HTA Update - 07/31/2008 (Plain Text Version)
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E-mail Our Editor In this issue: Industry Recognition
The Custom Electronic Design Installation Association (CEDIA) Electronic Lifestyles® Awards honor excellence on technical and design/aesthetic aspects of technology installation projects in the residential electronic systems industry. Project categories include Best Home Theater, Best Media Room, Best Integrated Home, Best Special Project, Best Hidden Installation and Best Dressed System. Winners are selected by two panels of judges, a technical team made up of five CEDIA residential electronic systems contractor members, and a design team comprised of members from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).
The HTA Update will feature an award winner to highlight one of the projects in each issue. Each member involved in these projects--the architect, builder, interior designer, and electronic systems contractor (ESC)--played an integral part to the finished product. As with any industry, developing partnerships is a clear way to expand your business by being able to offer more options to clients.
Large Home Theater Level I Gold Technical Design
Residential Electronic Systems Contractor: All Around Technology Rockville, MD
Architect: Grina/Lavie Architects Washington, DC
Builder: Savage Construction Corporation Bethesda, MD
Feature Essay: Good things really do come in small packages, like this state-of-the-art home theater system tucked beneath the staircase of an historic home. Measuring just over 7-feet wide, the room presented various challenges regarding ventilation, lighting, acoustics and equipment placement. Moisture and overheating plagued the room for years, so All Around Technology worked with the client’s architect to specify a French drain system in an adjacent closet under the stairs, as well as modifications to the existing HVAC system. The team also moved the entrance door, allowing for a small corridor, and situated the equipment in the hollow space under the stairs.
The partition, made from rough lumber, holds the screen and a Snap-Tex stretched fabric system that provides a visual end to the room. The acoustically transparent partition also creates a cavity in that the team could install the speakers as well as ample acoustical absorption. Two 4x6-ft. RPG broadband diffusers are mounted on the wall and fill the rest of the space with unfaced fiberglass insulation, and the ceiling-mounted RPG skyline diffusers are custom-painted and give the room added texture. Lighting is controlled by a four-zone Grafik Eye Dimmer that allows for task lighting by the sofa while minimizing the impact on the picture. The entire A/V system is controlled by a single Universal Remote. The stylish design and performance of the room defy its small size, and what appears to be a basement closet now opens into a heavenly theater.
Equipment from the following manufacturers was used in this project: Universal Remotes, Stewart Filmscreen, Synerarchgistic Rese, Triad, Denon, Behringer, Furman, Gefen, Liberty Wire, Middle Atlantic, Motorola, Newark, Niles, Panamax, RPG, Samsung, Sony, Hewlett Packard, and Adcom.
TIME AND EXPERTISE: Client Interviews: 8 Electronic Design and Engineering: 24 Proposal and System Documentation Preparation: 8 Project Management: 38 Pre-wire/Rough-in: 12 Trim-out: 4 Shop Time for Racking and Testing: 24 Programming: 14 Final Installation and Calibration: 52 Client Instruction: 4 Interior Design and/or Architecture by your Company: 8 Interior Design and/or Architecture by Others: 40 Project Management by Others: Total Hours to Complete: 236
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