Portfolio: Public & Government

The City of Minneapolis contracted with TMC to provide the follow services to the new Public Service Building project. This new 13 story building is facilitating the consolidation of many leased spaces all across the City into one state-of-the-art facility to enhance the servicing of the citizens, consolidate and enhancement of the Police facilities and IT.

TMC handled all IT aspects and was interconnected amongst the disciplines of Architect, MEP, Client Facilities/Real-estate, Client IT, Owner Rep and Construction Manager to properly design and coordinate the project, clearly define responsibilities and ensure each discipline’s scope of work properly aligned to the City’s level of expectations. The scope of the project encompasses the following technologies:

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• Voice/Data/Telecommunications structured cable

• MPOE/MPOP/APOP/ outside plant fiber and copper route diversity, capacity planning and legal documents and MOUs for collaboration with County, US Bank Stadium and State-wide law enforcement agencies

• Broadcasting and News Channel connectivity and upgrades to fiber delivery capability for building and connectivity to other key government buildings in the downtown area

• Telecommunication Rooms (TRs) layouts, standards, rack layouts, capacity planning and utilization for all alarms systems

• Data Center/Server Room/ DAS Room planning, layouts and design, generator and UPS capacity planning 

• Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN or Wi-Fi)

• Cellular Distributed Antenna System (DAS) for both Public Safety and Cellular

• CATV

• IP Telephony system – digital to SIP design, bid negotiations and implementation

• CCTV and Access Control peer reviews for physical security

• Audio/Visual (A/V) Presentation Systems including video projectors and screens, monitors, collaboration technology such as interactive whiteboards, digital signage, LCD and plasma flat screen displays, mounting hardware, video distribution amplifiers, switchers, scalers, audio Digital Signal Processing and amplifiers, speakers, wired and wireless microphone systems, assistive listening systems, control processors and touchscreens, wall plates and input/output outlets, equipment racks, and cabling and TV Distribution

• 800 MHz Radio System (Fire Radio Coverage, ordinance)

• Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER, Public Safety Radio System), BDA and DAS systems as needed in conjunction with above fire ordinance

• IT multimedia training facilities and Help Desk IT Support Bar