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Background
Nine The Esplanade is a newly completed commercial tower in Perth's Elizabeth Quay precinct, developed by Multiplex, offering A-Grade office space with sweeping river views.
As part of its tenancy, coworking provider Hub Australia planned a 15-seat boardroom that had to handle everything from investor briefings to routine video calls. Everett-Smith & Co. brought FocusAV in to design and deliver the audiovisual package.
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The challenge
The room had to work for people around the table and people on a screen, without adding a layer of complexity for whoever walked in first. Picture, sound and connectivity all needed to be reliable on the first attempt, every time — a boardroom that takes ten minutes to start a call is not a boardroom that gets booked.
The equipment also had to disappear into a deliberately clean interior, and the whole package had to land inside the building's handover dates. New-build programmes don't move.
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The solution
An 86-inch Philips Q-Series 4K display sits on a slim pop-out mount, paired with a Logitech Rally Bar and three ceiling-mounted Rally Mic Pods so voice pickup covers the full 15-seat table rather than the near end of it. A Tap IP touch panel gives one-touch control.
Crestron DM Lite transmitters and receivers with Icron USB extenders manage the cabled inputs, and an AirMedia 3200 gateway handles wireless sharing. Whatever laptop or device someone arrives with, it connects — cabled or wireless, without a drawer of adaptors.
Every element was chosen to sit within the room's finish rather than on top of it, which is why the display mount and the microphone placement were worked out alongside the interior rather than after it.
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The outcome
Meetings start in seconds. Remote participants hear and see the room clearly, and the hardware sits neatly within the minimalist fit-out rather than fighting it.
Early coordination with Hub Australia and Everett-Smith & Co. meant cable routes, mounting points and programming were resolved ahead of installation, so the on-site time went into tuning the room rather than solving problems. The project finished on programme and Hub Australia welcomed members on the building's opening day.
