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Istana Negara Jalan Duta Entrance

The Malaysian government is building a new palace Istana Negara in Jalan Duta. This new palace will replace the existing Istana Negara that has been used as palace since 1928. Since this is the first time that the Malaysian government building a new palace they have put more emphasis in the design and architectural.

The new Istana Negara complex when finished will have a floor area of 75,000 sq metres, excluding the parking area, and will be divided into four wings. The new complex will comprise the palace building, supporting buildings, housing for palace staff, police, security office, mini army camp and a double-storey entrance from Jalan Duta and a parking area.

It is due to complete by February 2011.

Istana Negara In Progress

It was reported that the final cost to build the palace is at RM812 mil and Maya Maju Sdn Bhd has been appointed as the main contractor with the contract worth almost RM650 mil, while the building of an elevated highway to the main entrance of the palace is done by Ahmad Zaki Sdn Bhd at about RM130 mil.

There will be lots of architectural lighting and dimming system for the palace building. With new design to reflect Islamic and Malay architectural design the will be different lighting fixture interior and exterior. The design will have a good dimming system to create the moods and energy savings. The proposed dimming is to be centralized and control by 10 button control panel a different location.

It will be interesting to see the effect once the building is completed.

Unity College International (U.C.I) which provides international school courses has moved to their new building in Jalan 51A/223, near to Crystal Plaza PJ.  Their existing building in Bangunan Sri Kemajuan PKNS is already congested with many students. The new building which houses an Auditorium and a Multipurpose Hall and administration floor and tutorial classes is a 5 storey building.

AV Designs was asked to come out with sound system design and to provide audio visual system for the multipurpose hall and the Auditorium. Together with us and based on the UCI concept to have a clear sound and loaded with bass when need, we have come out with the design that the sound system in Multipurpose Hall will consist of high quality ceiling speakers for source playback and speeches for event like exhibition, student registration and exam hall. But should they would like to use the hall for prom night or dinner with dance nite then they will bring out the mobile sets which is powered Dynacord D-Lite 15” Subwoofer and the 12” satellite speaker sets.  The total output power is 2000W enough to rock the hall.

Menara Unity Auditorium

At the 5th Floor Auditorium which have a much higher room space then a permanent mounted EV Klub 15” Loudspeaker and 18” subwoofer was put there.  The sound has to be able to use for multimedia presentation and speeches.  A Sanyo LCD projector and motorized screen is mounted here.

The auditorium stage lighting consist of a number of profiles spotlight and and general parcan mouted on the fixed rigging. The lighting is enough to spot on the stage and they does want any fancy lighting as the stage will mainly use for seminar and presentation. The controller is by Zero 88 control desk and Zero 88 dimmer pack.

The artist impression of the Penang International Convention Centre

I come to know from the STAR Online that The Penang State Government is planning to build a new 6000 sq meter Penang International Convention Centre (PICC) and target to complete by Dec 2010. This is great. The estimate cost is about RM50mil.

But some people already question over the need to build such a convention centre in Penang.

The proposed new convention centre location is going to be within the current Penang International Sports Arena (Pisa) compound.  According to the source the centre will be able to cater for the MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) market. It can contain 500 banquet tables for dinner, 3,000 tables for seminars or 300 exhibition stalls for exhibitions.

It will be good to see this proposed Penang Convention Centre have the go ahead as it will benefit the Penang community, the northern people and it can attract other international exhibition to come here.

It will be good for the light and sound company as well.

Sources from The Star On Line
Open tender for RM50mil Convention Centre
Centre of dispute: RM50mil PICC project questioned

Panorama Hampshire

If you walk a long Jalan Ampang Kuala Lumpur you will notice a new 5 star Condominium is being built there. It is call Panorama at Persiaran Hampshire. Panorama Persiaran Hampshire comprises of two Blocks 33-story that consist of 223 apartment units with a built-up sizes of 592 sf to 1819 sf. The developer is Promatik Emas Sdn Bhd a joint venture between UOL Group Limited & General Corporation Berhad. The main contractor is Low Keng Huat Berhad.

Panorama Work In Progress

Artistic Controls has been awarded the project to supply and install Extra Low Voltage Packages which consist of CCTV, Apartment Intercom System, Guard Tour System, Barrier Gate, Public Address System and Card Access System. As this is high prestigious project a lot of attention is being put here to ensure the quality of work is maintenance. Targeted to complete the project is by March 2011.

Panorama is a 5 minutes walk from KLCC shopping center and is located behind Corus Hotel well within KLCC vicinity. It is rather secluded and with green surrounding it.  It is a low density units a freehold property a perfect home for exclusive individual to stay or investment. The existence of public infrastructures and shopping facilities like KLCC makes this condominium a very attractive one.

