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Runtech has recently completed an installation at the new London office of food manufacturer Upfield that involved reusing as much AV hardware as possible from the two offices the Dutch company previously operated in the city.

Upfield, which operates in 95 countries and produces plant-based spreads such as Flora, tasked Runtech with providing a cost-effective solution with MS Teams and Zoom VC platforms available in every room.

Each room also needed to be equipped with bring-your-own-device (BYOD) capabilities, and had to be suitable for hosting a combination of virtual and physical meetings, without affecting the audio or video quality.

The project included installations in a Town Hall collaborative space, pantry and eight meeting rooms, as well as installing room-booking panels as a phase-two project.

As the displays in Upfield’s two other London offices were still of high quality, Runtech was able to repurpose them for the new site.

Runtech managing director Chris Liebrand said: “It was interesting working on a substantial project that involved reusing so much existing hardware, as we had to change our overall approach. The team spent a lot of time testing, asset tracking and relocating the hardware, but as you walk through the space, it all looks brand new. The design of the working space is unique - and this always makes a project more enjoyable.”

Upfield is in the process of recycling and selling off any unused AV hardware from its two original offices, and the proceeds will be donated to charities supporting the war in Ukraine.

Only a few of the meeting rooms in the new London office required new Chief tilting mounts with additional VC technology, although the Town Hall required a full upgrade.

In the three smaller meeting rooms, Runtech installed a Poly Studio USB video bar that supports BYOD. In the boardroom, Runtech opted to install the Logitech Rally Bar Plus package, combined with a triple screen display. In the larger meeting rooms, the installation included a Logitech Rally Bar, TAP IP and Swytch combination. The Logitech bars provide a powerful, all-in-one conferencing experience, while the TAP allows participants to touch-to-join with instant content sharing and the Swytch provides BYOD capabilities.

In the four remaining rooms, Runtech was able to reuse native MS Teams solutions from the other sites. Two rooms feature a 50” Microsoft Surface Hub solution, while there is a Crestron Fusion VC solution in the other two.

In the Town Hall, Runtech installed a dual 98” LG Displays solution on height-adjustable trollies. A Logitech TAP for native Teams, Logitech Rally Camera and Logitech Swytch were installed to provide VC and the option to present. A Sennheiser Speech line Handheld microphone and Lapel were transferred from the previous offices, along with pendant speakers.