At first, there was one building from which the template was set and year later, two further buildings were brought to the same standard. These included several meeting rooms, which dependent on their size would have either a ceiling mounted projection system that would display laptop and resident PC onto a retractable electric screen, with audio supplied by a pair of ceiling recessed B&W speakers. If the room was smaller, then a wall mounted LED screen would be used. This was all to be controlled by an in wall 8 button panel.

In each building there were one or two key rooms that had twin sixty inch screens to display HD videoconferencing. These have the capability to host a multi-point call of up to four locations and to share PC presentations with the other end in the call. As these are twin screens they can view a PC presentation from others or display a number of combinations, which makes the call comfortable.

Having the displays designed correctly is vital as Serco’s expectations of the overall feel of the audio was arguably the most important element of a Video and audio conference call. As a result after a demonstration, the in table button mic system was chosen for solid audio pick up.

One of Serco’s requirements was to occasionally display fine figure work which would be a strain for the reader on the Plasma’s. To avoid this we installed a retractable projection system that can display any of the PC sources on to a 2500mm wide, electric recessed projection screen.

The complete system including the lighting, is controlled using a wireless, colour touch panel designed for complete ease of use so anyone can walk in and instantly use the room.

Due to the complexity of the design and the nature of the area, HP now have an all-important maintenance contract to ensure that it remains a flag ship of their product portfolio.