Working with Systems Integration and Design firm, The Systems Group, was engaged by the Qatar Foundation to work with Northwestern University to design and project manage the construction of a major new school of Media and Journalism in Doha, Qatar.

This new facility, to be the largest of its kind in the region, incorporated both film and television production, and encompassed three dedicated studios, two production-equipped general purpose spaces, three production control rooms, numerous video and audio post rooms, a large screening theater, a smaller screening room, a full news room studio and edit, satellite facilities, all supported by a centralized media asset management infrastructure.

This effort included performing a full needs analysys of the Universtity programmatic requirements, production/operational process mapping, evaluation of available production tools, and ultimately execution of a full electronic system design.

Following the design phase, a full Request-for-Proposal and Technical Specifications was prepared and submitted to prospective Integration and Installation firms, after which a review and evaluation of received bids was performed..

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