36- and 60-seat SMART Classrooms, two (2) Shared Network Labs, Computer Science Labs, two (2) administrative conference rooms, General CAD/CAM/Design Lab, Shared General Electrical Engineering Technology Lab, Shared Control and Machines Lab, Thermal Science/Textile Analysis, Shared Technology Project Shop, Mechanics Project Shop, Materials Analysis & Science Lab, Quality Control Computer Lab, Illustration/Safety Classroom, two (2) Instructional Computer Labs, Multimedia Lab & Control Room, two (2) Apparel Construction Labs, Apparel Design/Pre-Production Lab, 24-seat Sub-dividable SMART Classroom, and Knit Lab. The multimedia studio is intended for use by students to do small productions, recording of interviews and distance learning. The system will include the capability for a three camera shoot or one camera may be used at a time for students to do individual small productions. Project responsibilities include 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. Construction is scheduled to begin September 2010 and complete in June 2013.[/col3]

 

[col3]Architect: The S/L/A/M CollaborativeLocation: Buffalo, New  York
Construction Cost: $40.3 Million
Project Size: 100,000 gsf

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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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Science & Technology Park at Johns Hopkins – The John G. Rangos, Sr. Building

[col3]The Forest City-East Baltimore Partnership is the master developer for phase I of the New East Baltimore Community which includes the Science + Technology Park at Johns Hopkins. Anchored by Johns Hopkins Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, the new John G. Rangos, Sr. Building at 855 North Wolfe Street is the first of five planned life science/office buildings, which will provide more than 1 million square feet of lab and office space for life science research. The scope of this project included acoustics, noise and vibration control design services including interior noise control, exterior noise control, vibration control, electrical system noise control, supply/exhaust fan acoustical measurements, and chiller acoustical measurements for this commercial biotechnology building. Convergent Technologies developed acoustical criteria for HVAC equipment noise levels, sound isolation, floor slab vibration properties, as well as field testing chiller noise. Space plans include shared conference rooms on the first floor, laboratory and office space for the epigenetics, computational biology, chemical biology and molecular biology research clusters. Project highlights include achieving vibration control to 8,000 micro-inches per second and confirming compliance with Baltimore Zoning Ordinance ZG § 12. This project has been complete since April 2008.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Elkus/Manfredi Architects and Gaudreau, Inc.
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Project Size: 278,000 GSF
Construction Cost: $107 MILLION
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Montgomery College – Bioscience Education Center

[col3]The Bioscience Education Center is part of a larger process to upgrade the Germantown campus of Montgomery College, in an effort to better meet the demands of thegrowing bioscience fields, and increase student capacity. Offering both degrees and certificates in Biotechnology and Life Science, the emphasis of the Biotechnology program is on applied laboratory skills relevant to the biotechnology industry. Introductory coursework in biotechnology, biology, chemistry and mathematics will be available in the new facility. For Convergent Technologies, the scope of this project includes telecommunications cabling systems with associated supporting infrastructure for voice/data/RF video outlets, and audiovisual systems infrastructure design services for additional classroom and laboratory space supporting students who wish to pursue bioscience courses (including biology, chemistry, biotechnology, etc). This project ensures that students have state-of-the-art facilities, housing new classrooms and laboratory spaces.[/col3]

 

[col3]LOCATION: Rockville, Maryland

ARCHITECT: The Lukmire Partnership

PROJECT BUDGET: $83 million

GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE: 127,000 gross square feet

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College of Southern MD – Francis P. Chiaramonte, M.D. Center for Science and Technology

Libraries: City of Apache Junction, Arizona, Library Additions – Systems by CTDG
Libraries: McDaniel College, Hoover Library Renovations – Systems by CTDG
Libraries: McDaniel College, Hoover Library Renovations – Systems by CTDG
Libraries: McDaniel College, Hoover Library Renovations – Systems by CTDG
Libraries: McDaniel College, Hoover Library Renovations – Systems by CTDG

 

LOCATION:
La Plata, Maryland

ARCHITECT:
Design Collective

CONSTRUCTION COST:
$14 MILLION

GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE:
70,000 gross square feet

 

The scope of this project included complete design services for educational technology systems to include: telecommunications cabling (voice, data, RF Video), audiovisual & multimedia, A/V monitoring for classrooms/labs, speech reinforcement, data projection, audiovisual presentation and recording in classrooms, along with custom instructor’s stations and associated infrastructure for approximately twelve (12) classrooms. The Science and Technology (ST) Building Renovation also included renovation of the existing ST Building and the phased relocation of the campus Telecommunications Hub. The ST Building current MDF Room was one of the two main distribution points of voice, data, and video for the entire campus, and was being relocated from its present location in the basement of the ST Building to the Learning Resource (LR) building MDF, which was better sized to support current demand and projected future growth of the campus Telecommunications Cabling needs. Project scope included design of a new campus hub room for this and other campus buildings, support for intermediate distribution rooms (IDF), the design of one of the campuses main distribution rooms (MDF) for voice, data, RF video systems, and installation of a redundant ductbank conduit system between the Science and Technology building and the Learning Resource Building. Scope of design work included the basis for design, design development, specifications and project management for all security systems for the project, telecommunications cabling, and audiovisual & multimedia systems infrastructure to be integrated into the new building. Project highlights include planning of phase construction for no down time integration of the new telecommunications distribution facility, as well as, close interaction with the college’s facilities and telecommunications staff enabling Convergent Technologies to gain a good understanding of existing conditions and future campus vision as it related to telecommunications cabling infrastructure. The project was a three-year, multi-phase design project and has been successfully complete since Fall 2008.

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Aberdeen Proving Grounds – USAMRICD

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Architect:
Flad & Associates

Location:
Aberdeen, Maryland

Construction Cost:
$230 MILLION

Gross Square Footage:
300,000 square feet

LEED: Silver

 

The scope for the US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) included the design of audiovisual systems and its associated infrastructure. Project responsibilities included heat load figures, AC power requirements and special grounding and bonding measures for audiovisual systems, as well as signal flows for audiovisual equipment used in public areas and auditoriums, as well as simulation, conference and video conference rooms. Features within these areas include video projection, remote controlled audiovisual systems, program and speech audio reinforcement, videoconferencing systems, as well as baseband and broadband distribution systems. Special design constraints pertaining to end user visibility and lines of sight, such as ceiling heights, furniture layouts, and ceiling shape were considered in the design of the audiovisual systems. The scope of this project commenced at the schematic design phase and construction was scheduled to be complete in December 2010.