Five years after starting his eponymous AV consulting firm, Class of 2015 CI 40 Under 40 alum Mike Tomei has started AV Checkpoint in an effort to improve the AV system design quality control process.
AV Checkpoint is “a network of AV industry experts providing peer review and cost estimation for in-house AV teams, architects, engineers, construction professionals, and AV designers,” according to the company announcement.
The company’s third-party peer review service “gives anyone designing AV systems of varying sizes the ability to have their work reviewed by a network of highly experienced AV industry experts,” the announcement says.
“Focusing on design, constructability, and documentation review, clients can be assured that they’re getting their designs right the first time, while avoiding costly change orders and redesignism,” according to the AV Checkpoint announcement.
“AV Checkpoint’s reviewers not only address design oversights, but they provide design recommendations that comply with industry standards, best practices and ADA requirements,” the announcement says.
How AV Checkpoint Works
An AV Checkpoint constructability review “will assure clients that their documentation is bid and construction ready, and fully coordinated across other design disciplines,” the company announcement says.
AV Checkpoint’s final documentation review “addresses compliance with CAD drawing and specification formatting standards,” according to the company announcement.
AV Checkpoint’s cost-estimating services “give clients the ability to understand their true AV system costs during the project’s conceptual phase, through design development, and finally establishing a benchmark for bid analysis,” the company announcement says.
“Peer review and cost-estimating services are very common in the architectural, engineering and construction industries,” said Tomei in the AV Checkpoint announcement, noting the company “provides anyone incorporating AV equipment into their designs with an accurate, reliable, and repeatable third-party approach to these services.”
“AV Checkpoint works alongside AV designers, providing them with a fresh set of eyes to eliminate design oversights and provide the best possible product to their clients,” the company announcement says.
Its peer review services “allow AV design consultants and integrators to have their work reviewed by an objective third-party network of industry professionals, resulting in eliminating potential change orders and elevating AV designers to a new level of accuracy,” it says.
