The Short Version.

For over thirty years, I have helped clients as a consultant, designer and project manager of technical facilities for Broadcast, AV and Media Centric IT. I bring deep experience, flexibility and proven collaborative skills to every project I do.

The Long Version.

At Quarry House, we have a 30 year track record working with integrators, architects, universities, broadcasters, corporations, governments and ministries. Our list of projects runs into the thousands in that time. We consult, design, build budgets, write RFP’s, manage projects. If it’s part of a technical facility, we’ve done it.

 We have over 25 years of experience consulting, project managing and designing video systems for broadcasters, corporations, universities, ministries, government agencies and architectural firms.  Many of my projects were technology “firsts” in digital TV, HDTV and asset management.  Highly technical with a unique ability to effectively communicate high technology into something understandable to non-engineers, managers and academics, and to translate client needs to engineers and architects.

This is what sets us apart

We listen. We come to understand your vision, share it, help you develop it. Then we translate it to the people who ultimately build your project. In the case of media technologies like Broadcast and A/V, this means we work closely with architects, contractors and systems integrators.

We translate. Everyone who has a stake in your project has their own language. AV people, Broadcast people, IT people, contractors, architects, managers, all have their own way of speaking among themselves, and so many projects go awry not because of a lack of ability, but because of a lack of understanding. This means much of what we do is translate so everyone involved in the project understands.

We see the big picture. A good consultant has a lot of real life experience, and a lifetime of contacts in the industry.  When you have an idea, we can offer ideas, options, and examples. We can make your good ideas even better, then turn them into the right information so the builders of your dream can build it. That’s where the literally thousands of systems we’ve designed since 1991 come into play. If you are thinking it, we’ve likely done it.

We think.  If you want what everyone else has, you don’t need a consultant. If you want something exceptional, or something perfectly suited to your needs, you need a consultant. Don’t kid yourself that your consultant knows everything. None of us do. But we have done enough, seen enough, built enough that even when you are on doing something on the cutting edge, we can pull from our experience and contacts in the industry, and find solutions that are customized to your needs.

Surprise!

We save you money.  The ICIA, which is the professional certifying organization for systems integration, estimates that for every dollar spent on a good consultant, nearly three dollars are saved on the overall project costs. Think about it.

We save you frustration.  That money saved also means frustrations avoided. Less change orders on projects. Less “Uh-Oh’s”.  More accurate timelines and budgets.

Services

Our job is to do what you need us to do, which requires us to be very flexible. In general, however, our services tend to fall into these categories.

• Consulting on design of Broadcast, AV and Media-related IT projects
• RFP development
• Budget development
• RFP result evaluations
• Grant proposals for media projects
• Workflow analysis
• Operational analysis
• Project Management

 A sampling of projects.....

Over the years, Tom Atkins, founder and chief consultant of Quarry House, has been involved in thousands of projects working with several companies. Below is a sample of his projects.

• WTVI – first all HDTV PBS facility, first broadcast facility with Dolby E, included share storage editing between several disparate editing systems

• Washington and Lee University – World’s first asset management based system combining TV, print, internet and radio journalism in a single, asset management based system.

• Brookings Institute – Amazing system that use an unprecedented level of AMX control over a broadcast facility. Also includes radio and TV studios.

• James Madison University – multiple projects including the School of Media Arts TV studio and production facility, and large scale AV projects. RFP development and evaluation.

• Southern Baptist International Mission Board – Two generations of facility upgrades, analog to digital, then digital to HDTV.

• Liberty University – Sports Video facility, Church broadcast facility, many other systems.

• WVPT – Several projects ranging from Transmitter changeouts for HDTV, Master Cosntrol, Production Studio, IT based Central Casting

• American Farm Bureau – Move from Chicago to new DC headquarters, Digital studios for radio and TV, AV projects.

• University of Maryland – Consulting on Knight Building, verification of technology and performance.

• TeleProductions International – Broadcast studio, Audio recording studio, master control, archive, AV, Digital Cinema, Satellite farm.

• Stroudsburg College – consulting for new TV studio, close work with architects. Budgeting,

Help for Dealers and SI's

Every Systems integrator or manufacturer has periods when they have too many projects and not enough people. If you need a consultant or project manager to help you meet your work load, I often subcontract out. In those cases, I would work directly for you, on an hourly basis, representing your company, NOT Quarry House.

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