Featured Projects
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Click the above image for more pictures.Gaylord Palms Hotel & Convention Center - Orlando FL
At exactly 2:02 p.m. on 2/2/2002, the $450 million Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center near Orlando, Florida opened it's doors. The series of twos in the date and time represent the second resort construction project by parent company Gaylord Entertainment. The first resort, The Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville opened in 1996 and hosted the NSCA Expo in April 1999. more »
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Click the above image for more pictures.Mandalay Bay Convention Center
The Mandalay Bay Convention Center was developed to capture a large share of the expanding Las Vegas convention business by providing the highest level of operational technology. The facility is geared toward supporting dozens of simultaneous functions made possible through the use of cool technology advised by TechSpa's consultation services. more »
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Click the above image for more pictures.Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival Cruise Lines is a British-American owned cruise line, based in the Doral suburb of Miami, Florida in the United States. Originally an independent company founded in 1972 by Ted Arison, the company is now one of eleven cruise ship brands owned and operated by Carnival Corporation & PLC.
Carnival Cruise Lines is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment. In order to maintain such caliber they understand the need to continuously update to the newest technology.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Bryce Jordan Center
Bryce Jordan Center is a multi-purpose arena in University Park, Pennsylvania. The arena is the largest type of such venue between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. It replaced Rec Hall as the home to the Penn State University men's and women's basketball team. It also hosts to a number of events such as music concerts, circuses, and commencement ceremonies for colleges within the university. The arena is named after former Penn State University president Bryce Jordan who was significant in obtaining the funding needed to build the arena. The arena is associated with the Arena Network, an association of major marketing and scheduling group of 38 North American arenas. more »
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Click the above image for more pictures.Education
The union of technology in the classroom is creating a change in the way you engage with students. We work with you so you can apply academic criteria toward the development of SMART classrooms. Some of the components of this technology are VCR, DVD, microphone, wireless radio frequency mouse and keyboard, a permanently mounted PC, and a laptop port. SMART classrooms convey all the latest technology and teaching aids collectively in a setting that is not only engaging for students, but also user friendly for the end user.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Heathrow Airport
London Heathrow Airport or is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom. Boasting it's status as the fourth busiest airport in the world, Heathrow handles more international passengers than any other airport in the world. With several ConrolMatrix and MediaMatrix systems configured for automatic redundant failover, the airport calls on TechSpa for maintaining and updating the system. Together with on-going maintenance services, TechSpa works with the maintenance crew and officials to configure and update the hardware, custom software, DSP, paging and network infrastructure.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Lucas Oil Stadium
Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The stadium celebrated its grand opening on August 24, 2008,[5] in a game against the Buffalo Bills and its ribbon-cutting ceremony August 16, 2008. It replaced the RCA Dome as the home field of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. The stadium was built to accommodate for the expansion of the Indiana Convention Center. The stadium is scheduled to host Super Bowl XLVI in 2012.
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Click the above image for more pictures.St. James Cathedral
As the first MediaMatrix installation in the country, TechSpa is proud to support the St. James Cathedral and staff. Providing end user training, incremental upgrades and technical support when needed, TechSpa has helped the St James Cathedral provide flawless speech reproduction for many years. By utilizing precise microphone and speaker placement, consistent time alignment along multiple converging paths and automatic mixing between multiple sources, intelligibility in a highly reverberant space is achieved with no stress.
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Click the above image for more pictures.First Unitarian Church of Orlando
When the First Unitarian Church of Orlando needed a web site to support hundreds of members, visitors and events with thousands of articles they called TechSpa. We built a scalable site that allows members to login and use resources to submit articles, events and pictures. Editors are notified and can approve or edit submitted articles quickly and easily all from a web portal specially designed for their use. Using these and many more features, the First Unitarian Church of Orlando was able to expand past a single webmaster to a group of web editors (committee chairs) all able to publish articles simultaneously without stepping on each other's toes.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Sloan-Kettering
The Sloan-Kettering Memorial Cancer uses the latest in technology for Cancer research and treatment. The digital audio systems have to be supportive without being inhibitive. While TechSpa's DSP programming and control system integration of the surgery center wasn't the most complex project we've done, it's the closest we've gotten to brain surgery.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente represents one of the largest health care consortiums in the world. While they are experts in health care, they called on TechSpa (the Paging System experts) to program and comission a Peavey ControlMatrix system.
