University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Lecture capture across campuses
We built the lecture capture that lets Booth record more than 35 classrooms at once and send them as far as London and Hong Kong.
Classrooms, meeting rooms, council chambers and auditoriums around Chicago get their AV from Pace.
Pace Systems builds AV for schools, colleges, cities and businesses, with professional audio quality from classrooms to theatres. Each job starts with a walk-through of your rooms, and we program every control panel ourselves, so the person running a room has one panel to learn and you have the files if it ever needs changing.
- Rooms
- Classrooms, lecture halls, meeting rooms, council chambers, auditoriums
- Platforms
- Crestron, Shure, Q-SYS, Extron, Biamp and more
- Finished
- When every line of a written acceptance checklist passes
- Handover
- Drawings, equipment list, serial numbers, programming files
- Reach
- Around Chicago
The rooms
Each room’s sound, cameras and controls match how it’s used.
Classrooms and lecture halls
We put in projectors or displays, ceiling microphones and cameras for lecture capture, with one control panel at the lectern so the person teaching can run the room from one place.
Meeting rooms and boardrooms
We set up Teams and Zoom rooms with the cameras, microphones and displays to match.
Council chambers
We install the microphones, cameras, displays and sound for the dais and the room, and program the panel that runs them.
Auditoriums, theatres and event spaces
We install the sound, the projection, the broadcast connections and the control room.
Signage and video walls
We put up lobby video walls and digital signage.
AV platforms
How long it takes
A small room usually takes two to four weeks.
A standard quote
1 to 2 days
A multi-room quote
5 to 10 days
A small room
2 to 4 weeks
An auditorium
8 to 16 weeks
The checklist
A room isn’t finished until every checklist line passes.
We go through our written acceptance checklist in each room, line by line, and anything that fails gets fixed before we call the room finished.
Once it passes, we hand over the closeout package, which has the as-built drawings, the equipment list, the serial numbers and the programming files in it.
Drawings
As-built, room by room
Equipment
Every item and its serial number
Programming
The files for every control panel
Cable and power
Each room’s cable and power go in with the equipment.
Our IBEW Local 134 electricians run them, so the cable, the power and the equipment come from one company. We configure and test the equipment in our shop in Naperville before it reaches your building, so that less of the work has to be done in your rooms.
After the install
Annual maintenance agreements give your critical rooms priority response.
After the install, we offer annual maintenance agreements with priority response for the rooms you name as critical. If a room stops working, you can call 630-395-2260 or write to our help desk at HelpDesk@pace-systems.com.
AV we’ve put in
Five customers around Chicago run their rooms on our AV.
At one of the universities, a single control room records more than 35 classrooms at once, on a high-definition, fiber-based head end that replaced a standard-definition analog backbone.
Northlight Theatre
An integrated AV system for a build-out
We designed and installed the theatre’s AV, with Martin Audio loudspeakers, Q-SYS, Shure microphones, intercom, video and control.
Norris University Center, Northwestern University
AV for an outdoor pavilion and a pub
We put outdoor sound, a 4K camera, wireless microphones, displays and Crestron control into both spaces, and Northwestern runs them as one system.
Northbrook Leisure Center
AV for a major renovation
We put the audio-visual systems into the renovated building while it kept serving its programs and visitors.
Connelly Electric
AV for a new multi-story office
We designed and installed the AV from the boardrooms to the eatery and reception.
Questions buyers ask
Questions buyers ask about AV
Does Pace program Crestron?
Yes, Crestron is the control system we install most, and we program each room’s touch panel ourselves and hand over the programming files when we’re done. We also install Shure, Q-SYS, Extron, Biamp and more.
Can Pace fit out a council chamber?
Yes, we install the microphones, cameras, displays and sound in council chambers and boardrooms around Chicago, and we check the room against a written acceptance checklist before we call it finished.
What do we get when the room is handed over?
You get the closeout package, which has the as-built drawings, the equipment list, the serial numbers and the programming files for every control panel, so you have a full record of what is in the room.
Can Pace do dozens of classrooms at once?
Yes, for School District U-46 in Elgin, we installed SMART Boards in about 110 rooms, and a lecture-capture control room we built records more than 35 classrooms at once.
How long does an AV job take?
A quote for standard equipment usually takes one to two days, and a multi-room quote takes five to ten. The work itself usually takes two to four weeks for a small room, and eight to sixteen for an auditorium.
An AV quote
Tell Pace about the rooms and how they’re used.
If you have floor plans, send those as well, and our AV team will arrange a walk-through and then send you the design and the quote.