The finalists in the Project categories for the 2017 InAVation Awards have been announced. The finalists were chosen by a group of judges across the proAV industry in EMEA. Multiple nominees include integrators Polymedia, proAV, Telmaco, AV Media and Snelling.
Looking at a sample of comments from this year's judges, many participants made a note of the strength of the entries this year and that some good projects were not quite able to make it as finalists because some of the categories were so hotly contested.
The judges also repeatedly commented that the most successful entries this year demonstrated the entire installation process, featuring products from right across the manufacturing sector.
This year we had entries from 17 countries, representing the whole of EMEA, with especially good entries from the UK, Russia and Germany. Interestingly Corporate and Education categories were dominated by projects in the UK and Russia this year.
In the International category, we received entries from North America, South America, Asia and Australasia.
The project finalists are as follows;
Control Room
Antycip Simulation - JCB Uptime Centre (UK)
AV Media - Population protection in emergencies - Operational departments of FRS CR (Czech Republic)
Polymedia Kazakhstan - Situation Center of Atyrau Region (Kazakhstan)
Telmaco - Aegean Motorways (Greece)
Corporate
Atanor - Business center of Rostelecom (Russia)
Avensys - VHQ - Virgin Atlantic & Virgin Holidays New HQ (UK)
Avilex - System of Situational and Analytical Centers of EASTCoal Company (Russia)
Feltech - Verizon Innovation Centre (UK)
Focus 21 - OMERS London (UK)
Niavac – Cayan HQ (UK)
proAV - Aviva – Project Swan (UK)
Snelling Business Systems - IET: Savoy Place (UK)
Education
Delight 2000 - NUST MISiS (Russia)
Polymedia - Talent Academy (Russia)
proAV - University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine (UK)
Pure Audio Visual - Staffordshire University (UK)
Reflex and Hewshott International - Science Building Project at the University of Hertfordshire (UK)
Saville Audio Visual – Spark building at Southampton Solent University (UK)
Snelling Business Systems and Hewshott International - Blavatnik School of Government University of Oxford (UK)
Stouenborg - The Maersk Building at Copenhagen University (Denmark)
Government
AV Media - The Police Presidium’s Operations Centre (Czech Republic)
Avilex - Patriot - Military-Patriotic Recreation Park of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russia)
Avitech - Romanian Parliament – the Chamber of Deputies (Romania)
Croc Incorporated - Moscow Courts of General Jurisdiction (Russia)
Egyptian Engineering Projects "Quality" - Egyptian People’s Assembly (Egypt)
Jacot Audiovisueel - Interparliamentery meetings on behalf of the EU Presidency 2016 (The Netherlands)
Media-tek - Maximum Security Courtroom Stadelheim (Germany)
Projection Nouvelle - La salle des Emirats, UN (Switzerland)
Healthcare
Jones AV - Das Bank (UK)
proAV - The Francis Crick Institute (UK)
Red Cross Children’s Hospital (Polycom) - Red Cross Children's Hospital (South Africa)
St. Josef’s Hospital team (Avaya) - St. Josef’s Hospital Weisbaden (Germany)
Leisure and Entertainment
Autograph Sales & Installations - Perth Concert Hall (UK)
Hartmann Mathias und Partner / BFE Studio und Medien Systeme - Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)
INTE – Stadiums for U17 UEFA World Cup (Jordan)
Polymedia - Real-time tracking in Production of Rock Opera “Crime and Punishment” by Andrei Konchalovsky (Russia)
Sangalli Tecnologie - Arcadia Melzo (Italy)
SNEF - Parc Olympique Lyonnais (France)
Telmaco - Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) (Greece)
Visual Systems Sales Ltd p/o Myriad Audio Visual Group - Corporate Entertainment venue Listed Stately Home and Grounds (UK)
Live Event
ART Polymedia - Annual General Shareholders Meeting of Sberbank (Russia)
AV Media - Signal Festival 2015 (Czech Republic)
Big Screen Show - Dota 2: Russia’s Biggest Ever Cyber Show (Russia)
Cape Peninsula University of Technology- Graduation Live Streaming (South Africa)
Europalco – The Faces of Lisbon mapping projection (Portugal)
IMC Productions - A Streetcar Named Hyundai (UK)
Maxin10sity - Audi Late Light Show (Germany)
The Projection Studio - Edinburgh Tattoo (UK)
Retail
AVL - IntelliGent Store (Italy)
Beaver Group - ExCeL London - White Label F&B Kiosk (UK)
Toyota (Panasonic) - Toyota Europe showroom refurbishment (Europe)
Questek Advanced Technologies - Telkom Customer Experience Centre (South Africa)
Transport
Delta Sound - Gatwick Skybridge
Holovis - Hyundai FanDome, Kings Cross
infiLED EM Int. Ltd & Visualab Media – Digital Wall Bristol Airport
Visualise - VR Fantasy Flight Experience for Thomas Cook Airlines
Visitor Attraction
3P Technologies – David Bowie Is (Italy)
A3V - The Kulikovo Field museum complex (Russia)
AV Media - National Technical Museum - Center for Building Heritage in Plasy (Czech Republic)
Kraftwerk Living Technologies/Macom - BMW Welt Refresh (Germany)
Stouenborg – The Rock museum in Denmark (Denmark)
Tate - The Tate Modern Project (UK)
Telmaco – Erlebnis Europa - Europa Experience (Germany)
Tinker imagineers - Nest Experience - an open house for Nestlé (Switzerland)
International
AACK - Yoido Baptist Chruch (South Korea)
Broadcast Professional – National Museum of Singapore (Singapore)
Hewshott International (Australia) / Rutledge AV - Cathedral and Treasury Precinct – Supreme Court & State Administrative Tribunal (Australia)
InDesign Technologies - Department of Education Hobart (Australia)
Integrated Audio Visual (India) - Global Healthcare Corporate (India)
M/S Play - D'Decor Home Ideas AV & Energy Automation (India)
One Way Media Solutions - New Life Church Dublin Campus (USA)
Vichai - Allen & Overy (Thailand)
InfoComm Standards Award
Avilex - System of Situational and Analytical Centers of EASTCoal Company (Russia)
Egyptian Engineering Projects "Quality" - Egyptian People’s Assembly (Egypt)
Integrated Audio Visual (India) - Global Healthcare Corporate (India)
Projection Nouvelle - La salle des Emirats, UN (Switzerland)
Consultant/Project Manager of the Year
Pete Dunsire, Tate
Anders Hørlyk Jørgensen, Stouenborg
Peter Hunt, Hewshott International
Rob Paul, LCI Productions
All technology finalists can be viewed at
inavationawardsonthenet.net/technologyvoting