Equity Resources Investments (ERI) is a long-standing client of TSP Smart Spaces. The company came to us with a new challenge: Update its newly expanded conference room with AV solutions.
Thanks to our long and successful partnership with ERI over the last two decades, the company felt comfortable allowing us to lead every aspect of their updated AV conference room solutions. Our work encompassed planning, design, procurement, and installation. In addition to post-installation testing, fine tuning, and support.
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Maximum minimalism
A handful of factors informed our approach. First and foremost, the client requested a minimal design for the conference room so that it aligned with the aesthetic of the office. This required us to think carefully about how best to disguise some of the new system’s technological components.
Another piece of the puzzle involved delivery. The sheer dimensions of the new 23’ conference room table and 86” LG Digital Signage displays made conventional delivery nearly impossible. Importantly, it also needed to work within the tight architectural confines of Harvard Square.
Finally, once all of the pieces were in place, we’d need to run extensive testing, fine-tune the system to optimize results for the room’s new dimensions, and develop documentation and tutorials to ensure ease of use.
Collaborative AV conference room solutions
As always, proactive communication with the client was an essential part of our AV conference room solutions. Design and hardware decisions were made collaboratively between our experienced team members and client-side architects.
To accommodate ERI’s minimal aesthetic, we steered clear of the bulky cable trough often found with these types of installations. Instead we worked hand-in-hand with the carpenters to custom-design a sleek pop-up system in the table itself. The pop-ups provide power, USB charging, data, and even supplementary video services for presentation. Meanwhile, hidden Shure microphones provide crystal-clear audio input throughout the space.
When it came to addressing our delivery challenges, outside-the-box thinking yielded an outside-the-building solution: a crane delivered the displays and the table through the building’s fourth-floor balcony.
Design and logistical hurdles bypassed, we turned to the practical and entered the fine-tuning phase. The length of the table and the conference room’s glass walls meant that certain elements of the new system—such as the Dante DSP and Shure microphones—required extra calibration. In the end, each microphone lobe was strategically positioned to ensure optimal audio coverage and capture voices from any seat around the table.
As always, decisions around design and hardware were informed by samples, mockups, and performance demos. Learn more about what makes a successful space and the essentials of conference room technology.
Putting it all on the table
The completed conference room is a sleek synthesis of style, function, and efficiency. Thanks to Zoom-powered RingCentral Rooms, meetings and calls are conducted with the press of a button via a no-hassle, all-in-one iPad interface. Shure microphones provide maximum coverage and audio input while maintaining the room’s crisp and minimal aesthetic. Best of all, the new system ensures that the ERI team and their global network of clients and partners has a literal and proverbial seat at their beautiful new conference table—in person, or from any corner of the world.
Interested in AV conference room solutions?
Ready to transform your conference room, or huddle spaces? Learn more about our process and services, and begin your journey today by contacting our conference room AV team.