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The American Bankers Association (ABA), representing the $23.4 trillion banking industry, has moved to its new 87,000-square-foot headquarters in Washington, D.C.'s Dupont Circle neighborhood, boasting a cutting-edge audio-visual (AV) system designed and installed by New York-based TRITECH Communications.
The ABA's modern facilities include a spacious boardroom, two large conference rooms, ten medium, and nine small conference rooms, eleven huddle rooms, a staff lounge, and three coffee bars, each featuring advanced AV equipment.
Each large conference room is equipped with a pair of Samsung QB85R 85-inch displays, while the staff lounge and each coffee bar showcase a Samsung 65-inch monitor. The CEO's office is adorned with a Samsung QB65R 65-inch display. Huddle rooms, on the other hand, have a wall-mounted Samsung QB50R 50-inch flat panel display each.
The large boardroom and two large conference rooms are fitted with a Planar 109-inch LED video wall, an NEC NP-P605 6,000-lumen ceiling-mounted laser projector, and a Da-Lite Tensioned Advantage 110-inch motorized projection screen. These rooms are interconnected using networked AV-over-IP via a central headend located in the ABA's AV room, ensuring seamless communication during meetings.
Due to product shortages, Crestron provided an interim solution for these rooms until the specified equipment could be retrofitted in December 2023. The visitor reception area also features a similar setup housed in a cabinet under the TV.
TRITECH Communications, known for their work with JPMorgan Chase, Moody's Investor Service, and Brown Brothers Harriman, designed and installed a mesh network setup for end user cable TV stations in select but varying employee offices at ABA.
The ABA's Zoom-centric facility is reported to be working as planned, with few issues reported. The AV project started in December 2021 and was completed in November 2022, just in time for the move to the new headquarters.
However, the company responsible for the installation of the AV system in the new ABA headquarters in Washington, D.C. remains unidentified from the available search results.
The ABA employs approximately 2.1 million people, making this AV investment a significant step towards enhancing communication and collaboration within the organisation.
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