| THORBURN ASSOCIATES INC. Acoustic and Technology Consultants 15 Years of Designing Quality Environments eNewsletter |
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| April 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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| Thorburn Associates Celebrates 15 Years! | |||||||||||||||
| 15 years ago, the price of gas was $1.12, Boyz to Men’s “End of the Road” was #1 on the radio charts, Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven had just come out and Thorburn Associates was born in a garage. "TA’s longevity and the work we’ve produced is a testament to the dedication and hard work of the people involved," said Lisa Thorburn, President and co-founder of TA. “We are still moving forward, forging a path that sets us apart. We are, at our roots, traditionalists with a good dose of our mid-west upbringings that demand high standards. Our engineers and staff are energetic and inject vitality and creativity. It’s a wonderful mix that works beautifully.” Considering trends in demographics of the acoustical and technical industries: “I see the future bringing TA more medical, retirement and recreation facilities for baby-boomers; there is an increase in corporate awareness that to compete is to compete globally with technology, such as real-time video presence between locations; and houses of worship seem to cycle around every five to seven years,” says Steve Thorburn, co-founder and Director of Engineering and Design at TA. TA continues to add key people and expand their client list. “We’ve come a long way since those early days in the garage,” Lisa Thorburn says. “I appreciate our fantastic employees and thank all our clients.” Adding services that made sense for the client prompted the addition of:
TA was built on the belief that education is the foundation and the future. We are proud of the past fifteen years and the nearly 6,000 hours spent teaching at industry events. Looking back, Steve and Lisa credit TA’s success to their passion and commitment to the industry as well as their vision, from the beginning, of a company structured for growth and adaptation. We still seek, we continue to wonder and we anticipate future adventures. |
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| Upcoming Industry Events | |||||||||||||||
| Attending National Association of Broadcasters’ Conference on April 17-19 in Las Vegas, NV. Exhibiting at AIA National in San Antonio, TX, May 3-5, booth #11106. Instructing 20 hours at InfoComm International in Anaheim, CA June 19-2. As always, it is our goal to make sure that Thorburn Associates is your single point of contact for all your Acoustical and Technology Design services. If you have an idea, question or suggestion, please drop us a note at TA@TA-Inc.com.
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| TA Project Highlight: Bartlett High School | |||||||||||||||
Bartlett High School has a multi-function auditorium that doubles as a public venue for Performing Arts in Anchorage, Alaska. Designed and built on a high school budget, this theatre, “rivals that of the Anchorage Performance Arts Center,” said Jack Thomasen, an early visitor to the space. Thorburn Associates’ involvement in the project included:
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| Product Perusal: Fire-Rated Back Boxes | |||||||||||||||
Back boxes have long been available for small applications such as loudspeakers, recessed lights or electrical boxes. They provide a fire-rated casing to separate these items from the insulation within a wall. Now you can get a back box big enough for a Plasma, LCD or TV screen. The result is that the front of the display is almost flush with the wall. The screen can then be framed or covered to give the illusion that the display is actually art. The recessed box contains the display mount and the power and signal boxes. The back boxes serve several benefits:
Copyright 2007 |
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