{"id":80674,"date":"2018-06-06T08:51:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T18:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=80674"},"modified":"2020-03-05T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T01:12:11","slug":"acm-contract-awarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/06\/acm-contract-awarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Contract awarded for Academy for Creative Media building"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aAO5CcT-YVU?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\"\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A design-build contract was awarded for the new <a href=\"http:\/\/acmsystem.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Academy for Creative Media<\/a> building on the <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/a> campus. The building, which was designed to engage, educate and incubate, will link complementary facilities and programs throughout the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> System and across the state as a catalyst for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s intellectual property workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The base contract of $33,275,000 was awarded to local contractor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiewit.com\/districts\/kiewit-building-group\/about-us\/\">Kiewit\u00a0Building\u00a0Group<\/a> and local architect firm <a href=\"http:\/\/nextdesignllc.com\/\">Next Design<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This 24-hour, state-of-the-art student production center will cement <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>&#8216;s role as the hub for creative media education for the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> System and serve as a catalyst for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8216;s creative economy,&rdquo; said <strong>Chris Lee<\/strong>, the founder and director of the Academy for Creative Media System. &ldquo;All of us are grateful to the legislature and the governor as well as the Board of Regents for their support and funding for this unique facility for our students.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/west-oahu-acm-render-4.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering U H West Oahu Academy for Creative Media facility\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-80685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/west-oahu-acm-render-4.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/west-oahu-acm-render-4-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Pushing the boundaries<\/h2>\n<p>The new Creative Media facility at <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> will be a 42,000 square foot facility consisting of production spaces that include a two-story sound stage for filming, 100 seat screening room, Foley stage for sound reproduction, editing suites, sound mixing suites, mill shop to create film sets and equipment cages.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The\u00a0Creative\u00a0Media Building will be the center of our campus and system efforts to push the boundaries of advanced\u00a0media\/technology production in unprecedented and entrepreneurial ways,&rdquo; <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> Chancellor <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/leadership\/maenette-benham\/\">Maenette Benham<\/a><\/strong> said. &ldquo;In partnership with <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u02bbs professional\u00a0media\u00a0and art industry and businesses, our interdisciplinary Creative Media program prepares graduates for a variety of dynamic, advanced technology and\u00a0creative\u00a0careers. Our portfolio features a wide range of opportunities in\u00a0video, popular\u00a0media\u00a0production, web design and development, photography, game\u00a0media, interaction design, moving image, social media and transmedia production, smart phone apps, animation, virtual and augmented reality and so much more.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/west-oahu-acm-render-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering U H West Oahu Academy for Creative Media facility\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-80684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/west-oahu-acm-render-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/west-oahu-acm-render-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Teaching, collaboration and support spaces<\/h2>\n<p>Teaching spaces will include a 3,000 square foot sound stage, maker space for set building and <abbr>3D<\/abbr> printing, four editing suites, an <abbr title=\"automatic dialogue replacement\">ADR<\/abbr> and foley studio, a digital\u00a0intermediate color mixing suite, flex classrooms, three computer labs, an emerging media lab for advanced interactive cyber visualization applications, as well as an incubator for student run companies. Various collaborative spaces are spread throughout the facility to accommodate small and large groups interaction and include an incubator space for students to gather in a professional environment to encourage entrepreneurial ideas. Support spaces include a caf\u00e9, lobby, faculty offices, workrooms, faculty lounge, meeting rooms, storage and server room.<\/p>\n<p>The building will feature a screening room with dolby atmos mixing panel, 4K laser projectors, a 16&#215;9 foot high <abbr>LED<\/abbr> video wall in the lobby to display student work, interactive teaching boards, remote learning\/video conferencing equipment, video\/sound editing equipment and digital signage. An outdoor screening area will allow hundreds of students to enjoy special evening screenings and presentations. The building is designed for 24 hour access and will include a &ldquo;grab and go&rdquo; coffee bar in the lobby.<\/p>\n<p>The project is in the design development phase, which is expected to be completed in December 2018. Construction activities are anticipated to start in January 2019. Substantial completion is expected in June 2020 with the new facility being ready for classes in fall 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Leila Wai Shimokawa<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/west-oahu-acm-render-3.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering U H West Oahu Academy for Creative Media facility\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-80683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/west-oahu-acm-render-3.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/west-oahu-acm-render-3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The base contract for the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> building was awarded to local contractor Kiewit Building Group and local architect firm Next Design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[21,112,549,59,56],"class_list":["post-80674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-21st-century-facilities","tag-academy-for-creative-media","tag-creative-media","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80674"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112527,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80674\/revisions\/112527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}