Harveys Casino "Party Zone", South Lake Tahoe, NV

Harveys Resort Hotel/Casino

For phase 1 of an ongoing project, our services included audio system design for the sports book/lounge area. Later phases will include video system design for the same area, which will alternately be used as a nightclub setting.

Kanesville Queen Riverboat Casino, Council Bluffs, IA

Harveys Resort Hotel/Casino

Audio system master plan and design for a 270-foot long riverboat casino which holds 1,700 guests. Developed concepts for cross selling, ambient volume control, control zones, paging requirements, and background music. The system is integrated into three gaming decks containing over 1,200 gaming stations and covering 26,000+ square feet. The 345 loudspeakers broadcast at different volume levels depending upon the noise level in each particular zone.

Harveys Casino, South Lake Tahoe, NV

Harveys Resort Hotel/Casino

Developed an audio system master plan and design which included a review of the existing system, detailed requirements for the new audio system, described the audio control system, and made recommendations for the most cost effective sequencing. Casino remained open and operated throughout all phases of the project.

ANA Hotel, San Francisco, CA

ANA Hotels San Francisco, Inc. and Coast Business Communications

Complete renovation of hotel, after purchase by new owners, including A/V system design and construction administration for the ballroom/conference center upgrade. System requirements included multiple head table locations, signal delay, microphones, background music, auxiliary inputs and ADA hearing assistance system. Hotel boardroom system requirements included speech and audio reproduction, slide, video, and computer graphics display.

Napa Valley Sheraton Inn, Napa, CA

Equitable Real Estate Investment

Evaluation of the Conference Center's audiovisual system. Provided recommendations for upgrading the existing system including presentation lighting, projection screens, room acoustics, speaker systems, etc.

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Sheraton, Boulder, CO

Backen Arrigoni & Ross

Acoustical design including audiovisual consulting for divisible ballroom and other hotel acoustical design issues.

Westin Plaza, Vail, CO

ROMA Design Group

Acoustic recommendations for a divisible ballroom and meeting rooms adjacent to each other.

Hotel Bellevue, San Francisco, CA

ROMA Design Group

Acoustical recommendations for historical hotel remodeling project.

Shoreline Convention and Conference Center, Mountain View, CA

Kaplan/McLaughlin/Diaz

Architectural and mechanical acoustical consulting for a large hotel/conference facility with audiovisual programming system design for a multi-room conferencing facility.

Shoreline Square Hotel, Los Angeles, CA

Pankow Building Services, Inc.

Site visit and recommendations for water pump noise control.

Westin at Stanford, Menlo Park, CA

Bull Volkmann Stockwell

Environmental noise measurements and report for a 350 room executive conference hotel located next to Interstate 280.

Courtyard by Marriott, Cupertino, CA

Marriott Corporation

Evaluation and recommendations for 148-unit hotels, each including a ballroom, action lounge, restaurant, and other public spaces.

Hotel Sofitel, Redwood City, CA

Pankow Building Services, Inc.

Acoustical recommendations to control the transfer of noise between guest rooms, elevators, and mechanical rooms for a 220,000 square foot, 324 room, nine-story hotel. Sound isolation recommendations were made to reduce aircraft noise within guest rooms.

Beresford Arms Hotel, San Francisco, CA

Beresford Corporation

Acoustical recommendations to reduce the transfer of elevator noise to guest rooms within a 100-unit historical hotel.

Woodfin Suites Hotel - USA, Newark, CA

Hardage Construction Corporation

Measurements and recommendations for sound isolation between adjacent suites for several motel/hotel designs.

Harrison Hotel, San Francisco, CA

Treffinger Walz & MacLeod

Recommendations for sound absorbent treatments for swimming pool enclosure, racquetball court, exercise area, guest rooms, dining area, and conference rooms.

Ramada Renaissance, Walnut Creek, CA

Jerry Loving Architect & Associates, Inc.

Traffic noise intrusion study, guest room acoustical privacy, and mechanical equipment noise and vibration control for luxury hotel situated next to Interstate 680.

Hotel 21 East, Chicago, IL

MWM Architects

Recommendations for a 20-story luxury hotel in downtown Chicago. Site visit to review mechanical system and architectural details. Tested party walls and corridor walls for conformance with design criteria. Recommendations for selection of audio system for suites.

Burlingame Marriott Hotel, Burlingame, CA

Marriott Corporation

This hotel is located 3,000 feet from the main runway at the San Francisco International Airport. Services included façade noise insulation, mechanical/sound insulation, party wall and floor/ceiling construction details, and kitchen noise control.

Spanish Bay Resort, Pebble Beach, CA

Pebble Beach Company

Provided sound isolation details, mechanical noise and vibration control methods, and architectural acoustic design for this 270 room luxury hotel. The facility includes a convention complex, ballrooms, dining areas, and retail spaces. Site visits were made during construction to oversee the implementation of the acoustical details.