Our services range from initial assessment of needs and facilities through final systems testing/verification, as well as training to ensure that operators and end users utilize the systems effectively. Using competent, practical, cost-effective designs, which accurately reflect client desires and needs, Rycat ensures comprehensive system integration and offers unbiased evaluations of equipment, contractors and services for our client’s projects.
Rycat believes that today’s corporate and academic clients want and need more than simple AV devices and rooms for the projection and viewing of presentations. They require integrated communications solutions that typically involve voice, data, and video. Further, many of these communiqués take place at a distance and bring interactivity close to, or on, the desktop. These systems can greatly impact the organization’s physical space, its infrastructure, and the dynamics of how people work together.
Base Building Design
Design services required to provide the architect with design information in the form of drawings, specifications, reports, and review and comment, to enable the architect to complete the basebuilding construction documents.
- Provide final facility plan, elevations, and explanatory notes for each of the areas showing all systems equipment to be installed.
- Provide drawings that will include projection screen details, access flooring, studio flooring, special glazing for projection and observation ports, wall treatments, millwork, etc.
- Provide base electrical drawings for each area, including all required empty conduit and raceways, junction boxes, and power outlets for the systems equipment.
- Provide reflected ceiling electrical drawings for each area, including all required empty conduit and raceways, junction boxes, power outlets for systems equipment, ceiling loudspeaker backboxes, and any television lighting.
- Provide an Architectural Summary Report detailing all final power, HVAC, and structural loads, acoustical criteria, lighting, control requirements, projection screen specifications, flooring specifications, lighting systems specifications, room finishes, and other details.
- Review and comment on the architectural and electrical contractors’ drawings to ensure complete and accurate transfer of specifications.
Design/Build Review
Calling upon our years of experience in AV applications, we will analyze and comment on submitted proposals, requests for proposals, or bidding contracts for use with a Design-Build company.
- Review of bid contracts or submittals to verify system design and client’s design philosophy.
- Review of systems choice and proper integration into existing systems.
- Review of basebuilding and architectural requirements for integration of systems.
- Review of “shop drawings” for accuracy and completion and coordination with program needs analysis.
