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 business, government, educational and instiutional clients.

We have had the pleasure of working on both new construction and renovation of public and private sector projects throughout California, where we have designed state of the art and efficient technology and telecommunication systems for everything from single buildings to entire public school districts. In the process, we have become well versed in communicating efficiently with site staff, administrators, public board members, IS departments, city representatives, architects, and construction managers to prioritize their needs into a technology implementation program tailored towards the institution's 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.

Our selected Project experience include work for:

Structured Cabling, Campus and MAN Infrastructure

• U.C. Davis ResNet
• U.C. Davis UCDNet2
• U.C. Merced Campuswide Communications Infrastructure.
• U.C. Santa Cruz Student Communication System (SCS)
• U.C. Santa Cruz Campus Cabling Upgrade (CCU)
• El Camino Hospital Backbone Replacement, Data Center Relocation and Replacement Hospital
• Lawrence Livermore Labs NCRP
• Dublin Schools Fiber Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
• San Luis Coastal Unifed School District/ County of San Luis Obispo JPA Unified Metropolitan Area Network (UMAN).

Telephone Systems Design

• City of Berkeley
• Burlingame Public Library
• Dublin Schools
• Larkspur Elementary District
• Liberty Union High School District
• Manhattan Beach School District
• San Bruno Park Schools
• San Francisco Archdiocese
• Sonoma High School
• Tamalpais Union High School District 

Data Networking Systems Design

• Superior Court of California, Stockton
• Berkeley Public Library
• City of Berkeley Police and Fire Departments
• Dublin Schools
• Larkspur Elementary District
• Manhattan Beach School District
• San Bruno Park Schools
• San Luis Coastal Unified School District
• San Francisco Archdiocese
• Sonoma Unified School District
• Tamalpais Union High School District
• Woodland Joint Unified School District