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Smith, Fause & McDonald, Inc.

Smith, Fause & McDonald, Inc. (SFMI) is a multidisciplinary Telecommunications and Technology Engineering firm, providing state of the art design and consulting services in Data, Voice, and Multimedia Systems for schools, universities, commercial, civic and industrial projects.

We have had the pleasure of working on new construction, modernization and renovation of numerous school districts in California where we have designed state of the art and efficient technology and telecommunication systems for entire district sites.  In the process, we have become extremely well skilled in communicating efficiently with administrators, board members, MIS departments, teachers, parents, city representatives, architects, and construction managers to prioritize their needs into a technology implementation program tailored towards districts' budget and goals. 

Depending on a client's needs, we can provide needs assessment, master planning, schematic design, design development, bid phase and construction administration services.  We have a proven ability to translate complex program requirements into high quality construction documents which can be reliably executed by contractors.  The construction documents include detailed full size drawings and comprehensive CSI format specifications that are based on current product data and the requirements of public bid procedures.  We are not affiliated with contractors, vendors or equipment suppliers. We are therefore completely unbiased towards specific products; strictly serving our clients' needs.  For a more in-depth background on the work SFMI has performed for educational facilities, see our Schools page or our Universities page.

Principals of the firm are Kenneth Fause and Peter McDonald, who are well recognized authorities in their professional specialties. The degree of personal involvement of the principals at each level of the project constitutes one of the most significant strengths of our office.  They are supported by experienced and talented engineers and production staff capable of responding to the demands of complex projects within tight scheduling constraints. Yet, the ultimate strength of our office is our ability to stay ahead in the rapid changes occurring in the technology industry.  In the area of voice, data and video, where new concepts are introduced every day, our clients rely on our ability to design systems that not only satisfy their immediate needs but also provides them with appropriate infrastructure capable of future growth.

Some project experience examples include:

Structured Cabling, Campus and MAN Infrastructure

Telephone Systems Design

Data Networking Systems Design

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