Education

Smith, Fause & McDonald, Inc.

SFMI's primary area of design focus is education.  In the last 15 years, we have designed educational technology integration, including projection, data, voice, sound, video and theatrical systems into more than 250 K-12 schools and hundreds of U.C. buildings. More information on our work in K-12 Schools and Universities can be found through the link buttons at the left.

A feature project is the recently completed UCDNet2 project for U.C. Davis for which SFMI served as prime engineer. Highlights of this massive expansion of the U.C. Davis campus network include:

  • Overview
    • 6 Campus Development Zones
    • 10 square miles of service area
    • 239 existing buildings served
    • 6 bid packages
    • 1 RFP
    • 1 RFQ
    • 1 Operations & Maintenance Design-Build package
    • 4 years in the making
  • Underground Infrastructure
    • 51,500 linear feet of new underground alignment
    • 13,590 linear feet trench in earth
    • 8,150 linear feet trench in asphalt paving or concrete drive
    • 6,270 linear feet of concrete encasement
    • 23,000 linear feet of directional drilling
    • 220 linear feet of steel pipe encasement
    • 1 cultural monument
    • 3 protected species
    • 1 grove of foundation cork oaks
    • 3 City of Davis easements
    • 3 CalTrans incursion permits
    • 1 railroad wireline crossing permit
    • 1 private property easement
    • 4 capital projects coordinated and funded to provide alignment for UCDNet2
      • City of Davis Bike Path
      • Chilled Water Phase II
      • Electrical Distribution Improvements Phase 2B
      • Health Sciences Infrastructure
    • 2 capital projects funded work performed by UCDNet2
      • ARC Conduit Relocation
        • Replaced communications conduits to Recreation Hall (Area Distribution Facility 5)
        • Hot cutover of all data services in Area 5
      • Contained Research
  • Controlled Environment Facilities - 2 new buildings built, each
    • 300 square feet
    • 6 equipment racks
    • 75 KVA power
    • 8 tons of air conditioning
  • Distribution Facilities Renovations
    • 59 buildings remodeled while occupied to add
      • Communications Rooms
      • Equipment enclosures
      • Power
      • Air Conditioning
  • Communications Resources (Campus NOC) Building Remodel - 1 Central Office/Network Operations Center remodeled while in 24 hour service
    • 500 KVA new power transformer
    • 750 KVA generator set
    • 1 set of new power switchgear
    • 19 equipment racks, each 9 feet high
    • 45 tons of air conditioning
  • Optical Cable RFQ
    • 88 reels of optical fiber
    • 160,340 feet of fiber sheath
      • 97,500 linear feet of bulk cable
      • 62,500 linear feet of pre-terminated cable
    • 4,272 fiber strands
    • 1,836 factory terminated optical connectors
  • Electronics Procurement (UCDNet2 portion)
    • 4 Foundry B8000
    • 5 Foundry B4000
    • 114 new 24 port switches
    • 95 UPS units
    • 28 extended run battery packs
  • Communication Outside Cable Plant
    • 7 phase contract
    • 160,340 linear feet of fiber installed in
      • 50,000 linear feet of vacant conduit
      • 15,000 linear feet of occupied conduit
    • 3,064 fusion splices
    • 3,800 field terminated optical connectors
    • 1 Campus Area live cutover (ADF 5)
  • Communication Station Wiring
    • 7 phase contract
    • 189 buildings remodeled while occupied
    • 2,193 Network Access Modules (UCD term for station plates)
    • 1,000 feet of new aerial plant for DSL service
  • Electronics Installation
    • 6 Contract Staff installation packages (Electronics)
      • 282 equipment items installed in
      • 62 buildings
      • 2 microwave radio paths
    • 6 NSC order packages (DSL)
      • 4 sets of Central Office Equipment
      • 95 users
  • 1 Pacific Bell circuit
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