Communications

Communications systems form the foundation for many low-voltage and technology systems. For example, today's data networks provide interconnectivity and transport many other systems such as those used for protective, hospitality, education, and healthcare applications.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Voice/Data Cable Infrastructure
  • Network Electronics
  • Wireless LAN & WAN
  • PBX & VoIP Telephone Systems
  • Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)
  • Voting Systems
  • Commercial Intercom
  • Building Entry System
 

Education

Education, another market with unique technology needs in addition to standard building systems, has long used technology as a way to provide distribution of information. Intercom systems provide a way for the Principal to communicate simultaneously with all teachers and students. Master clock systems provide cohesive and organized schedules for class change. And TV Distribution systems provide a cost effective way to deliver educational programming directly to each classroom on an as-needed basis.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Educational Intercom (Analog & IP)
  • Master Clock Systems
  • TV Distribution (RF & IP)
  • Audio Enhancement
  • Educational Multimedia
 

Public Safety

Public Safety facilities such as fire stations, police stations, and PSAP communications centers all support the important work accomplished every day by our police and fire fighters. These systems form the backbone of the technological tools necessary to for public safety personnel to focus their day-to-day efforts on protecting the citizens within their jurisdiction.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)
  • Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL)
  • Public Safety Alerting Systems
  • Legal Recording

Audio & Video

The human experience involves seeing and hearing the world around us. Audio and video systems enhanced our ability to take in information in a multitude of ways. The subtle effect of ambient background music within a hospitality venue, the more powerful reinforcement of musical sounds at a concert, and the visual display of way finding information all reinforce the mind's ability to take in our environment.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Background Music
  • Public Address
  • Paging
  • Sound Masking
  • Sound Reinforcement
  • Video Conferencing
  • Audio/Video/Control
  • Digital Signage

Healthcare

Healthcare facilities are another building type that requires specific technology systems for both staff job performance as well as monitoring capabilities for residents. In addition to specific Code requirements intended to increase protection for those who are sick, various systems used in healthcare facilities are intended to expedite the ability to residents or patients to communicate with staff as well as allow staff to have real time knowledge of the condition of those they serve.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Nurse Call
  • Emergency Call
  • Wander Alert
  • Dementia Management
  • Real Time Location Services (RTLS)

Protective

We live in a world that is often defined as unsafe. And for a variety of reasons we need systems that protect assets and life. Through the use of various systems we can protect property or buildings from those not authorized to enter, monitor areas to ensure that property and people are safe, and when necessary raise an alarm for assistance.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Gate & Perimeter Control
  • Personal Alert & Duress
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Access Control
  • CCTV (Analog & IP)
  • Video Management Systems (VMS)
 

Life Safety

Some of the most important systems built into modern structures are those specifically designed to protect life and property. Most modern building are required by Code to have fire alarm systems. An in-depth understanding of the applicable Codes and application of the correct requirements is critical to ensuring that the capabilities of these systems is maximized in the most cost effective manner.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Fire Alarm and Detection
  • Mass Notification
  • Emergency Call/Rescue Assistance
  • Bi-Directional Amplifier Systems for Public Safety Radio

Hospitality

Hospitality venues, whether they be hotels or convention centers, are complicated facilities that require many technology systems. Among the most common are communications, audio/video, and protective systems typical for many building types. However, hospitality venues also have unique requirements and the need building specific systems.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Ballroom Combining
  • Door Monitoring
  • Electronic Maid Service
 

Command & Control

A number of the low-voltage and technology systems used in today's construction projects come together in a highly evolved and complex fashion when discussing command and control environments. Whether a communications center housing a city's Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) tasked with maintaining municipal services during events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and terrorist attacks, or a prison staff's ability to monitor and restrain inmates in a safe and humane manner, each of the building types requires complex technology systems properly designed to operate correctly at all times.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Communications Centers
  • Emergency Operations Centers
  • Corrections Control Systems