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Université de Saint-Boniface Starts the School Year off Right With Connectrac
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CHALLENGE: Each school year, the Uni- versité de Saint-Boniface in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, retrofits a few
classrooms to create a more active learning environment. This summer, the university renovated their IT classrooms to provide power and data capabilities to student desks as well as the instructor lectern. For IT classes, technology access was a must.
“We needed LAN and power connectivity for student computers, USB outlets for their laptops, as well as an effective wire manage- ment solution for the instructor’s desk,” says Robert Simard, director of Facilities and Security at the university. “Quite a bit of wir- ing goes into the professor’s area. We were looking for a clean solution.”
Solution
After seeing the Connectract In-Carpet option in an issue of CFM&D magazine, Simard and the project team ordered and installed the product into their classrooms. The wireways went under the student desks to provide power, LAN, and USB capabilities for each table, which was then distributed
to the student’s station via an under-table wire management system. Subsequently,
the instructor lecterns in each classroom received power and data access, ensuring the connections they needed.
For the university, the greatest benefit of using Connectrac is the wireway’s flexibility to be moved or reconfigured if and when future changes come along to the classroom.
Given today’s rapidly changing learning environment, “We wanted to be able to move things around if we needed to,” Simard says. “With Connectrac, we know we can make different configuration if we need to. The
ability to transform the classroom quickly and efficiently is something we’re really seeking.”
The classrooms have been put into ser- vice, the school year has started off smoothly so far at the Université de Saint-Boniface, and more Connectrac installations are in store for future renovations.
Dallas, TX-based Connectrac, founded in 2005, is a privately owned company with rep- resentatives throughout the U.S. and Canada. Connectrac has quickly become the go-to solution for top corporations, government agencies, schools, and universities.
Connectrac Wireways are the best floor-based cable management solutions
for bringing power, data, and communica- tions from the wall to all interior commercial applications. Connectrac offers the flexibility to meet the demands for new technology connectivity while maintaining the aesthetic and structural integrity of the building—all without the expense and inflexibility of core drilling, trenching, or floor boxes.
The Connectrac Under-Carpet Wireway is
our lowest-profile wireway that allows for any carpet tile to be laid over the product, making it virtually invisible. This factor will take cable management out of sight and out of mind, blending in seamlessly with any application design.
The patented Connectrac In-Carpet Wireway is also a more elegant and com- plete solution compared to other over-floor raceways alternatives. Subtle and flexible, it ensures connectivity and power access by integrating into the carpet or floor cover- ings while virtually eliminating the over-floor raceway bump.
The Connectrac On-Floor Wireway is a great solution for workspace environments where lowest possible cost, design, and floor accessibility are the driving factors. Extremely durable and low profile, these wireways offer a wide array of power / AV / telecom connectivity options. Connectrac On-Floor Wireways lead the industry in capacity for telecom / AV cables. It quickly and inexpensively installs on top of any floor, including concrete and wood. CPM