By Jacob Starkey – Low Voltage General Foreman | Lincoln, NE, Todd Starkey – Project Manager | Lincoln, NE, and Roger Rezac – Sercvice Manager | Lincoln, NE
L to R: Juan Aldana, Jacob Starkey, and Andre Beltran.
Installtion Technician Andre Beltran installs a splice closure for SCC’s fiber ring.
Cabling is displayed inside a telecom room on SCC’s campus.
The new Sandhills Global Technology Center for STEM Education.
Commonwealth Electric Company of the Midwest’s (CECM) team in Lincoln, NE, has successfully completed two significant projects at Southeast Community College’s (SCC) Lincoln Campus.
The first of these projects was the installation of cabling for SCC’s new Sandhills Global Technology Center for STEM Education: a state-of-the-art facility designed to address the skilled workforce gap in southeast Nebraska. Spanning 138,000 square feet, the building houses programs in Biotechnology, Design Drafting, Information Technology, and Electronic Systems.
Commonwealth’s Low Voltage team installed all horizontal and backbone cabling for the project, including 1,400 Cat6 connection points for network, phone, security, wireless, AV equipment, and scheduling panels. The crew also installed vertical and horizontal ladder racks in four telecom rooms, set up multiple two-post racks, and terminated a 24-strand fiber to each equipment closet, setting the groundwork for the second portion of work.
Following the successful installation of the STEM building’s cabling, the second project encompassed the completion of the campus’s existing campus-wide fiber ring, which links the data closets in each of SCC’s buildings to its main data center. This portion was a collaboration between Commonwealth’s Lincoln Low Voltage team and Electrical Service Department. The team created a new pathway for roughly 6,500 feet of fiber optic cable. The fiber was then installed and spliced onto the existing 144-strand fiber ring, connecting SCC’s maintenance building, the new STEM building, and the new welding building.
This collaboration is a testament to the expertise and dedication of the CECM team in providing top-notch electrical and communication solutions. CECM greatly values its relationship with Southeast Community College and is proud to have contributed to the enhancement of the college’s infrastructure.
