Engineering Harmonics | Designing Sound with Vision

We are Engineering Harmonics

We rely on Engineering Harmonics’ expertise. They are an essential part of the success of the Rogers Cup.

Stacey Allaster

Chief Executive, Professional Tennis, USTA

One of the most innovative audio-visual consultants.

Over the past two decades the practice has pioneered a sustainable approach to AV design through a strikingly wide range of work, from performing arts centres, civic and cultural assemblies and workplaces to sports venues and museums.

Based in Toronto, with offices in major Canadian centres, Engineering Harmonics has an international reputation, with projects on four continents.

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About Us

The Engineering Harmonics story began in a house in Toronto in 1988, when a tiny staff of engineers and acoustic experts set out to transform audio-visual consulting in North America.

We quickly earned a reputation for highly advanced methodology, integrating solutions into buildings as they were being designed. This long view of audio-visual consulting created opportunities to work with leading architects and as the 1990s brought a surge of interest into the possibilities of video conferencing, Engineering Harmonics was at the front of the field.

In the years since, Engineering Harmonics’ thought leadership has produced award-winning results across a variety of markets.


Our Culture

On the surface we are designers, engineers, programmers, planners, and specialists spanning many disciplines.

But at our core though we’re artists, inventors, musicians, audiophiles, thrill seekers and loud voices in our industry’s creative culture.

As an employer we encourage diverse thinking and we rally behind innovative ideas. We build teams that are fully invested in one another which builds camaraderie. And this environment inspires clients to think beyond the known and embrace new ideas.


Testimonials

We retained Engineering Harmonics because we respect them and we respect the quality of their work—both the results they had obtained on their previous projects and the process they employed in achieving those results.

Bob Essert

Principal, Sound Space Vision

When I first went into the Rogers Centre, I was surprised at just how good the house system sounded.

Marc Laliberté

Cirque du Soleil, Sound Designer for the 2015 Pan Am Games Opening Ceremony

We have some very traditional teachers in our program who literally could not imagine how they were going to be able to teach without a blackboard and chalk. If we hadn’t had Andrew Kozak on board we never would have been able to get our teachers to understand how they can teach better with this technology.

Joanne Power

Policy and Planning Officer, Dean’s Office, Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine

Within an hour they knew where my knowledge stopped and where theirs had to start — and they were very, very gracious about it, even though they play on the world stage. They brought world-class knowledge and home-town service to the project.

Paul LaBarbera

Sound and Video Engineer, Bard College


The Team

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Andrew Kozak

Senior Consultant & Partner

Andrew Kozak is a Partner and Senior Consultant in the Toronto Office. He has worked for Engineering Harmonics since 1995. Early projects include CIBC headquarters and regional offices across Canada, Bell Canada headquarters in Toronto, Caesars Windsor Casino, the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, Western University's new Ivey School of Business in London, and the Bank of Canada Headquarters, Ottawa. Prior to joining Engineering Harmonics Andrew owned and operated an AV integration firm specializing in enterprise AV solutions. Andrew’s current projects include Memorial University’s new joint doctorate program with University of PEI, Hydro One’s new operations center in Orillia, The Innovation Centre at Red River College, Winnipeg; Kabam headquarters in Vancouver and McGill’s Royal Victoria Hospital project which elevates the bar for AV in a university application.

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Gary Tibshirani

Project Director & Partner

Gary Tibshirani is our Project Director and a Partner at Engineering Harmonics. He is a graduate of Western University in Economics and Financial Studies. Prior to Engineering Harmonics Gary held senior-level positions with technology manufacturing and supply firms where he enabled significant growth while maintaining a customer-centric focus. Gary oversees our project teams as well as our business development. His skills as a leader and facilitator stem from the fact that he has a passion for “places for learning and entertainment” and a genuine interest in people, in their perspectives and in the dynamics of communication that define a successful team and project. Early projects include CIBC and Bell Canada Headquarters in Toronto, HSBC Bank, Bermuda, Caesars Windsor Casino and Export Development Canada, Ottawa. Gary is overseeing teams working on a wide diversity of assignments from Hydro One's New Operations Centre in Orillia, the New Toronto Courthouse, Kabam Headquarters in Vancouver and Memorial University of Newfoundland and University of PEI’s joint doctorate program.

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Claude Bedard

Senior Consultant & Partner

Claude Bedard is a Partner, Senior Consultant and Manager of the Ottawa Office. He studied at the University of Sherbrooke and joined Engineering Harmonics in 2001. Early projects include the Committee Room Prototype and Broadcast Master Control for the House of Commons. He was also project lead for the Canadian Museum of Nature renewal and Export Development Canada’s new Ottawa headquarters. After completing his degree in electrical engineering, Claude was part of an exciting period of transition in the television broadcast systems world, first with his participation in the new “all digital” CBC Toronto Broadcast Centre, and playing key roles in the Fox Network and DirecTV Broadcast Centers in Los Angeles. Claude is the lead Multimedia Systems Design Engineer for several multi-year projects related to the relocation of the Senate of Canada, the new House of Commons Chamber and numerous Government Committee Rooms in Ottawa.

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Martin Van Dijk

Senior Consultant & Partner

Martin is a Senior Consultant, Partner and head of design at Engineering Harmonics. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music at an early age, then toured professionally first as a musician and then as a mix engineer developing a strong understanding of sound, recording and technical production. Martin has worked on numerous performing arts, enterprise and government projects around the world and has extensive experience leading teams on international projects including the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas and the Kauffman Center in Kansas City. He led the conceptual design for the sound, video and cinema systems for residence Antillia in Mumbai - a 27 storey $1B home. Martin is our consulting lead overseeing the Massey Hall sound and studio renovations and Scotiabank arena’s sound renovation in Toronto. Martin also led the House of Commons Chamber relocation in Ottawa – a challenging integration of sound, AV and broadcast within a glass domed structure.


Projects

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Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation, Humber College

Toronto

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Centre For Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

Toronto

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House of Commons, Chamber Relocation

Ottawa

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Innovation Centre, Red River College

Winnipeg

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Massey Hall

Toronto

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Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship

University of Toronto


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Contact

Toronto

75B Cannon Rd
Toronto, ON M8Y 1S2

Tel 416 465 3378

Ottawa

75 Albert Street
Suite 1000
Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7

Tel 613 230 3180

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