Bayer installs AV infrastructure at its London headquarters that encourages collaboration and communication

The building has more than 60 common spaces where a wide range of AV devices have been installed, as NEC screens of different formats, Biamp collaboration systems and Cisco video conferencing systems. A complex infrastructure that is controlled by Crestron solutions.

The pharmaceutical company Bayer wanted its UK headquarters to be an environment where AV technologies prevailed and that reflected the company's way of working.. The solution should be able to connect within the infrastructure more than 400 devices, which will have meeting areas on each floor and a spacious room for presentations. Besides, It should be compatible with the systems already implemented to take advantage of existing resources.

Focus 21 collaborated with the consultant MiX Consultancy, responsible for design, to install an audiovisual system that allows the business of this subsidiary to be unified with the company's headquarters in Germany.

The building has more than 60 common spaces for presentations and meetings, each of them equipped with a control system Crestron (Central Control System) which is fully integrated into the Bayer network. Versatile areas whose technology facilitates the use of devices and reinforces the company's corporate image as an innovative organization driven by Life Science.

Each floor has different rooms in which different solutions have been installed that encourage collaboration and communication.. Entire AV installation is managed by Crestron Fusion RV, so that administrators can remotely manage this entire infrastructure in which IT and AV solutions merge.

The presentation areas have the Skype For Business solution and incorporate a Crestron Digital Media Multiform transmitter, the collaboration solution Biamp for conference rooms, a webcam Logitech PTZ and sound bar Innovox.

Images are displayed on LED screens. NEC. Displays have been installed in fifteen rooms. 46 inches, in three of 55, in three other 70 and in one has been implemented one of 80 inches.

The building also has a restaurant area to cater for business lunches or more formal occasions.. NEC screens have been installed here. 32 inches, as well as a Cisco videoconferencing system whose presentations are displayed on a NEC display of 46 inches. It also has a DLP projector Christie DWU851. This is controlled by a Creston DM Matrix 32 system×32 and a Dante audio network.

The Baylab Inspirational Space has been equipped with an NEC projector, a screen Draper of 109 inches, intended for presentations, and display stands SMART Kapp IQ Pro for interactive presentations, with multiple inputs controlled by a Creston panel allowing for both wired and wireless presentations.

The project has more than 400 endpoints integrated into Bayer's network extending from video endpoints, interfaces de VoIP, IPTV receivers, touch panels, central controllers and wireless receivers.