January 30, 2010 - Johnson Systems Inc. (JSI) completes a four year equipment supply and integration for the Calgary Board of Education (CBE), Canada's second largest school board. Working with the CBE prime electrical contractor, JSI provided engineering, design, equipment, field support and site integration services.
A combination of both new and retrofit JSI products were used in various combinations
to upgrade 41 junior and senior high schools.
The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) was experiencing a lack of direction and advice on how to deal with the drama and stage lighting systems," explains Christopher Sprague, Theatre Consultant with Ability Technical Services Inc. "Standardization, dependability, ease of operation and cost-effectiveness were my primary goals. Years of various lighting dealers with ideas of selling what they knew or could source resulted in many systems of various quality and a most unserviceable situation. We saved the Calgary Board of Education in excess of $50,000.00 per school by retrofitting the existing racks rather than sending them to the landfill. There was no need for such waste! The CD-2000 provides all the latest necessary features of a new dimmer rack without the need for replacing perfectly good dimmer components and with minimal electrical contracting costs", stated Sprague. Schools containing existing Strand CD80 or Electro Controls Quad dimmer racks were retrofitted with CD-2000 or QD-2000 control systems and supplemented as necessary with additional JS-ICON dimmers.
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| Stage Manager's Panel (SMP) Typical of all high schools |
Booth Control Panel Typical of all high schools |
Typical upgraded system with retrofitted main dimmer rack and additional ICON dimming added. |
Tight space constraints and virtually silent operation allowed for 48 x 2400W ICON dimmers to be added where a traditional dimmer rack footprint would not have fit. |
Recent JSI High School Retrofits & Installations
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Apollo High School, KY
Belton High School, TX Bethel High School, WA Canby High School, OR Colleyville Heritage High School, TX Colonial High School, FL Columbia City High School, IN Deer Park High School, TX |
Edison High School, MN
Etobicoke School, ON Grand Ledge High School, MI Granit School Dist., UT Harrison High School, AR Hylton High School, VA Kettle Moraine High School, WI Lake Hamilton High School, AR Lord Beaverbrook High School Project, Calgary AB |
Longwood High School, NY
North High School, WI Ordean Middle School, MN Reed High School, LA Robert E. Lee High School, VA Seminole High School, FL Stuyvesant High School, NY Timothy Christian School, IL Wheaton North High School, IL |
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