In November 2023 our Launceston technicians completed a $1.3 million AV installation at the University of Tasmania’s School of Architecture.
This project involved the installation of over 40 screens ranging in size from 55-inches to 98-inches, as well as 50 pendant speakers and a 162-inch videowall in the facility’s main lecture theatre.
The site foreman, Reed Vanderzwan, said it was an exciting project for the team.
The Architecture School is in the old rail shed at Inveresk and contains about 20 different rooms, ranging from flexible learning spaces to computer labs, lecture theatres and small to large meeting rooms.
Reed said it was a unique project to be involved with, because it’s such an old, iconic building that’s been completely renovated.
“So, there’s such a wide mix of services you have to work in with, we had 50 pendant speakers and finding space amongst the exposed duct work and beams was a real challenge,” he said.
He said the installation of the videowall was very fiddly and time consuming, requiring absolute precision.
It involved 36 modules, with four-pixel cards each.
“To start with the wall has to be completely level or plumb, otherwise you’d have bumps in the screen, and you have to install all the little modules that lock together like a big set. And then it has little LED pixel cards which are very delicate that you have to install with suction cups and gloves,” he said.
Both clients were extremely happy with the end result.
Congratulations to all our staff involved.
