Smith, Fause & McDonald, Inc.

San Luis Coastal Unified School District 

Design of LAN, WAN, MAN, Voice, Video Distribution Systems for over 80 Buildings on 20 sites. 

Design of a Metropolitan Area Network system spanning 50 miles, connecting 54 sites operated by 7 separate public agencies, operated by Joint Powers Agency led by the San Luis Costal Unified School District and the County of San Luis Obispo.

Client

San Luis Coastal Unified School District

Project Cost

$11 million

SFMI Scope of Services

Data Network Systems

Video Distribution Systems

Library Union Catalog Server

Metropolitan Area Fiber

Campus Local Area Network

Interim Wide Area Networks

District Technology Center

Computer Work Stations

District Technology Staffing

Maintenance Planning

Operations Planning

Boardroom Presentation Systems

Districtwide Telephone Network

Interbuilding Fiberoptic

Feasibility Studies

Design Development

Preparation of Drawings & Specs

Bid Phase Negotiations

Construction Administration

Project Description

SFMI serves as the telecommunications engineer to this 8,000 student school district including the communities of San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay and Los Osos. 

The scope of services includes design of Data and Video Cabling, Video Distribution Systems, Campus Local Area Network Systems, Interim Wide Area Networks, District Technology Center, LAN directory services for more than 3,000 Computer Workstations at 18 school sites, Boardroom Audio Visual Presentation Systems, Districtwide Telephone Network and Library Automation System for districtwide use and Library Union Catalog.

Our scope of services also includes the design of a Unified Metropolitan Area Network which is intended to maximize District's connectivity options while minimizing on-going communications operating costs. 

The design for UMAN is based on dark fiber network which in addition to serving District's 20 sites, will also deliver wideband communications access to facilities operated by the County of San Luis Obispo, the County Office of Education, California Polytechnical State University at San Luis Obispo, the California Men's Colony, the California Department of Parks, and the California National Guard. The project will serve a total of 54 sites spanning more than 50 miles. Project cost is approximately 2.5 million dollars. Construction is over 90% complete.

UMAN is a novel multi-agency effort based on SFMI's pioneering work to leverage provisions of the Cable Act of 1996 to bring cost efficient Metropolitan Area Network services to the government sector.