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Start Early: AV Design Solutions

A great project starts with a great design.

Don’t let your technology investments be an afterthought. Involve Ford AV’s audio, video, IT, and security technology experts from the beginning. Ford’s experienced Design/Build Team can provide early recommendations that help avoid costly last-minute changes, ensuring your project is a success from the start. AV, network, and security technology require construction design integration, just like the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing.

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BENEFITS

Accurate Technology Related Information
Fewer Change Orders
Owner’s Expectations Are Known, Managed, and Realized
The Right Questions Are Asked and Answered During Design/Development
Minimize Errors By Addressing Space, Power, Structural Requirements As Well As Controlling Potential Conflicts With HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, and Other Project Disciplines

DESIGN

Don’t let your technology investments be an afterthought. Involve Ford AV’s audio, video, IT, and security technology experts from the beginning. Ford AV’s experienced Design/Build Team can provide early recommendations that will help avoid costly last-minute changes, ensuring your project is a success from the start.

EVALUATE

Inviting Ford AV engineers to early design meetings provides opportunities to collaborate with the project architects, interior designers, engineers, and more, to assess and make recommendations on essential aspects of the audio, video, network, and security system. Ford AV engineers can study and assess your early plans, workflow, and existing technology, and provide recommendations that contain critical system design information.

DELIVER

Ford AV system engineers deliver critical information to the project design team. These deliverables help reflect an accurate scope of work and ensure your systems reach their full potential. Engineers provide noise criteria recommendations, acoustical recommendations, conduit plans, millwork specifications, BIM design, 3D photo rendering, system device mounting details, space requirements designation, budgetary proposals, electrical requirements, and BTU/hr heat loads.

REALIZE

Everyone wants a smooth project experience, and that starts with accurate information BEFORE documents are complete, and construction begins. By securing early AV design analysis, you ensure accurate technology-related information, fewer change orders, expectations are known, managed, and realized, and the right questions are asked and answered during design/development.

BUILD

Time to bring the dream to life. Rest easy knowing you will not run into costly last-minute changes. The Design/Build Team assigned to your project will stay involved to oversee the installation to your complete satisfaction. Once the installation is complete, Ford AV support staff will have all the information they need to provide world-class quality service for years to come.