CE Pro November 2023 - 23

BEST BEFORE & AFTER/RETROFIT PROJECT | SILVER + BRONZE
Systems Design
& Installation
Atlantic Control
Technologies
Annapolis, Md.
Systems & Equipment
Nimble Field Team Overcomes
Tricky Infrastructure Issues
THIS CLIENT wanted
to downsize and
bought a high-end spec
home to better serve the
family's needs. Having
worked with the owners on
their previous residence,
Atlantic Control Technologies
took on their latest
home... which was already
about 80% completed.
" By the time our team
was brought in, wire had
already been run by the developer's
subcontractor, the
walls had been drywalled,
and final finishes were being
applied, " explains Atlantic
Control Technologies Owner
Steve Riley.
His firm was tasked with
supplying lighting control;
house-wide music, including
discreet solutions in formal
rooms; easy cable/streaming
app access from their 18
TVs; plus a home theater.
" By utilizing retrofit
options that mirrored the
functionality of our first
project together, we were
able to mimic the user
interface they were accustomed
to, " Riley adds. ACT
creatively repurposed many
Cat-5 runs for additional TV
locations, dropped cabling
from the attic, and manipulated
runs to provide
Crestron automation * LG,
Samsung displays * Sonance
speakers * Marantz & Sonos
audio electronics * DoorBird
door station * Lutron lighting
Strong mounts * AVPro
Edge, Binary infrastructure *
Wattbox power * CinemaTech
furnishings
adequate Wi-Fi, he notes.
For the theater, ACT
worked around structural
limitations to build a dynamic
space featuring a 150-inch
acoustically transparent
screen, 4K Barco projector,
7.2.4 sound using Bowers &
Wilkins speakers and JL Audio
subwoofers, and custom
CinemaTech seating.
Systems Design
& Installation
Audio Impact
San Diego, Calif.
BEFORE
Retrofit Job Passes Tough Tests with Flying Colors
An example came in the
THIS SAVANT-powered
smart home
doesn't hold back on any
technologies. The control
system integrates, with
operations simplified via the
Savant App, everything from
the massive Samsung The
Wall to video surveillance
cameras to lighting and
motorized window treatments
to outdoor pool, spa,
cepro.com
fireplace and firepit control.
Audio Impact also incorporated
Savant Power
smart systems to monitor
energy usage throughout
the home, as well as a 2N
intercom door station.
Because it was a retrofit
and had to pass permitting
and city inspections, certain
aspects were not allowed,
according to the integrator.
theater, where they had to
keep two exterior doors,
" not allowing the fabric to
fully cover this area and the
room had to be calibrated
to account for this, " notes
Audio Impact's Kyra Mitchell.
" Many rooms they wanted
custom hidden shade
pockets, but this required
the ceiling to be reframed
Systems & Equipment
Savant Automation * Lutron
lighting, keypads, shades
* Ketra, American Lighting
fixtures * 2N door stations *
FX Luminaire outdoor lighting
* Samsung 142 " The Wall *
Samsung Frame TVs * JBL,
James Loudspeaker, Revel,
Sonance, Monitor Audio
speakers * Torus, Panamax
power supplies
and drop the ceiling height
too much for dual shades,
so we did custom mounting
and custom valances to
conceal the shades. "
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COURTESY AUDIO IMPACT
ACT/JORGE TAPIA
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