[col3]The scope of this project included complete design services for audiovisual presentation/broadcast systems electronics and associated infrastructure in an existing boardroom in the Baltimore City Public Schools headquarters building. Responsibilities included complete specifications for all audiovisual equipment, project management inclusive of bidding, construction administration, training/testing, detailing the demolition of existing systems, and providing telecommunications connectivity between the renovated spaces and an existing server room. Additional project responsibilities included the design of CATV (RF) head-end electronics for one location and a video editing station. This project presented the challenges of integrating with existing systems and a fast-track design/deliverable schedule. The project has been successfully complete since 2006.[/col3]
[col3]Location: Baltimore, Maryland Construction Cost: $280,700 Project Size: 2,000 gsf[/col3]
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The scope of this project included a $6,000,000 dollar design to budget for technology systems to include: digital television production, non-linear video editing, videoconferencing/distance learning, audiovisual presentation and recording, building audio & video paging systems along with a new cable antenna television headend with associated infrastructure and source components. The types of spaces to receive audiovisual systems included: television studio/control room spaces, video editing classrooms, multimedia classrooms, and two 80-seat distance learning lecture halls. A live digital broadcast quality production/recording studio was designed, inclusive of an audio record/edit suite, audio origination rooms, 80 seats of video editing, and a master control/production console with producer’s row. The success of the television studio suite is in its flexibility. It serves not only as a broadcast quality television facility, but also as an instructional environment exposing students to industry standards. Design work included the programming, design documentation preparation, and construction administration of the technology systems implementation for this four-phase project. Project challenges included the management of three separate audiovisual systems contractors, as well as, overseeing multiple bid package sets to conform to complex construction phasing. Project design highlights included the specification of a baseband audio/video cabling system connecting all classrooms to enable events in a particular space to be easily distributed to one or all remaining classrooms. The project was a multi-phase masterplan and design project with continuous occupancy of the building. The project has been successfully complete since January 2005.
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The scope of this project includes a $ 750,000.00 design to budget for technology systems to include: telecommunications cabling (voice, data, RF Video), audiovisual & multi-media enhanced presentations, videoconferencing, audio/video recording sessions, surround sound program & speech audio reinforcement along with custom presenter’s stations with associated infrastructure. The types of spaces to receive technology systems include: Community Theater, Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Emergency Management Conference Room, and a Strategic Planning Conference Room. Features of the EOC include combined monaural program/speech audio reinforcement, custom audio monitoring, a three-projector data/video wall, and the ability to monitor local and county traffic and other critical response video circuits located throughout the area. Additional design responsibilities included the review of building criteria as they applied to acoustics, noise and vibration control, the development of acoustical criteria for HVAC equipment noise levels and sound isolation, and recommendations for room layout, shaping, and acoustical finishes for the Community Theater. Project scope included complete programming narrative system overview descriptions and detailed per space cost estimating for all technology systems. Challenges included renovating an existing facility with state of the art EOC functionality and providing flexibility to grow and adapt to future governmental operational needs. The project has been complete since March 2007.
