16 AV Installations from 2018 That AV Integration Firms Can Learn From
Networked System Creates Cohesion
High-end facilities chock full of education technology are table stakes for prospective students and faculty at the nation’s best business schools. That’s why administrators at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business pulled out all the stops for its new $60 million Connie and Kevin Chou Hall.
Opened in the fall of 2017, the six-story educational facility packs eight tiered classrooms, 31 breakout rooms, a café and an event space into its 80,000-square feet. Meanwhile, the building’s gleaming modern design hints at the hybrid broadcast and education technology and AV systems within, designed by Oakland, Calif.-based TEECOM and installed by ICS (Integrated Communications Systems) of San Jose, Calif.
“We have [an Evertz MMG] 10-gigabit fiber video distribution that allows any video signal to go anywhere. We have a fully networked audio system that allows any signal to go theoretically anywhere. What that allows us to do is really treat the building as one unit,” says Josh Srago, design engineer for TEECOM.
“We’re able to network and communicate and bring the classes together, both in a specific room or as a building-wide solution.”
