The Columbia Regional Airport (COU) is owned and operated by the City of Columbia, Missouri. COU is a…
The Columbia Regional Airport (COU) is owned and operated by the City of Columbia, Missouri. COU is a commercial passenger airport serving Columbia, Missouri. Located about 2 miles southeast of Columbia in Boone County, Missouri, it is the only commercial airport in Mid-Missouri and serves the state capital of Jefferson City.
This project entailed Phase 1 of a new terminal. AVANT ACOUSTICS designed the public address system and room acoustics for all public areas throughout the terminal, including the implementation of the MIZZOU fight song in the baggage claim area when passenger luggage arrives.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
Project Highlights:
AVANT ACOUSTICS collaborated with architects to design Columbia’s new terminal with the latest digital, network-centric paging system. New head-end and ambient noise-sensing equipment for processing paging announcements was provided as well as new, digital microphone paging stations throughout the terminal for initiating clear, intelligible announcements. Both live and prerecorded announcement capabilities, loudspeaker distribution systems, and interface with other systems were included.
Location: Columbia, MO
Facilities: Airport
Client: RS&H Architects
Designer: Edouard G. Charland, Emily Jaumard
Orlando International Airport was a military airport in it’s beginnings and opened as a regular pas…
Orlando International Airport was a military airport in it’s beginnings and opened as a regular passenger terminal in 1984. The Avant aviation design team recently worked on the South Terminal C. This terminal consists of the south terminal complex with gates 230–245 with a pre-security tramway connecting to Terminals A & B. AVANT design the paging system throughout and meshed it with the existing system for flawless consistency throughout the entire airport. MCO is managed by the Greater Orlando Airport Authority.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
Project Highlights:
Emily Jaumard was the project manager and acoustics design lead. One highlight was working on an international team of designers. Another was having the opportunity to collaborate in the creation of the major focal points of the new terminal, to enhance the “Orlando Experience”. Especially challenging was the central Palm Court because of its immense size shown in the picture above.
Location: Orlando, FL
Facilities: Airport
Client: C&S Engineers
Designer: Edouard G. Charland, Emily Jaumard, Robert Ledo
AVANT ACOUSTICS’ experience at Dulles International Airport includes the original Concourse B termi…
AVANT ACOUSTICS’ experience at Dulles International Airport includes the original Concourse B terminal and expansion projects (approximately 60 gates), as well as mobile lounge docks, a pedestrian walkback tunnel, and stations for automated trains used to transport passengers between the concourse and the Main Terminal. A series of sterile corridors and dedicated mobile lounge docks are used to transfer international passengers to the expanded International Arrivals Building. Most recently, paging system upgrades were designed and commissioned for the Concourse C/D terminals.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
Project Highlights:
The systems designed by AVANT for the airport include computer-controlled paging systems that provide software configured announcement routing (live and prerecorded) to the various loudspeaker zones in the airport. Large monitors are used to visually display graphics as well as text for prerecorded messages, synchronous with the corresponding audio announcements. Prerecorded announcements can also be heard and seen in multiple languages.
Location: Washington, DC
Facilities: Airport Expansion Projects
Client: Big Sky, Inc., HOK, PGAL, & Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
Designer: Edouard G. Charland
Wichita, Kansas, known as “the Air Capital of the World” because of its long history of aircraft …
Wichita, Kansas, known as “the Air Capital of the World” because of its long history of aircraft design and manufacturing, now has a terminal worthy of its heritage. With 12 gate holdrooms, ticketing and baggage claim halls and security screening areas, the new terminal is spacious, filled with light, and designed to evoke flight and aircraft design.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
Project Highlights:
Through a 10+ year design process, AVANT ACOUSTICS worked closely with the project architects and engineers to ensure a comfortable acoustical environment with an integrated audio and video paging system. The computer-controlled, network-based paging system meets current needs while allowing for future reconfiguration and expansion. Dedicated microphone paging stations and a system of ceiling-mounted loudspeakers provide intelligible announcements throughout the terminal.
The visual display of prerecorded general messages and flight announcements enable communication with deaf or hard of hearing passengers. Audio levels are adjusted automatically based on ambient noise sensors.
Location: Wichita, KS
Facilities: New Terminal Building
Client: HNTB
Designer: Edouard G. Charland
The new Terminal 3 at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport is a stand-alone 1.8 million square-f…
The new Terminal 3 at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport is a stand-alone 1.8 million square-foot building with ticketing, baggage claim, full CBP facility, and 14 departure gates. The terminal is connected to the existing D Gates Terminal via an automated people-moving system.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
Project Highlights:
The paging system is computer-controlled with network based audio transport, allowing for maximum flexibility and future expansion. The paging system interfaces with the automated people-moving system to prevent overlapping announcements and with the facility multi-user flight information display system (MUFIDS) for visual paging functions.
AVANT has also worked on paging system upgrades in existing LAS Terminal 1 buildings for the Department of Aviation.
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Facilities: New Terminal Facility
Client: PGAL
Designer: Edouard G. Charland
San Luis Obispo County Reginal Airport (SBP) has a new, 56,000-square-foot terminal, constructed for …
San Luis Obispo County Reginal Airport (SBP) has a new, 56,000-square-foot terminal, constructed for $39.5 million. With high ceilings, natural materials, and an outdoor courtyard that connects landside and airside buildings, the terminal conveys a strong sense of the regional landscape. The terminal includes ticketing and baggage claim lobbies, a central meet-and-greet lobby, security screening, the outdoor courtyard, and a separate gate holdroom building.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
Project Highlights:
AVANT ACOUSTICS worked with the project team early in the design to ensure that the paging system would coordinate with the aesthetics and function of the new terminal. AVANT designed a computer-controlled audio paging system that delivers clear sounding live and prerecorded announcements. Other features of the system include integrated background music, and automatic level adjustment based on ambient noise conditions. The system is easy to use and flexible to support possible future growth of the terminal.
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Facilities: New Terminal Building
Client: RS&H
Designer: Edouard G. Charland & Emily G. Jaumard
Central Terminal B at Sacramento International Airport includes a terminal building for ticketing, a …
Central Terminal B at Sacramento International Airport includes a terminal building for ticketing, a baggage claim and tenant spaces, and a separate concourse building for security screening with approximately 22 departure gates. The two buildings are connected via an automated people-moving system.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
Project Highlights:
AVANT ACOUSTICS’ design for the paging system utilizes a computer-controlled system with network based audio transport, allowing for maximum flexibility and future expansion.
The system interfaces with the fire alarm system to improve intelligibility of emergency announcements. AVANT also designed the system to interface with the automated people-moving system (to prevent overlapping announcements) and with the multi-user flight information display system (MUFIDS) for visual paging functions.
Architectural and aesthetic designs presented unique acoustical challenges for loudspeaker placement. Paging within the large ticketing lobby is addressed by using digitally-steered line array loudspeakers hidden inside the columns.
Location: Sacramento, CA
Facilities: Terminal and Concourse Paging Systems
Client: Catalyst Consulting Group, Security Consultant for Corgan Associates, Architect
Designer: Edouard G. Charland