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[col3]The scope of this project included verifying the existing program for the renovation of the Careers Building and Data Center. The Data Center is the primary point of Local Area Network (LAN) distribution for existing and future buildings on the Anne Arundel Community College Campus. Project challenges included the expectation for little or no downtime to campus LAN/Private Branch Exchange (PBX) systems during renovations. Currently, main distribution feeds from other buildings on campus enter the Careers Building via multiple undocumented routes. Recommendations included rerouting cabling to a single or dual (redundant) point of distribution directly from the Data Center which provides the opportunity to future proof the Data Center’s infrastructure and will eliminate downtime for future integration projects on campus that involve the LAN or PBX systems. Additional direction included having a telecommunications contractor onsite during all renovation work to help ensure that no downtime or damage to existing telecommunications cable lines occurs. This project was completed in 2009.[/col3]
[col3]Architect: Heery International Location: Arnold, Maryland[/col3]
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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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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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[col3]This 38,000-square-foot refurbished building brings together MCC’s nursing and exercise science departments; compatible disciplines which focus on healthy lifestyles and quality healthcare. The project called for updated an existing 1970s structure and expanded it with an exterior wrap to include 10 new classrooms which comprise 11,000 square feet. The building’s design integrates oversized glass walls within masonry block for transparent classrooms to encourage a shared interest in each discipline. In one part of the building a nursing student can practice basic nursing skills, such as medication administration, patient teaching or delegation of tasks to health care team members, while on the other side of the building an exercise science student can have a hands-on experience using diagnostic technologies. Additionally, the facility features six and ten bed simulation units, an OB lab, and hospital room lab, in addition to two debriefing rooms. The collaborative classrooms offer flexibility of space by allowing for easy transformation from lecture to lab space. CTDG’s Scope of work included the design of audiovisual systems with associated supporting infrastructure including audiovisual simulation systems, infrastructure for telecommunications systems, interior sound isolation and HVAC noise control. Spaces to receive technology systems include faculty spaces, simulation labs, a Learning Resource Center, Skill Practice Rooms, classroom spaces, a Human Performance Lab, the Applied Movement Lab and additional health science classrooms. Specified educational technology systems include audiovisual presentation and recording, program/speech reinforcement, custom smart presenter’s lecterns, multimedia audiovisual systems, and abilities to present video based or computer generated presentations via LCD projection systems. All lecture and lab spaces have significant technology infrastructure to support current and future state-of-the-art teaching equipment and methods. Budget constraints presented unique challenges to this project. The simulation systems budget for this project was significantly less than previous similar projects for the district, yet all the state-of-the art features were still desirable to the college. Working closely with integrators, manufacturers and the college allowed Convergent to meet budget expectations and performance requirements. The district expects this to be a showcase facility for these reasons. This project opened in September of 2010.[/col3]
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Architect: SmithGroup
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Construction Cost: $5.24 Million
Project Size: 38,000 gsf
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In the midst of a severe national economic recession, Arizona State University students voted to increase student recreation fees in order to fund design and construction of an expanded and renovated Student Recreation Complex. Extensively involved in the pre-programming of the facility, students looked to consolidate the various locations throughout the community where intramural sports had been relocated. The new facility will include new competition fields, a large gym with multiple courts, in addition to strength /cardio, multi-purpose and student health/wellness spaces. Convergent Technologies’ scope for this project includes complete design services for audiovisual presentation systems and telecommunications cabling systems design. Additionally, acoustical analysis for interior room finish recommendations was provided for all high-bay gymnasium spaces along with the design of sound isolating partitions between the existing Small Gymnasium and adjacent office spaces.
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[col3]Construction of The National Law Enforcement Museum is now underway in historic Judiciary Square. Convergent Technologies is providing Audiovisual Systems, Telecommunications Cabling, & Access Control Systems design for this exciting project. The Museum will be below grade with two glass entrance pavilions positioned south of the Memorial and fronting E Street with the historic City Hall behind. These glass pavilions will create a sense of openness while establishing a contemporary image for the Museum that respectfully stands apart from the heavier mass of the surrounding historic court buildings. The Museum was authorized by Public Law 106-492 which was signed by President Bill Clinton. Keep up to date on the construction progress[/col3]
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The new Arizona State University Sun Devil Fitness Complex has passed the Architecture 2030 Challenge for carbon reduction! This was a combined effort of Studio MA and Sasaki with the help of CTDG. Its design was based on the desert which included a rain screen, rooftop solar thermal system and deep overhangs and louvers. All of this has led to a 70% decrease in energy use.
In the midst of a severe national economic
recession, Arizona State University students voted
to increase student recreation fees in order to fund
design and construction of an expanded and
renovated Student Recreation Complex. Extensively
involved in the pre-programming of the facility,
students looked to consolidate the various locations
throughout the community where intramural sports
had been relocated. The new facility will include
new competition fields, a large gym with multiple
courts, in addition to strength /cardio, multipurpose
and student health/wellness spaces.
Convergent Technologies’ scope for this project
includes complete design services for audiovisual
presentation systems and telecommunications
cabling systems design. Additionally, acoustical
analysis for interior room finish recommendations
was provided for all high-bay gymnasium spaces
along with the design of sound isolating partitions
between the existing Small Gymnasium and
adjacent office spaces. This project was completed
in 2013.
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LOCATION:
Tempe, AZ ARCHITECT:
Studio MA
Phoenix, AZ
Saski
San Francisco, CA PROJECT COST:
$21.5 MILLION PROJECT SIZE:
213,000 GSF
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