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Richardson Olmsted Complex: Core Project

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Architect:
Flynn Battaglia Architects

Location:
Buffalo, NY

Project Size:
480,000 GSF

Project Budget:
$56,400,000

 

Convergent Technologies Design Group, Inc. (CTDG) was engaged by Flynn Battaglia Architects to provide audiovisual, telecommunications, and security design services for the Richardson Olmsted Complex Core Project located in Buffalo, New York. The 140 year old renovated building will feature an 88-room boutique hotel, and 300-seat conference/ event center. The construction of the new building will begin 2014 and is estimated to be completed by 2016.

 

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University of North Dakota- School of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Architect:
JLG Architects

Location:
Grand Forks, North Dakota

Project Budget:
$124,000,000

Project Size:
378,000 GSF

The University of North Dakota is building a new home for the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The new building will house of all the schools educational, service, and research programs. Previously these programs had to be housed on separate campuses due to a lack of space. The building is a critical component of the North Dakota Health Care Workforce Initiative. Convergent Technologies Design Group, Inc. will provide audiovisual, telecommunications, acoustics, and security design services. The project is expected to be completed in July 2016.

 

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The College of New Jersey- New STEM Building Complex

[col3]This multi-phase project includes the addition and renovation of multiple buildings that make up the STEM Complex at The College of New Jersey. New construction includes the 70,629 gross square foot STEM Building and the 14,419 gross square foot Chemistry Addition. The STEM Building Complex will house Departments within the School of Engineering and the School of Science. CTDG is providing complete design services for Audiovisual, Telecommunications Cabling, Access Control and Video Surveillance Systems as well as Acoustics, Noise & Vibration Control Services. Specialized audiovisual systems will support instruction and collaboration in a variety of laboratories, classrooms, computer commons, conference rooms, collaborative and multipurpose spaces. Laboratories received smartboard technology that enables students to interact with course material. This project will be designed to meet LEED Silver standards but will not seek certification. CTDG is currently producing Construction Documents to specify the systems to be included in the project.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: EYP Architecture & Engineering
Location: Ewing Township, New Jersey
Construction Cost: $94.2 Million
Project Size: 85,048 GSF[/col3]

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College of William & Mary Zable Stadium

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[col3]Williamsburg, VA

Architects:
BCWH Architects, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture

Construction Cost:
$20,000,000

[col3]needed. This project will include a new press box/suite above the stands and 3,300 additional grandstand seats. It also includes tv/radio broadcast booths and new camera decks for televised games. The new plan incorporates two suites new restrooms, an elevator, and an updated scoreboard. Through these changes it is the hope of the College that it will strengthen the community on campus as well as between the students and alumni. We will provide telecommunications cabling systems, audiovisual systems, access control/intrusion detection systems with infrastructure design services. This project is expected to be complete in 2016.

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US Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology Building Renovation

Environments For Aging: Five Star Senior Living, Villa Valencia – Systems by CTDG
Emergency Operations and Public Safety: City of Casa Grande, Public Safety Facility – Systems by CTDG
Emergency Operations and Public Safety: City of Casa Grande, Public Safety Facility – Systems by CTDG
Emergency Operations and Public Safety: City of Casa Grande, Public Safety Facility – Systems by CTDG
Emergency Operations and Public Safety: City of Casa Grande, Public Safety Facility – Systems by CTDG
Emergency Operations and Public Safety: City of Casa Grande, Public Safety Facility – Systems by CTDG

[col3]Home to approximately 350 scientists, engineers, technicians, and support personnel, the NIST Laboratories in Boulder also welcome up to 100 visiting researchers each year. The location conducts research in the areas of chemical, physical, materials, and information sciences and engineering in addition to providing home to the world’s most accurate atomic clocks. The Building 1 (Radio Building) renovation will provide 180,000gsf of high performance laboratory space to perform research and measurements needed by industry and the scientific community. Key Technology areas such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, new energy sources, computing and telecommunications in a high performance facility will be incorporated into the design. Convergent Technologies is providing complete design services for Telecommunications Cabling, Access Control, and Video Surveillance Systems with associated supporting infrastructure. This project involves exceptionally high levels of security, including an intricate Video Surveillance system (CCTV) with digital signage announcing the use of video surveillance; and an Electronic Access Control system, consisting of alarm monitoring, Photo ID Badging, and Facility Control System. Design for this project began in 2011 and Phase I of the project is expected to be complete in 2014.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: SmithGroup
Location: Boulder, CO
Construction Cost: $40-$80Million
Project Size: 320,000 gross square feet[/col3]

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Howard University – Undergraduate Library Main Level Renovation

