Design & Consultation

Plan the Room With AV in Mind.

So the AV requirements don't compromise the design, and the design doesn't compromise the AV.
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What Does an AV Design Consultation Actually Include?

An assessment of your needs first: how the space gets used, by how many people, for what kind of meetings. From there, a room-by-room technology plan, a layout built around sightlines and camera coverage, a platform decision, and a budget range. The spec package includes technology drawings, elevations, conduit risers, junction box locations, an equipment list per room, wiring requirements, and structural notes for anything heavier than a soundbar.

AV design should start the same day the architect does. Bring AV in after construction begins, and design becomes retrofitting: cutting into finished walls, rerouting conduit already in the ceiling, paying change-order rates for a problem one early meeting would have solved.

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What Happens Without a Plan

The room gets built first and the technology gets figured out after. The display goes up, and there's an obstruction nobody caught, because the sightline never got checked before the room was built. Camera coverage becomes a conversation about who has to lean out of frame.

Then, weeks after handover, someone cuts open finished millwork to run a cable. It should have been in the plan from day one.

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Workplace Design: How to Design a Conference Room, Boardroom, or Meeting Space

Designing a conference room starts with the outcome it needs to deliver: how many people need to fit, see each other, and get the meeting done. From there: sightlines to the display, camera coverage for anyone on a call, acoustic treatment so the room doesn't echo, and enough power and connectivity at the table. Get the room size and seating count right, and everything else follows from it.

Setups fall into patterns. Boardroom for formal meetings, U-shape for training, huddle for small teams. The right one depends on what happens in the room, not what it looks like on paper.

 

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Enterprise AV Standards

Enterprise AV Standards

One design spec, one control interface, one naming convention, every building. Learn a room in Boston and you already know the room in Chicago.
New Construction & Renovations

New Construction & Renovations

AV planned alongside the build itself, not bolted on after. Conduit, power, and mounting decided before the walls go up.
Interactive Design & Planning

Interactive Design & Planning

An interactive rendering of the room before it exists: walk it, look around, stand where the table will be.

Technology Assessment & Planning

Technology Assessment & Planning

An audit of what's in every room today, and a proactive plan for what comes next
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Workplace & Collaboration Upgrades

Older rooms brought up to the same standard as the rest of the building, without a full teardown
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Featured Project

Hologic needed a space that could impress visitors and still function as a working boardroom once the tour ended. The result: an Experience Center with digital signage and large-scale LED video walls, and an integrated boardroom running on the same centralized AV infrastructure, all planned before a single wall went up.

How to Get Started

Plan

Needs assessment, technology plan, layout, spec package, and budget range. Interactive design and VR walkthroughs on select projects, not by default.

Build

We define the right approach and provide clear pricing, with visuals available when helpful.

Enable

Installation, commissioning, and a walkthrough with your team, so what got designed on paper matches what's live in the room.

Optimize

We tune the room against how it gets used in the first few weeks, not just against the drawings.

Sustain

We tune the room against how it gets used in the first few weeks, not just against the drawings.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does an AV design consultation actually include?

A needs assessment, a room-by-room technology plan, layout and sightline review, a platform decision, a drawings and spec package, and a budget range, all delivered before any equipment gets ordered. It's the plan your contractor, your IT team, and your installer all build from.

What should an AV spec package include?

Technology drawings such as elevations, conduit risers, and junction box locations, an equipment list tied to each room, wiring and connectivity requirements, and mounting or structural notes for anything heavier than a soundbar. Missing any of these shows up later as a change order.

When should AV design come into an office fit-out?

The moment space planning starts. That's when the conversations about return-to-office plans, how many meeting rooms you need, and what size they should be are already happening. Acoustics, sightlines, and technology belong in that conversation, not a separate one that starts after the walls are framed.

How do you design a conference room?

Start with room size and seating count, which determine camera placement, farthest viewing distance, and whether acoustic treatment is needed. Then plan sightlines so every seat can see the display, and match microphone coverage to how the room gets used day to day.

What are the different conference room setup styles?

Boardroom for formal, hierarchy-driven meetings. U-shape for training and workshops where everyone needs to see a presenter and each other. Huddle or collaborative layouts for small teams. The right one depends on how the room is used most often, not how it looks empty.

What does design cost versus install?

Design covers the needs assessment, layout, and spec package, usually a smaller line item than what follows. Install covers equipment, programming, and the labor to build what the design specified. Skipping design to save money up front tends to cost more in change orders later.

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