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Click the above image for more pictures.International Space Station
How many programmers do you know that have helped trained Astronauts living in outer space? When NASA commissioned specialized DSP, Control and custom software to drive the communications for the International Space Station simulators in Houston TX, they called on TechSpa. We help build a system networking together communications packs, wireless and ad-hoc conferencing with instructors and operators to provide a training ground exactly like it's better known counter part (but without the ground).
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Click the above image for more pictures.Wynn Las Vegas
A shining icon against the fameous las vegas skyline; the Wynn hotel, casino and convention center is one of the most luxurious places to experience relaxing technology. Using real time analysis of ambient energy, the audio system in the casino is always at the perfect volume. Coupled with precision Crestron control of all aspects of the system and riding on one of the largest CobraNet infrastructures in North America, this resort boast immersive audio from any location.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Orange County Convention Center
Located in beautiful Orlando Florida, the Orange County Convention Center is home to some of the largest trade shows in the nation. When the North/South building was constructed, MediaMatrix DSP, AMX wall panels and QSC amplifiers were chosen. To control the hundreds of network (and RS-485) nodes, and allow 'any to any' room combining, an advanced map based control interface was developed from the ground up. Using the custom built application, the system technicians are able to route background music, tie lines, monitor amplifiers, save room and facility presets and even customize paging panel room assignments and functions for rental purposes.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Makalapa Briefing Room
When the commander and chief of the pacific fleet wants to hold a meeting, the room better be ready. With different operational modes for classified and unclassified information, the audio and control system provides seemless voice lift, teleconferencing and echo cancellations with the help of a mix minus system driven by MediaMatrix and AMX.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Montreal Congress Center
In Canada, they take their convention center audio seriously. In Montreal, they don't even fool around with audio snakes and analog cables - they do it digital. This unique convention center boasts the capacity to patch in rooms from any number of locations with incredible flexibility through the use of several MediaMatrix mainframes for room combining. Signals are fed in and out of the mainframes from CobraNet but instead of installing the CABs in closets throughout the facility, they brought the Ethernet jacks right to the meeting room. Portable racks are then used as break in and break out boxes in each room to get audio to/from the mainframes os straight to another break in/out rack. Truely a unique approach to this demanding market.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Altlantis
The Atlantis hotel, convention center and resort located in Nassau, Bahamas is one of the most iconic buildings in the world. With over 200 meeting rooms and acre upon acre of themed environments, TechSpa was called in to provide complete end to end programming solutions. From the hundreds of Crestron control panels to the network transporting dozens of CobraNet bundles to and from many MediaMatrix NION DSP processors, the approach was simple, flexible and relaxing.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Strathmore Concert Hall
Located in North Bethesda, Maryland the Strathmore provides affordable, accessible, multi-disciplinary arts programming in the Mansion at Strathmore, the Music Center at Strathmore, and on its scenic 11-acre site. Using a MediaMatrix system and state of the art technologies for controlling room acoustics, this facility is as functional as it is beautiful. TechSpa provided training and manufacturer certification for the operating staff to allow them to make the best use of the technology in their everyday operations.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Drury University - O'Reily Family Event Center
The O’Reilly Family Event Center in Springfield MO is “a sports arena that
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Click the above image for more pictures.Harvard Business School
Founded in 1908, HBS was originally located in Harvard Yard. The present campus, with its stately Georgian buildings following the gentle curve on the Boston side of the Charles River, was dedicated in June of 1927. The firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, designers of New York's Central Park and Boston's "Emerald Necklace" system of parks, designed the landscaping.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Bloomberg
In 1981 Bloomberg started out with one core belief: that bringing transparency to capital markets through access to information could increase capital flows, produce economic growth and jobs, and significantly reduce the cost of doing business.
Together with TechSpa, Bloomberg has built on that foundation and even built an audio system with the same belief. Using DSP along with custom TechSpa provided middleware, the audio systems in the NY Bloomberg offices can receive pages from any other Bloomberg office in the world all via the internet. Tight integration of Noise Masking, Ambient Level control, video conferencing and advanced paging capabilities provides the office complex just the right control. -
Click the above image for more pictures.Johnson Controls
In 1885, Warren Johnson inspired the future, launching an industry focused on energy efficiency and a company poised to explore new ideas and enter new fields. This foundation has ignited the customer-focused innovation of thousands of employees for 125 years.
Johnson controls and TechSpa have been working together as valued partners for several years to help extend technologies and provide audio and control systems that exceed expectations. -
Click the above image for more pictures.Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson has brought the world new ideas and products that have transformed human health and well-being. As a founding sponsor, Johnson & Johnson helped launch the United States’ first free mobile health service, providing health information via text.
