This project is one of several phased buildings at the Tulsa Technology-Lemley Campus. LynxSystems involvement started in 2015 with the Lemley Campus master plan to provide a fiber optic ring around the campus to accommodate each of the buildings in the multi-phased master plan. Our initial involvement began with the design and construction of a underground duct system between the west entrance of the Health Sciences Center building, including four splice pedestals located adjacent to each of the buildings on the master site plan and to the south entrance into the Health Sciences Center building. 4,200’ of 144-strand singlemode fiber optic cable and 4,200’ of 25-pair copper cable was installed. 36-Strands of singlemode fiber optic cable and 25-pair of copper cable were dropped off at each of the four pedestals. This will allow each of the ensuing buildings to be connected to the Tulsa Technology Center Network equipment in the Health Sciences Center building as each respective building is brought online.
The new Phase II Client Services building is a major upgrade from the now demolished CSC building. TTC’s 52-million-dollar investment furthers their commitment to education by offering improved client services for high school and adult students to explore new careers, upgrade their training and skills, and pursue their dreams. This building will allow the Administrative, Purchasing and IT staff to vacate the current leased space at the Skyline building on Skelly Drive. The new facility houses a large data center that functions as a central hub for all Tulsa Technology Center network functions. Within the Data Center are two rows of network cabinets with a hot aisle containment system to ensure the proper functionality of the network servers housed within. Singlemode and multimode fiber optic cables are distributed from the Data Center to each IDF Room.
There is a total of nine IDF Rooms in this building, these rooms contain the Infrastructure required to serve all the CAT 6 data cable drops for network, CCTV, CATV and Access Control systems. Over 3,300+ CAT 6 cables are installed and connected to the patch panels and network equipment in the IDF Rooms. There is over 500,000’+ of Systimax CAT 6 plenum rated cable installed. Each IDF is served by 12-strands of fiber optic cable to the main network closet. The Data Center will be connected to the campus fiber ring splice pedestal with 72-strands of singlemode fiber optic cable. At the pedestal, the fiber will be fusion spliced with 36-strands to the “A” primary pathway and 36-strands to the “B” alternate pathway for a designed self-healing fiber ring.
Each IDF Room is built-out with (2) 2-post racks, with vertical cable managers on each side and between the racks to allow neat concealment of the 28-gauge patch cords. Overhead cable tray is built above the racks to allow routing of the cables from the sleeves into the rooms to the racks. All cables are neatly bundled and routed to the patch panels. All racks and cable trays are grounded to the electrical grounding system to protect the network equipment and to prevent noise or lightning strikes from affecting the network integrity. Each IDF buildout was prioritized by the need for network connectivity to allow the setup and configuration of building systems such as access control, building management and electric transfer switch monitoring. One of the big challenges is the buildout of the two closets the serve the training rooms on the first and second floors. There is a large concentration of cable drops in this area, this portion of the project required the tedious focus of our highly skilled craftsmen to neatly route and bundle the cabling to the patch panels in the racks.
This project has had “0” jobsite injuries or days missed due to a jobsite injury. Employee safety is a major concern to LynxSystems. All steps are taken to ensure the safety of all employees and others on the projects that we are working on. LynxSystems has successfully completed two OSHA Construction Consultation Reports while on this project.
LynxSystems Project Lead, Josh Boswell, coordinates with Flintco and Tulsa Technology Center staff to ensure that all deadlines are met with no delays. This project has been especially challenging due to the COVID virus and additional health/safety procedures that have been implemented in the field. We have been able to implement these safeguards designed to further protect the well-being of our employees and all other trades working in the building and have kept pace with the already aggressive schedule of the project. The Tulsa Technology Center is a valued client of ours and we are proud that we have been able to contribute to making the Phase II Client Services Building project a success for everyone involved.