[col3]Howard University is a private, comprehensive research university. The 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, and room acoustics, interior sound isolation, and HVAC noise control for the Howard University Undergraduate Library Renovation. Spaces included in this renovation project include: group study areas, collaborative spaces, learning commons, seminar/classroom, multipurpose meeting room, and a conference room. Design began in Spring 2013 and construction is expected to be complete in July, 2015.[/col3]

[col3]Architect: Atelier Architects
Location: Washington, D.C.
Construction Cost: $31,800,000
Gross Square Footage: 17,540 gsf[/col3]

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Emory Healthcare – Georgia Proton Treatment Center

 

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There are currently only nine such facilities in the U.S. The first of its kind in Georgia and funded by The Georgia Proton Treatment Center, the new center will treat up to 1,900 patients annually. Included in the center are five treatment rooms (four with rotational gantries and one with a fixed beam) and dedicated research capabilities. Emory Healthcare, a part of the Emory University Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center, will partner with Georgia Tech and other institutions to conduct research in the center.

The scope of this project includes the design of all Telecommunications Cabling Systems and LAN Electronics for the operation of Emory Clinical telecommunications functionalities, as well as the design of Telecommunications Cabling Systems to support the operation of specialized Proton Treatment equipment including proton accelerators. Other services include the design of Emergency Paging Audio systems, Video Surveillance, Access Control, Intrusion Detection, and Audiovisual Systems.[/col3]

 

[col3]Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Construction Cost: $225 Million
Gross Square Footage: 115,000 gsf[/col3]

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Oakland University Engineering Center

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Architect:
SmithGroupJJR

Location:
Rochester, MI

Project Budget:
$74.6 Million

Square Footage:
127,000 gsf

Convergent Technologies Design Group was asked by SMithGroupJJR to design telecommunications cabling systems with associated infrastructure for voice/data/RF video outlets, audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure, access control/video surveillance systems, and LAN/PBX/Wi-fi electronics design services. Individual audiovisual systems were designed for various sizes of seminar rooms, faculty offices, administration offices, laboratories, auditoriums, and conference rooms. These systems included display technology, audio reinforcement, video conferencing, system control, and the flexibility to interface with sources provided by students and faculty. Scope of services also included the placement and design of telecommunication data rooms, cabling paths and its associated infrastructure. Surveillance recommendations were made detailing components, placement, and integration of cameras, as well as access control systems throughout the facility. Anticipated completion and move in is scheduled for August 2014.

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Upper Chesapeake Health – Cancer Center

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Location:
Bel Air, MD

Architect:
HKS, Inc.

MEP Engineer:
BR+A

Construction Cost:
$35.6 Million

Gross Square Footage:
111,000 square feet

 

The Cancer Center Addition to the Upper Chesapeake Health campus is a technology rich building designed to provide state of the art medical treatment. The building has also been designed to support current business, presentation, and collaborative technologies as well as plan for future developments in technology systems capabilities. CTDG provided design services for a comprehensive low voltage systems solution, including Audiovisual Systems, Nurse Call and Code Blue Intercom Systems, Public Address and Paging, Telecommunications Cable Systems & Distribution Rooms, Voice over Internet Protocol, Television Distribution, Public Safety and Cellular Distributed Antenna System, Access Control, Video Surveillance and office electronic equipment planning. The Audiovisual systems for the Cancer Center utilize the newest benchmark in design, allowing for seamless video teleconferencing, multimedia presentations, collaboration and demonstrations. All of the technology in the building has been specified to provide maximum future flexibility as well as integrate with the existing hospital systems.

 

 

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University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine -The Roberts Proton Facility at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine

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Architect:
RMJM

MEP Engineer:
Bard, Rao + Athanas

Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Construction Cost:
$55 Million

Project Size:
55,000 gsf

Description
Project responsibilities for the University of Pennsylvania Proton Facility is to provide telecommunications cabling systems and associated infrastructure for voice, data, Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), Cable Antenna Television (CATV), access control and intercommunications systems. The design for this state of the art radiation treatment facility was implemented in not only the four underground gantry areas which hold the 90 ton machines used to deliver the radiation treatment, but also in the surrounding control rooms and nurse and technician stations. Access control systems were designed such that access was accomplished using a proximity card reader and electrified lock set with authorizations controlled via a central database. Networked surveillance systems were implemented in the entrance of treatment rooms, hallways and common areas which could be monitored from either a central computer room via CCTV or through IP-based access to the Network Video Recorder. Intercommunication systems are designed to allow two-way audio communication from sub-stations located in the gantry areas and technician control rooms, back to a master station located in the main control room. Construction of the Proton Facility has been complete since 2009.