Adding to the Panorama’s plush layouts is the recreational facilities located on the seventh floor, comprising an infinity pool, outdoor Jacuzzi, play pool, rainforest shower, gym, function room, barbeque area, sun deck, and playground as well as steam and sauna rooms.

For more information www.panorama.com.my

An artist impression of space ship-like Calvary Convention Centre

What actually happen to the construction of the RM100 million Calvary Convention Centre (CCC) a futuristic looking Convention Centre at Bukit Jalil. The recent news of the problem and delay of the project has appeared in The Stars News Paper recently.

As an outsider we feel that the problem attached with the construction of the convention centre has received unfavorable attention. We love to see this beautiful Calvary Convention Centre completed. As a specialize Light and Sound company there are plenty of design opportunity to propose the stage lighting and sound system to the 5000 seat auditorium and other facilities.

A recent visit to the site at Bukit Jalil we noticed that the project has been temporary stop work and nothing happening there.

In 2006 Calvary Church announced that they have planned to build a new Calvary Convention Centre in Bukit Jalil and was supposed to have been completed by October 2009 but it is now left temporarily abandoned due to the stoppage of work by the Main Contractor since April this year. But recently there has been some financial dispute to the construction of the Calvary Convention Centre added to the delay.

If the project were to proceed as planned and when completed it will have a six-storey multiplex will have total built-up of about 600,000sq ft.

The convention centre will have a sub-dividable auditorium that seats 5,000, a stage with facilities for theatre and musical productions complete with a fly-tower and orchestra pit and backstage facilities that include dressing rooms, lounge, prayer hall and storage space. It will have state of the art audio-visual & multimedia equipment, recording studio, seminar rooms and workshop rooms.

Other components of the complex include educational facilities comprising lecture halls, childcare nursery, and libraries for adults and children.

Other features of the project are a banquet hall, a multi-purpose community and recreational hall, a cafeteria and bookshop, hostel and guest apartments. It will also have a three-level car park.

We are looking forward to the end of the internal problem and the beginning of the Calvary Convention Centre.

Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Putra

Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Seri Putra Primary School has recently been open for the new students intake. The AV System has to be easy to use as most of the time the teacher will have to operate it. For this Artistic Controls has been asked to supply and install the PA system, Ring Bell System and MATV System for the school building and AV System for the Multipurpose Hall.

With this in mind for the school building to have a good PA system for normal announcement and for emergency, we recommend to use the Amperes Public Address as they have complete PA equipment.  For the MATV we used the Ikusi MATV system. The Ring Bell system consists of 12 x 4” ring bell with ring bell panel and timer with DC power supply.

For the Multipurpose Hall AV System we were recommended to use the column speaker as distributed sound. So we installed 6 x Amperes 30W column speaker and backup by 2 x Amperes horn speakers. Since budget is an issue this system will still work as most of the time they use it for speeches during the assembly.  For that they use 2 x Mipro Wireless Microphone to avoid wiring on the stage. The equipment rack and sound mixer is located at the back of house. Cabling is done using Belden cable.

Artistic Controls finish the project on time and the most interesting part is to teach the teachers on how to operate the system. Surprisingly It was easy as they seen to have experience in operating them perhaps from their previous school.

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Bistro Paradiso Klana Resort Seremban

Recently Bistro Paradiso in Klana Resort Seremban has upgraded their sound system for the live sound and music. Bistro Paradiso is an entertainment hub where people can dine and enjoy their live band’s performances. So having good sound system is the important.  All this while they have been using rental equipment from outside as their existing system cannot cater for the live band.

After finalizing their AV contractor to provide cabling and equipment, Artistic Controls was asked to help up with the sound system equipment supply and installation. To start with we suggest them to add a pair of full range loudspeaker but maintain the subwoofer as it can be used. So we recommend them to use the 2 x EV Klub KS115 15” full range speaker with the EV Klub KSA800 amplifier to match the speaker.  We added a new Yamaha MG166CX sound mixer with Yamaha Q2031 equalizer and DBx 166XL Compressor Limiter to complete the system. Speaker cabling is new and the arrangement of the speaker and mixer has to redo for better coverage.

The Bistro Paradiso Stage Area

For the live band singer we introduce 2 x  Sennheiser ew135G2 wireless microphone on top of their existing vocal microphone. Some of the singer has their preferred microphone so we use the microphone as backup.

During the live band singing we tested the sound and it was quite good. The F&B manager added that not only having good sound system is important as it will attract more crowds and how true was that.

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