Project Experience

Verizon Communications, Inc.--

Retained by Verizon’s primary Owner’s Representative firm as a Program Manager to direct all aspects of the design and construction of the company’s new Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) Video Hub Offices (VHO).  The FTTP program marketed as FiOS-TV is Verizon’s premier strategic initiative and the VHO’s are the technical and operations facilities that collect and regenerate the video content for the company’s cable television service.  The VHO’s are designed to strict Verizon standards and have several layers of redundant electrical and mechanical systems to ensure maximum uptime.  Responsibilities include:

  • Managed the site selection process and the generated Plans of Record.
  • Collected and presented design and construction budget data.
  • Created and managed a FTTP program Design Guide to present a consistent and comprehensive approach for all new sites that included architectural, electrical and mechanical areas of focus.
  • Coordinated design and construction document generation between client, client's prime contractor, Corporate Real Estate and the A&E firms. Hosted multi discipline design reviews.
  • Directed bid document reviews and general contractor selection.
  • Managed the off-air antenna zoning application process and electronic security systems design.
  • Coordinated construction and close out activities with company project managers and local OR's.
  • Performed Owner’s Representative construction management services for the Norfolk, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Pomona, Richmond and Carrollton VHO’s and delivered each under budget and with an early “Room Ready”.

U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, DC--

GSARetained by a key GSA construction management firm to oversee the design and construction of all technology aspects associated with renovations of the GSA’s 93 year old “Central Office” located at 1800 F Street, Washington, DC.

  • The first phase consisted of relocating approximately 1,400 of the Agency’s 2,000 person staff to a 295,000 SF 12-story “swing space” located in the NOMA region of Washington, DC.  The space was an empty core and shell and required a complete tenant fit out and new technology systems including a voice and data cabling infrastructure, twelve LAN rooms, a data center, audio visual systems for 40 conference rooms, a satellite television distribution system and an electronic security system.  The interior improvements were completed in seven months and moves were completed over six consecutive weekends.
  • The second phase of the project consisted of restacking the remaining 700 employees still located at the Central Office into the zero and third wings so that demolition and construction could commence on the first and second wings.  The moves included specialty spaces and all associated technology systems were relocated with the affected users over a 3-month period.
  • The next two phases of the project will consist of complete renovations and new infill construction of approximately 860,000 SF of historically significant office space including new connector corridors and retail space. The modernization is expected to take approximately four years during which time operations will continue in the building and a new data center, 84 LAN rooms, new critical power and HVAC systems will all be built and commissioned.

Visa Inc., Ashburn, VA--

Retained by Visa Inc.’s Owner’s Representative firm as a Program Manager to perform technology and MEP-based construction management services for the company’s 325,000 SF Tier IV OCX data center.  The facility is configured with seven independent fault-tolerant high availability pods, an administrative “spline” and a world class Network Operations Center.  Responsibilities included:

  • Oversaw the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) design and construction activities including the level 1 – 5 commissioning program.
  • Managed the design and construction of the owner’s technology program consisting of their low voltage control systems, voice/data cabling system, electronic security system, public carrier access systems, satellite television system and audio visual systems.
  • Coordinated project changes from needs analysis through completion.
  • Performed in a central clearing house function for resolving project non-compliance observations and punch list completion.
  • Negotiated general contractor Change Order Requests.

Mark G. Anderson Consultants, Washington DC --

Retained by an executive’s property development firm to design and direct the construction of the owner’s voice, data, security, audiovisual, low voltage cabling, critical power and HVAC infrastructures for five of the family’s high-end personal residences, an aircraft hangar, the executive's office and the estate management service's company headquarters.  Chaired and participated in multi discipline technology committees that met weekly to collect and act on requirements. Fully coordinated the infrastructure design with the architects and engineers and worked with client’s technology team to keep projects focused, on schedule and within budget.

