REPORT 029
Vocia’s networked architecture lent itself perfectly to the strict building regula- tions governing the entire renovation. The only wiring required was a highly flexible Cat5 cabling, which was easily worked through narrow cracks and spaces within the walls. Thanks to Vocia, the hotel now boasts a highly resilient, flexible audio system for background music and paging, which provides the flexibility and audio quality the hotel demands, along with an easy-to-manage, decentralised structure that complements the building’s highly protected status. “The restriction on drilling holes in the walls for our cables really forced us to think out of the box on our design proposal,” said Ric Burdge, Technical Manager at proAV. “Vocia’s network-based architecture and inherent flexibility made it the obvi- ous choice for the job. In some areas, we were pushing cables through cracks and loose cement, if we’d had to worry about more than one cable in each room we would have had real difficulty with the installation.” Burdge continued: “The joy of Vocia’s networked model is its simplicity. You simply plug all the components together using Cat5 cabling, configure the server soft- ware, and you’re in business. Not only did it make it much easier to install, given the restrictions on drilling holes for cable runs, we could also do all the configura- tion from one central location, with no need to run from one room to the next.” The tight building requirements meant that laying the cables alone took more than two months. While the cabling was installed, the proAV team built, configured and tested the Vocia system offsite, before installing the completed system and mount- ing the speakers. Thanks to Vocia, the Marriott Renaissance Hotel now has an audio system for the 21st century that perfectly complements the building’s Victorian heritage and protected status. It allows the hotel to provide its guests with a unique visual and audio experience, while giving staff the control and flexibility to transmit paging messages to specific locations as needed.
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