The ‘Three Bridges Medium Secure Unit’ at St Bernard’s Hospital (Ealing) is a newly opened state of the art 80 bed hospital, providing modern therapeutic care for patients suffering with mental health conditions. The building, surrounded by a secure perimeter, contains a dental suite, primary health care treatment room and facilities to allow patients to engage in physical activity, along with classroom and video conferencing suites for use by the hospital staff. At the initial design stage building contractor Kier approached NAV with the opportunity to quote for the audio visual requirements within the hospital.

At the initial design stage building contractor Kier approached NAV with the opportunity to quote for the audio visual requirements within the hospital. NAV were delighted to be chosen by Kier as the Audio Visual installer to integrate the required Audio Visual system.

The AV integration involved a total of 24 rooms with a multitude of uses, including;

• Reception Areas
• Small & Large Classrooms
• Training Gym
• Family Visit Rooms
• Healthcare Suite

Additional rooms included a Tribunal Room, featuring dual displays with HDMI matrix switching, full video conferencing and an IR Induction loop system, and a large meeting room with an 80” display, HDMI matrix switching and a Cisco VC system.

To ensure the security & safety of staff and patients, five of the rooms featured TV’s installed behind transparent security panels to prevent access by patients. The displays can be controlled remotely by hospital staff using Extron wall-mounted controllers. Users can easily turn the displays on or off, along with the ability to change the TV channel and volume.

The new building construction required NAV to provide first and second fix services for cabling and connectivity, liaising with the building contractor as the project progressed, and at appropriate points in the construction phase the AV equipment was integrated into the completed areas. Full commissioning services were carried out to ensure that all elements of the system were fully functional and to meet the intended specification. 

Audio

Beyer BM42B Semi-Cardioid Microphones

Extron DMP128 Digital Audio Processors

Extron SM3 SpeedMount Speakers

Sennheiser IR Wall Mount Induction Loop & Necklette Receiver

Other

Extron Cable Cubbies

JM Lecterns 12U Rack cabinet

LG BP250 Blu-Ray player

Cisco Video Conferencing System