The Sciences Complex
Project:
Brief
The ground floor of the Fleming building at the University of Sunderland was fully refurbished creating a state of the art complex of teaching spaces and recording suites. Having worked successfully on a number of other high profile projects at the University, Roche Audio Visual was awarded the contract to design, supply and integrate the audio visual element of this project.
Key Features
- 2x Mock Wards
- 6x Objective Structured Clinical Examination Suites
- 2x Dispensary Rooms
- 1x Task Room
- 1x De-brief Room
Solution
Work started with a comprehensive building wide rewire of AV cabling to provide the infrastructure needed for the system. Roche Audio Visual’s own dedicated teams installed control, audio and twisted pair cabling throughout the building. Overall project management was provided by the Craig Pickard whose experience with the design and the customer’s needs proved invaluable throughout.
The summer period saw the final fit out stage of the project within a tight 2 week installation window. Commissioning of this complex system was a key element of the work. The automation and touchscreen user controls needed to be tied together with custom programming of the Crestron control system. Again use of the in house programming and engineering teams at Roche allowed the tight timescales to be facilitated.
A simple user interface with fully automated features was a key requirement for the client. In each space a recording facility is triggered via a wall mounted Crestron interface. Extron SMP-351 media processors were used to capture content and automatic store recordings onto a dedicated University server. The system allows the user to position a dedicated camera via the touch panel and record with a simple start / stop interface.
Within teaching spaces, the main projection systems are supported by repeater displays around the room. Each display has a dedicated local input which is used for group work away from the main presentation. Key to the simple use of these systems was the requirement for the displays to power up automatically when a device was connected. Wyrestorm Express 5x1 switches where used to instigate CEC commands to the displays negating the need for button control.
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