Reeths-Puffer Schools, Muskegon, MI

The communications projects at Reeths Puffer School district consisted of numerous different projects.

The first year was spent on building renovations and additions. The renovated areas required new user cabling and sometimes the installation of new communications rooms. All the cabling and infrastructure work was done with the idea that a new data and telephone system would be installed.

The last project was the actual design and installation of a data network and telephone systems to tie all 11 buildings to one cohesive network. The installation began in May of 2003 and is currently completed for all the buildings that are fiber attached to the high school. Three buildings will have fiber installed to them as part of an ISD project. This is to be complete in spring of 2004.

The school now has a Gigabit connected data network and a centralized telephone system to serve each building.

The telephone system at each building is fault tolerant such that if the wide area connection to the main switch at the high school fails, the telephone system can still receive calls and make calls through local lines.

The installation at Reeths-Puffer Schools is very close to the proposed installation at Birmingham Public Schools. The Birmingham Public Schools projects scale is larger, but the ideas behind the installation are similar.

Laingsburg Community Schools, Laingsburg, MI

The work at Laingsburg schools consisted of completely wiring and equipping technology in their new Middle School.

This included a gym, audio/video in the cafeteria and telephone and data connections throughout the school.

In total, work was done at the middle school, an addition was made to the high school and the old Middle School is being turned into an Early Childhood Center.

The technology at Laingsburg was phased into allow the services at the existing buildings to be up and running and eventually moved to the new Middle School. The middle school is now complete and Laingsburg has a model middle school in the use of technology.

Ovid-Elsie Area Schools, Elsie, MI

The work at Ovid Elsie schools is currently out for bid.

The design includes renovation and additions at two elementary schools and an addition at the high school.

Each elementary is receiving an entirely new technology infrastructure. After the cabling is installed, the contractor will be expanding the existing telephone system and data network to serve the two elementary buildings that were previously not part of the same telephone system as the high school and middle school.

Ovid will be utilizing their existing wide area fiber cabling to serve each elementary telephone, video and data service.

Kent City Schools, Kent City, MI

Kent City Schools is an example of a project where Progressive AE is working with another architect. Progressive is providing the Communications Engineering.

Kent City is building a new middle school. The new building is on the same campus as the existing high school. The existing telephone system that feeds the entire district is in a building that is to be torn down.

The work at Kent City involves a new infrastructure at the middle school and eventual expansion and movement of the existing telephone system to the new middle school.

Kent City will be utilizing existing wide area fiber to make the telephone and data connections throughout the district. Currently all telephone traffic is routed between schools via copper cables.

Hillsdale College, Hillsdale MI

Design of a campus fiber backbone with user cabling for all Greek houses. Upgrade included new Network Electronics for all buildings on campus.

Cleveland State University, Cleveland OH

Upgrade of campus Communications Network, New fiber backbone throughout 26 building downtown campus, new data network and new telephone system.

Bronson City Schools, Bronson MI

Designed new user cabling and wide area ATM network to connect all four (4)-school buildings to one network.

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

Upgraded connectivity for all dorm rooms on campus to use existing telephone cabling to provide data connectivity.

Lorain County Community College. Elyria, OH

Designed a new redundant fiber backbone consisting of Single and Multi Mode cable for their 14 building campus. University Center for Collaborative Learning, Designed the communications infrastructure for this building to allow Lorain students to attend classes via videoconferencing to other schools throughout the state.

Kent State University, Kent, OH

Designed new Fiber Backbone, converged Voice, Data, and Video network extending to the 100 buildings on the main campus, and the seven (7) regional campus’.

Contact: Greg Seibert 330.672.0383

Oakland Community College, Detroit, MI

New communications pathways, fiber ring, and user cabling for 5 campuses throughout the greater Detroit area.

Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Investigated and provided record documents on the existing fiber backbone on campus.

Lucas County Juvenile Justice Building, Toledo, OH

Pathway and cable design for new Juvenile detention center including connection via fiber to two other downtown buildings.

Cooper Tire and Rubber Plants, Texarkana, Arkansas and Tupelo, MS

New communications infrastructures for both tire plants, including floor automation.

Philips Display Components, Ottawa, OH

New fiber backbone for existing plant area, and extension to new plant area in Ottawa Tube production plant. Ann Arbor MI, -Complete Test lab and user connectivity in all areas of Ann Arbor office.

Ford Motor Company, Toronto Ontario Canada, Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City Assembly plants

Fiber backbone and network connectivity for HVAC system throughout each plant.

Sara Lee Corporation, West Point, MS

New Communications backbone for offices and plant floor automation. Tupelo, Mississippi – Infrastructure survey of existing network throughout the 7 buildings on the campus.

Sebring Schools, Sebring, OH

Designed complete Voice, Data, Video Distribution, Paging, Intercom, and Specialized Audio systems for two schools in town. Connected the two schools via a fiber cable.

Rocky River Schools, Rocky River, OH

New fiber backbone to connect the four (4) schools in town by working with the cable TV provider in Rocky River. Once all buildings were connected the user cables and Telecommunications Rooms were installed to provide connectivity from each room in each school.