APEX CERTIFICATION

Avitecture has achieved elite status as an Audiovisual Provider of Excellence (APEx) by InfoComm International, the trade association for the audiovisual (AV) and information communications industries. Avitecture met the program’s requirements for high-quality service, technical expertise and professionalism.

With APEx certification, Avitecture meets or exceeds requirements set forth in ANSI/INFOCOMM standards for the audiovisual industry. The Infocomm APEx program recognizes a company according to the number of employees who hold key industry certifications, including InfoComm’s CTS, CTS-I and CTS-D credentials, completion of continuing education classes, and positive client survey responses. These standards for system design and coordination and for system verification show that Avitecture can facilitate communication throughout a project and, most importantly, can deliver a verified system that will meet our client’s needs.

Up to 50% of conference rooms will be video enabled by 2020. The AV software business, which was worth $839m in 2012, will increase to a predicted $1.68bn in 2016. Avitecture is well positioned to meet this demand while surpassing client expectations.

Prysm Video Wall for Under Armour

Prysm Inc., manufacturer of total display solutions, announced the installation of a Prysm video wall at Baltimore-based athletic apparel company Under Armour. Located in a central open space at Under Armour’s global headquarters in Baltimore, MD, the 18ft wide by 9ft high video wall serves as focal point for campaign planning, brand messaging and VIP events.

	The 162 square foot Prysm video wall sits in Under Armour's global headquarters

The interactive Prysm video wall provides a 162 square foot digital canvas that combines video, live feeds and sports imagery. The wall uses touch to allow users to interact with any content on screen that can be resized, repositioned and annotated.

Jack Taylor, senior project consultant at the Sextant Group said, “the Prysm video wall was selected for its superior ability to communicate the Under Armour brand through the combination of interactivity and support of a broad range of media. It delivers the wow-factor in an experience that is truly jaw-dropping.”

Avitecture, the AV integrator on the project, helped design and install the video wall at Under Armour. “Working closely with Prysm, we’ve delivered a solution with unrivaled collaboration capabilities and beautiful visuals that will engage audiences like no other,” said Bruce Pittman, vice president of sales and marketing.

The BioWall in Silver Spring, Maryland

Dramatic Outdoor Video Space

The BioWall is an outdoor public space in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland for public enlightenment and entertainment. Avitecture designed, furnished, installed and now supports this unique, sliding, state-of-the-art, 16’ x 9’, HD video display. Offering a platform to educators, artists, students, scientists, and the community, the BioWall exists through the generosity of United Therapeutics Corporation, which specializes in manufacturing medicines to treat the rare disease pulmonary arterial hypertension. The BioWall operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Advisory Board Company Conference Room

The Advisory Board Company Conference Center has five conference rooms, each with its own Avitecture© AV system for the Board’s specific requirements. This divisible conference room space can easily accommodate any room layout without AV set-up. Ceiling microphones, loudspeakers and three pan-tilt-zoom cameras enable audio and video conferencing. For flexibility, an advanced digital switcher, connected both to the wired and to the wireless computer presentation systems, can route any source to any display. The AV racks are fitted into the millwork. Avitecture created effective fan-cooling and cable management in the small spaces for the AV equipment. Wall-mounted 12-inch touch screens and wireless Apple© iPads control the AV system. Avitecture met both the client’s and the architect’s exacting, challenging goals for easy-to-use, high-performance AV seamlessly integrated with the room’s striking elegance.

Videowalls, Unified Communications and LEED

A federal contractor gave Avitecture an intriguing challenge: design and build environmentally-friendly and easy-to-use videowall systems for two boardrooms in an LEED-certified  building. 
Avitecture’s elegant solutions for the two boardrooms surpassed the client’s goals.

For the corporate boardroom, the larger space, Avitecture’s solution was a Prysm 190-inch (4.8 m) diagonal videowall with an area of 75 sq ft (6.8 m2) because of its low-energy consumption, brilliant image quality, and powerful interactive features. Because a major design requirement was ease of use for executives leading meetings in the boardroom, Avitecture provided a Crestron control system with multiple touch panels throughout the boardroom to allow users to manage voice, video, room lights, and content. A powerful integrated system, remotely located, provides the intelligence and power to run the corporate boardroom’s displays and electronics. A DigitalMedia 16x16 Matrix Switcher enables a dedicated PC, laptops in the boardroom, CATV, and a Polycom unified collaboration system to be routed to the Prysm videowall. A Biamp AudiaFLEX digital signal processor and an Avitecture Ceiling Disk Microphone system join together deliver clear audio through Soundtube speakers powered by an Extron amplifier.

For the corporate executive conference room, the smaller space, Avitecture chose a 4x2 Planar videowall using 46-inch LCD displays. The videowall provides 50 square feet (4.7 m2) of viewing area. For ease of use in meetings, Avitecture chose a Crestron control system with a touch panel. In a closet behind the videowall is a Crestron DigitalMedia 16x16 Matrix Switcher that enables a dedicated PC in the rack, two laptop locations on the conference room table, CATV, and a Polycom unified collaboration system enables sharing voice, video and content. A Biamp Nexia TC teleconferencing digital signal processor and an Avitecture Ceiling Disk Microphone system together deliver crisp audio through Soundtube speakers powered by an Extron amplifier.

The Holocaust History Center at the Jewish History Museum, Tucson, Arizona

The Holocaust History Center at the Jewish History Museum, Tucson, Arizona, is an educational institution dedicated to an ongoing examination of the Holocaust through the lived experiences of people who survived the war and later lived in southern Arizona. More than 260 people from 18 nations have been identified as those who were persecuted by Nazism, survived, and later arrived in southern Arizona. They have contributed to the community in numerous ways and are highlighted in the Center’s examination of this complex history. The Holocaust History Center is committed to illuminating contemporary human rights abuses as they occur.

Avitecture designed and furnished the AV system for the Holocaust History Center.