Is there Audiovisual?

Listen, we need to talk. It’s not that we are upset. We just can’t understand why an integrated component to any finished space is left to last.

You’ve seen it before. Your client’s project systematically coming to life as each trade is provided designs, time, notice and scheduling to accommodate the specific order of completion. Then comes the furniture, the interior design work and “Ta-Da.” (insert sparkle magic sound here). Hands are shaken, congratulations and back patting all around. And then ”UH OH, here come the AV guys.” Ceiling tiles out, drywall dust up, electrical outlets moved and the cleaners stand in shock as all of their hard work becomes slowly undone by this late edition of Audiovisual.

It’s not that we plan it this way. Honest! It’s a common oversight, one that rears it ugly head too often for our liking. We get caught in the middle of a General Contractor trying to handover a project, while the client has brought us in late to the races. This my friend is what we are here to talk about.

I’m here to talk to you, Architects, Interior Designers, Electrical Engineers, IT and yes even you General Contractors. See, you have an advantage at times. You are at the forefront of a project with a client and the opportunity is in front of you to ask ahead. Is there Audiovisual? Those four words can save you a headache of dismantling, relocating, messing AND save your schedule. Those four words, “Is there Audiovisual?” can save the client a list of grief but more specifically it can save them costly change orders, loose or exposed cabling, and can ensure outlets, cabinets, artwork, or furniture are all in the right place once the dust has settled.

Like you, we love a beautiful space, we love a functioning work room, a productive classroom, an interactive boardroom and we like them done right. This means collaboration between all parties to really reach a point of true perfection.

We aren’t asking you to determine the clients needs, create an AV design and off you go. That is exactly what we are here for. Use us, use our services. We love to play nice with others.

How does it work?

Keep us in your back pocket. Ask the question to your client, “Is there Audiovisual?” If it’s a yes, then get us involved, and we will do the dirty work.

When you take the opportunity to work with a company like ours, we begin with the client consultation or “fact finding,” as we like to call it. We will provide a complete set of drawings, this includes plan views and elevation drawings for the builders to include and be aware of any products coming in that they may not have otherwise known about. Once we’ve started, we manage ourselves. Our Project Managers will work closely with you to stay on schedule and keep communication with all necessary parties. We can provide all the information required to make sure that when the space is complete, and the handover occurs, your client will get to move into a beautiful, finished, fully functioning space.

So all we ask is that the next time you are designing, engineering, planning or running a project and you have the opportunity, ask “ Is there Audiovisual?” and then get us involved. The sooner the better.