Anaheim, California (May 17, 2022) - To support knowledge sharing goals, leaders at University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, tapped UNC AV Engineer Christopher Ferrer to design and install state-of-the-art AV systems in a comprehensive renovation of the fourth floor of the Burnett Womack Building on the Chapel Hill campus. Central to the project was creation of a 140-seat Surgical Education Center to connect UNC surgeons with their peers during weekly surgical grand rounds. The project also included new AV-enabled office spaces and conference rooms. Ferrer turned to pro integrator ClarkPowell for AV design and installation services. Extron was the vendor of choice for AV switching, distribution, and control systems.
“The Surgical Education Center, its videowall, and NAV AVoIP network tying all meeting spaces on the fourth floor together surpassed everyone’s expectations," says Christopher Ferrer, CTS-D / CTS-I, AV Engineer at University of North Carolina School of Medicine. "We couldn’t have done it without the aid of a company that was willing to embrace our design goals, train us, and support us, as Extron did throughout this project.”
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