Benjamin Noel Email & Phone Number

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Innovative Cinema Solutions (ICS) was brought into Strong Technical Services (STS) through an acquisition in November of 2023 to further increase the offerings of STS to their customers. My division continues to offer the same innovative and custom solutions that our customers are requesting and needing to operate their facilities.

Lenexa, Kansas, United States

We have been providing a wide range of solutions to the Cinema industry for over 20 years.

Stilwell, KS

• On retainer for project specific needs relating to the electrical systems for Lotus Elise, Exige, and Evora vehicles.
• Projects involve the specification, creation, testing, and installation of custom electrical solutions connecting the vehicles engine management system to a variety of OEM and aftermarket parts. Examples of these parts.

Kansas City, MO

• Designing and overseeing installation of professional sound reinforcement systems for a variety of facilities located around the world. A majority of these facilities include indoor and outdoor sporting complexes for.
• Recently I've designed and installed the University of Oklahoma's basketball arena, University of North Carolina at Wilmington Basketball arena,the indoor track and training facility at the University of Kansas, and.
• Specifying complete bid packages including system descriptions, equipment lists, one-line diagrams, acoustic prediction plots and conceptual rendering for presentation to facility owners and operators.
• Producing and communicating scopes of work and list of responsibilities for different trades involved in the installation phases. These involve both preliminary scopes for installation budgets and construction scopes.
• Acting as supervisor and educator to engineering and architectural students from KU as well as the mechanical and electrical design teams in charge of producing final system schematics for construction documents.

Mission, KS

• Composed comprehensive reports comprising of recommendations to improve acoustical aspects, both architecturally and mechanically, in a wide variety of educational institutions, performing arts halls, and places of.
• Managed the coordination of information between project owners, architects and engineers during the design phase of projects.
• Executed product-specific integration, on-site testing, setup and training for pro-audio systems.
• Internal resource for informal training of employees in the use of technical programs and equipment.

Shawnee Mission, KS

• Created and managed a new division to act as a single point of contact for technical inquiries from owners, architects, acoustical consultants and contractors.
• Actively sought to find new projects, pursue contacts, and determine if any considerations had been given to the acoustical aspect of these projects.
• The division acted as a referral system for owners to connect them with reputable acoustical consultants and contractors in their area; as a result boosting BC’s revenue and involvement in projects.
• Researched domestic and foreign technical information and composed documents and drawings. With this information, acted as a design liaison for architects, consultants, and/or contractors.

• Co-founder of this educational purposed, not-for-profit campus based acoustical consulting firm which specialized in the improvement of spaces on and off campus and research of various software and equipment related to.
• Analyzed acoustical conditions in campus conference rooms, presented proposals and comprehensive reports to the clients recommending improvements; resulting in the execution of our design by a local manufacture of.
• Other projects included; the development of conceptual room designs and wall sections for EVI Listening Room in Burnsville, Minnesota, and the Lawrence Performing Arts Center in Lawrence, Kansas, and on-site.
• 1999 – 2002 Annual Engineering Expo, University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
• Represented the Department of Civil Engineering, the Department of Architectural Engineering, and the specialty section within Architectural Engineering; Electro and Architectural Acoustics during day-long recruiting.
• As a project leader, I collaborated in the fabrication, setup and presentation of material highlighting engineering specialties to grade school and high school students and teachers visiting the School of Engineering.

• Contracted to research and report on the existing New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) design criteria for sound reinforcement in subway stations, to determine if they provided adequate coverage, sound pressure.
• After determining the current design specifications were acoustically unacceptable, research was done to define a new set of criteria to achieve an acceptable level of performance, while still maintaining a low cost of.

Lawrence, Kansas

• Co-founder of this educational purposed, not-for-profit, University based Acoustical Consulting firm which specialized in the improvement of spaces on and off campus as well as the evaluation of software and equipment.
• Analyzed acoustical conditions in campus conference rooms, presented proposals and comprehensive reports to the clients recommending improvements; resulting in the execution of the solutions by a local manufacture of.
• Developed conceptual room designs and wall sections for EVI Listening Room in Burnsville, MN and the Lawrence Performing Arts Center in Lawrence, KC, and on-site consultation for residential application of media.

• Collaborated with Mr. Coffeen, contracted by The Larkin Group, in a design feasibility study of highway sound barriers near twelve residential areas to be affected by major roadway improvements.
• Recorded existing noise conditions and extrapolated post roadway improvement noise levels in accordance with Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Highway.
• From the findings of our research, the Larkin Group was able to present to MoDOT and then ultimately bid and construct the solutions we put forth.

Greater Chicago Area

• Coordinated various aspects of commercial site development; examined construction documents, recorded work progress, tracked employee work hours, scheduled site material arrival times and communicated with inspection.
• Designed and oversaw the construction of additions to the main office. Performed trade skills including concrete forming, carpentry and electrical work.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineering EXPO, ROTC, Spreckelmeyer Digital Studio

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Architectural Engineering

Activities and Societies: Dr. Brandt Speech-Language-Hearing Research; Robert Coffeen Architectural/Electro Acoustics