In their offices, Johnson & Johnson relied on TechSpa to develop one of the most dynamic and exicting office spaces. DSP and Control systems are utilized to reserve rooms, control ambiance and even help mock up store displays to measure consumer impact to deliver one of the most technology centric (and easy to use) but yet relaxing environments (if we do say so ourselves). -
Click the above image for more pictures.Universal Studios Orlando
Universal Orlando Resort is a theme park resort in Orlando, Florida. Supporting two theme parks, Universal CityWalk (a night-time entertainment destination) and several resort style hotels, Universal relies on TechSpa for technical consultation, integration of new technologies and maintaining the training level of the operating staff and crew.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum maintains the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world. It is also a vital center for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and space flight, as well as planetary science and terrestrial geology and geophysics.
Not so well known is the Museum's stellar approach to audio technology. Using a DSP based audio system with real time monitoring and control of all aspects of the signal path, including the amplifiers - the system at the museum is one of the first fully supervised systems of it's kind. -
Click the above image for more pictures.Isle of Capri at Pompano Park
The Isle Casino & Racing at Florida's Pompano Park boasts a casino, poker room, water feature and entertainment stage. Controlled by MediaMatrix NION processors with Crestron control, it was the first (and largest) installation of Magenta's Mondo Matrix video switcher technology. TechSpa is proud to provide programming and on-going support through several renovations to keep the facility running flawlessly.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Rivers Casino Pittsburgh
With it's grand opening in August 2009, the Rivers Casino (originally the Majestic Star Casino) is located in Pittsburgh's Chateau neighborhood along the Ohio River and adjacent to the Carnegie Science Center.
Using MediaMatrix DSP along with a Crestron Control system, the casino, entertainment venues, restaurants and other areas are fully controlled and calibrated for a top notch gaming experience. With programming for all systems provided by TechSpa, the operating staff has the ability to control all aspects of the facility quickly and easily. -
Click the above image for more pictures.Highland Park Conservative Temple
In 2010, almost four years after a massive fire, Highland Park Conservative Temple-Congregation Anshe Emeth dedicated the refurbished facility. After the August 2006 fire, the congregation began its $4.5 million Livnot (“To Build”) campaign, which has allowed it to include long dreamed-about improvements, including an expanded sanctuary and legendary TechSpa 'ease of use' programming for the audio system which controls all aspects of the audio throughout the facility.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Central Region Psychiatric Hospital
This state of the art facility supports the direction of patient treatment to the highest level of psychiatric care for the central region of North Carolina. This psychiatric hospital complex consist of a 460,000 sf psychiatric facility, 10,000 sf central energy plant, and 16,000 sf of landscape building.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Sands Casino
Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem is a casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States.
The casino is owned, operated, and constructed by the Las Vegas Sands corporation. It is one of five stand-alone casinos that was awarded a slots license by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on December 20, 2006. The casino was slated to open in July 2008, but demolition took longer than expected due to the heavy concrete foundations of the old Steel building.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Rivers Casino Chicagoland
The Rivers Casino, the state’s 10th and possibly final casino is located on about 20 acres at the corner of Des Plaines River Road and Devon Avenue. 150,000 square feet of casino awesomeness located just 16 miles from downtown Chicago.
The name represents the location of the casino near the Des Plaines River, as well as the “green” elements incorporated in its construction. It may be the first casino in the country to receive Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design recognition.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Florida House of Represenatives
When the Florida House of Representatives is in session, the DSP and control systems get a workout. TechSpa is periodicatlly called in for general checkups, tuneups and backup maintenance to help prevent outages. To keep these systems performing at their best, archives and hot swappable components are kept on hand and maintained by the in-house (pun intended) staff. When they are not busy running 'the show' using the extra large tablet control surface, the full self sufficient staff (armed with expert training and certification also provided by TechSpa) keeps busy by tweaking settings and talking politics.
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Click the above image for more pictures.Canadian House of Commons
The Canadian House of Commons system is as impressive a system as the building is beautiful. From the microphones, DSP system, control system and on through to the network backbone and switches, the system functionally performs as two seperate systems. Two systems, that is that run perfectly in tandem and share the load between themselves. If a problem ever occurs (which is never) or one of the systems is taken down for maintenance, the other shoulders the burden seemlessly so audio is never dropped. Other systems have begun using similiar models based on the success of this system.