LCOR Alexandria, LLC, Alexandria, VA --

Retained by the developer of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) new 2.4 million square foot headquarters facility to manage the design and deployment of the Government's new technology infrastructure. This campus is the largest GSA leased facility in the world and was the largest construction project underway in the mid-Atlantic region at the time. Worked tenant and base-building issues to coordinate multiple aspects of the Project's comprehensive design, construction and project close out phases. The key components included:

  • Managed the design and installation of the Government's $12M voice and data voice/data campus-wide cabling infrastructure that consists of two data centers, 6 main interconnects, 66 communications rooms and a significant outside plant component that incorporates fully redundant, path diverse air blown fiber distribution methodologies and the latest copper and optical fiber technologies.
  • Project managed the design and installation of the Government's $13M electronic security system that includes access control, CCTV, emergency station and private intercom components as well as two fully redundant security command centers.
  • Supervised the design and deployment of an electronic building directory kiosk system that meets visitors and assists them locate specific USPTO personnel and spaces located in this complex.
  • Directed the design and implementation of the Government's $1.5M audiovisual system that includes a campus wide video distribution system to allow programming produced in the central multi-purpose room to be simulcasted to major conference centers in the outbuildings.
  • Supervised the design and deployment of an active cellular/PCS enhancement system to improve coverage of public wireless carriers inside the "non-RF friendly" campus buildings.

Hilton Worldwide, McLean, VA--

Retained to design and manage the construction of the IT infrastructure for Hilton’s global corporate headquarters relocation from Beverly Hills to Northern Virginia.  Responsibilities included:

  • IT related design and specifications development for the data center, LAN room and common spaces including room layouts, cable tray plans, electrical and mechanical requirements, and owner equipment.
  • Specified telecommunications cabling pathways routes and poke thru devices.
  • Administered the low voltage cabling contractor procurement.
  • Performed low voltage contractor construction management services including cable plant commissioning activities, punch list and project close out activities.

 

Watergate South, Washington, DC--

Retained by the Cooperative Apartment Complex to oversee the completion of a fiber-to-the-apartment project that had gotten sideways with the Board.  Revised the vendor’s statement of work, created a punch list, developed a test plan and then oversaw the performance testing and project close out activities.  Assisted the Co-Op define the future use for the cabling plant.

Telcordia Technologies (previously known as Bellcore), Piscataway, NJ --

Twice retained by the SAIC Corporate Telecommunications organization to perform the following high-level tasks:

  • Managed the telecommunications department separation activities associated with the sale of the business unit. Transitioned services between companies and negotiated replacement services agreements.
  • Designed the voice and data structured cabling plant for a 27,000 square foot data center relocation.
  • Performed a Centrex economization involving the physical consolidation of 12,000 lines of exchange services across the organization's 4-campus, 14-building, New Jersey realm. The economization reduced the company's yearly infrastructure expenditure by 30% or approximately $1 million per year.
  • Negotiated the purchase of a premise based PBX and then project managed the successful installation and conversion of approximately 7,360 ports over a six month period under significant infrastructure, time and resource constraints. The result was a $5M savings over 42 months.

Gannett Co., Inc. and USA TODAY, Arlington, VA -

Managed the installation of the company's voice, data and video communications infrastructure during the critical phases preceding its corporate headquarters relocation to a new 800,000 square foot facility in Northern Virginia. Successful project management allowed the company to move its headquarters operation weeks earlier than would otherwise have been possible and his comprehensive certification program resulted in the delivery of a well-built and reliable integrated network to this technically demanding customer.

FirstHealth of The Carolinas, Pinehurst, NC -

Performed a complete assessment of this health system's wireless hardware and services infrastructure to be used as the basis for a developing strategic plan. The assessment included conventional land/mobile radio systems used by EMS/ALS, Facilities and Security, a wireless LAN supporting the a HBOC Care Manager system, a wireless HP telemetry system, an in-house radio paging system, an in-house wireless telephone system and RCC based paging and cellular telephone systems. The resulting recommendations included the need for the health system to team with the state's Office of Emergency Medical Services and the county's 911 communications office to ensure the hospital's planned VHF system upgrade would be compatible with state and county emergency systems.

UCSF Stanford Health Care, San Francisco, CA -

Managed an enterprise-wide telecommunications assessment for this newly formed health care system. The assessment included a detailed evaluation of the system's PBX hardware, Centrex services, local and long distance services, cellular and paging services, and call center and voicemail technologies that spanned two campuses, twelve buildings and 15,000 user lines. The final deliverable included a technical and financial analysis that compared three reconfiguration alternatives to maintaining the legacy-installed base. The recommended approach reduced the health system's costs by more than $30M over ten years and simultaneously increased the transparency, reliability, and manageability of their network.

Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital, Philadelphia, PA -

Performed an assessment of the Hospital's local and long distance services and produced a request for proposal that ultimately resulted in the selection of services that reduced the Hospital's communications costs by more than $600,000 over a three-year period. An outcome of the project was a financial tracking and reporting model that enabled the hospital to manage their costs and services going forward.