As the novel coronavirus sweeps the country, companies are implementing business processes to meet local, regional and federal standards for monitoring COVID-19 in our communities. COVID-19 has presented challenges to all of our businesses over the past few months, and PCD is now offering a no contact solution to some of the local mandates – something to make your employees and customers feel safe while maintaining the health of everyone in your business.
In today’s competitive world it is always imperative to be at peak operating capacity. This includes an audio / visual system that is used for live meetings, virtual meetings, client presentations, and more. A PCD installation does not only include a Warranty but also the ability to have your system maintained on a regular basis. The Maintenance Frequency can be set anywhere from once a month to once a year, whatever fits your circumstances best.
Throughout the northern California bay area, PCD has provided innovative solutions for surround sound systems in a variety of markets. PCD can design-build and implement audio coverage throughout your space whether it is indoor, outdoor or a combination of overlapping zones. Our system installs will not only complement your surroundings, they will enhance your Brand image.
Have you ever been to a restaurant that was so loud you couldn’t hear the person sitting next to you? Gives you a headache just thinking about it, right? You probably ended up talking even louder to hear each other thereby adding even more noise to the room. The problem is easy to define – bad Acoustics… but what’s the solution?
PCD offers Digital Signage installations to wow your customers and keep your brand presence memorable. Clients, customers, and employees will be impressed by the high tech options you are able to provide utilizing the latest digital signage technology.
We all know that there are great advantages to maintaining our audio / visual systems, especially when a breakdown or failure occurs. Similar to our To Do lists of projects around the house, or the maintenance we need on our car, it always seems we are just too busy to bring an AV Tech in to repair the “small things” and test and calibrate a system so that it is performing at its best.
Through the public Request for Proposals (RFP) process, PCD was selected to do a complete design-build upgrade of the outdated AV system at the City of Santa Rosa’s Utilities Field Office location. The UFO office serves as the broadcast location for City meetings, a training center for City employees including Police and Fire, and serves as the Emergency Operations Center when necessary.
Adapting an AV system to fit the acoustics of an existing historical church can be a challenge. PCD specializes in retrofits of this nature and will do a site visit with your staff to assess the needs of your church spaces. Acoustics in older buildings have an impact on the quality of the sound. Without compromising the façade of your building inside or out, PCD can redesign a room that has flat or echoing sound to have well thought out acoustics so your presentation will reach every person in the audience. A well designed sound system with carefully placed loudspeakers is unobtrusive yet provides excellent acoustics to the entire space. Let us help you provide incredible sound quality for every presenter, choir voice, and musical instrument. PCD can help the impact of your message travel to all corners of the room with the correct system.
PCD provides audio video design and installation to hospitality venues across northern California. Whether it’s hotels, restaurants, casinos, or other hospitality service providers, we know that delivering a smooth, functional AV experience is a key part of making customers happy and developing repeat business. Consumers today spend much of their free time using the latest gadgets and connecting to Wi-Fi or smart devices whenever they travel. PCD’s team can make sure your customer experience remains seamless with our design-build solutions, troubleshooting any problems on site, and even incorporating Audio Visual as a Service (AvaaS) for better budgeting of your cash flow.
In 2014, funding was approved by Sonoma County voters for the Santa Rosa Junior College District to utilize Measure H tax bonds for $410 million in upgrades and renovations to SRJC campus buildings over the next decade. Included in the funding was $30 million for the Burbank Auditorium to be completely renovated. The auditorium itself was 77 years-old and in need of significant repair to enhance the space including improving vantage points for the audience and implement ADA upgrades throughout the facility. As a local historical building, the exterior of the building was to remain intact through the construction process.
Starting in 2012, the San Mateo Union High School District (SMUHSD) contracted for renovations at six campuses including refreshing eight theaters. PCD was successful in being awarded some of the projects as a part of the capital construction contracts.
When PCD completes a theater or sound reinforcement project that will be used with the expectation of very high-quality frequency response, outstanding coverage pattern and making sure that every person in the audience can hear the performance and not the reflections of the room’s acoustics as best as can be done with the equipment and the treatment in the room. To do this, PCD employs the software of Rational Acoustics SMAART.
A career at PCD offers you the opportunity to join the IBEW and reap its many benefits year after year. In addition to earning a living wage and a great benefits package, here are the top five reasons why joining the team will mean a better future for you and your family:
As the world leader in speech privacy technology, AtlasIED offers a full array of sound masking solutions that can be deployed in any installation where speech privacy is critical. A sound masking system emits low-level, non-distracting masking noise specifically tuned and designed to reduce ambient speech and thereby improve speech privacy. This improvement in speech privacy can be of great value in open-plan offices, doctors’ examination rooms and other environments where confidentiality is important. Sound masking can also reduce the distraction caused by traffic, office machinery and other unwanted sounds. Because this benefit is limited to situations where the unwanted sounds are of relatively low level, however, speech privacy is the focus of most sound masking systems.
Over the years PCD has installed numerous Audio / Video systems for a variety of customers and applications. With AV technology changing rapidly year after year, systems can become outdated within a 3 to 5 year period. Let PCD take the headache out of owning, maintaining and disposing of your old equipment with AVaaS, Audio Video as a Service.
LED video walls are at the forefront of audio visual technology and have evolved quickly over the past few years. High-definition displays of all sizes have become focal points in a variety of markets including schools and auditoriums, corporate boardrooms, huddle rooms, performing arts centers, government buildings, hotels and spas, and houses of worship.
Anticipating the beginning of a new year, we generally think about what we hope the year will bring to us. Meeting new people, completing exciting projects and making a difference for our clients.
PETALUMA, Calif., Nov. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- FrontRow expands their award-winning networkable classroom AV system with ezRoom Trio, an all-in-one solution that adds the convenience of a built-in speaker array that provides superior voice and media amplification. When combined with Conductor™, ezRoom Trio allows campus-wide communications, emergency alerts, bells, and paging. Each ezRoom Trio is custom built with multiple options to support a school's specific needs. The ezRoom Trio has two versions, the Trio and the Trio Alert, which includes a high power, multi-color LED beacon that provides visual notification for audio events and emergency alerts to students and teachers.
Huddle rooms, aka small conference rooms equipped with AV equipment, have grown popular in the past few years. They offer greater flexibility for impromptu meetings, are less expensive than large Boardrooms, and allow for interactive communication among teams. Some common huddle room AV solutions include a computer monitor or TV, and a camera with a microphone. There may be other equipment as well, depending on the company’s needs, including computers, phones, or media players. PCD recently completed various Huddle Room installations including one at the corporate offices of Covia and Traditional Medicinals.
PCD’s AVaaS program provides you with a working Audio Video system that is regularly maintained by trained and certified PCD staff. The preventative maintenance aspect of AVaaS allows flexibility for system upgrades as AV technology continues to improve through the years.
