Specifications include, but are not limited to: Providing professional design services for the construction of a project known as SBE-041, Mass Notification System, Atlanta Area School for the Deaf located in Clarkston, Georgia. AASD needs a visual emergency messaging, security and access control system that is dependable, modern, flexible and easy to operate and manage. The system needs to be integrated in terms of being able to send out mass notifications instantly in case of emergencies via texts and visual messages through our existing LED signages and TV monitors in the classrooms and common areas. Just like PSA systems that exist in many public schools which allow designated school administrators/staff to send audio messages instantly, AASD needs a PSA-like system that is visual friendly for deaf/hard of hearing students to allow the flow of communication for emergencies/non-emergencies in a visual form. Once a visual alert is sent out, the TV monitors in all classrooms are turned on automatically (regardless of whether the monitors are turned on or off during that time), allowing the students and teachers to view the visual alert on the screen. The system needs to be integrated in a way where automated alerts can be triggered and make security cameras accessible. It needs to have the capabilities to show live video feed of cameras and pop up fire alarm notifications and the locations where the alarms were alerted. AASD currently has existing several systems/platforms for visual messaging using existing LED monitors and text notifications which are not user friendly and require multiple steps to login which take up too much time and can pose safety risks for students and staff.
