Outside Plant Construction

Many campus buildings do not have high speed fiber connections or have insufficient fibers or the wrong type of fiber to facilitate high-speed connectivity.  A dual ring of 288 fiber strands will be installed around campus to provide for existing and future connectivity demands and to interconnect all of the main network distribution facilities and network/telephony points of entry to the campus.  In addition, fiber will be installed to the individual buildings listed below in order for the new and upgraded services to be activated within these facilities according to the schedules identified for each project phase.  In many cases, the fiber cannot be run without the addition of new ductbanks or the clearing of existing ductbanks so there is a significant amount of construction and potential disruption associated with this work.  Coordination with TAPs is being done to minimize traffic disruptions and notifications will be made regarding construction sites and the timing for activities that may have campus impacts.  Schedules regarding this activity will be kept current here for easy reference and will be modified as more detailed information becomes available.

UPDATE:

Lewis and Tibbitts Inc., the contractor who constructed the underground ductbanks and new man-holes throughout campus, has completed their work. The scope involved construction work in the following areas: 

  • Communications Building Sector
  • Cowell/Bookstore Sector
  • Merrill Sector
  • Kresge Sector
  • Porter Sector
  • Southeast Sector


Phase A Buildings with Outside Cabling Work


Arboretum
7433 Arboretum 1/Office
7735 Arboretum Gift Shop
7734 Arboretum Horticulture 2
College 8
7474 Visual Arts Research Facility
7766 College Eight Academic Bldg
7800 College Eight Apartment Building 1
7801 College Eight Apartment Building 2
7802 College Eight Apartment Building 3
7803 College Eight Apartment Building 4
7804 College Eight Apartment Building 5
7805 College Eight Apartment Building 6
7758 College Eight Dorm A-Garden
7759 College Eight Dorm A-L Building
7760 College Eight Dorm B-Garden
7761 College Eight Dorm B-L
7761 College Eight Dorm B-L-Building
7762 College Eight Dorm C-Garden
7763 College Eight Dorm C-L-Building
7764 College Eight Dorm D-Garden
7765 College Eight Dorm D-L-Building
7756 College Eight Kitchen
Kresge College and Neighbourhood
7377 Kresge College Academic Bldg
7393 Kresge College Academic Bldg W. Wing
7807 Kresge College Annex Bldg A
7808 Kresge College Annex Bldg B
7379 Kresge College Assembly Bldg
7378 Kresge College Classroom Bldg
7391 Kresge College House 10
7392 Kresge College House 11
7383 Kresge College House 2
7384 Kresge College House 3
7385 Kresge College House 4
7386 Kresge College House 5
7387 Kresge College House 6
7388 Kresge College House 7
7390 Kresge College House 9
7380 Kresge College Library
7394 Kresge College Staff Apartments ABC
7553 Graduate Student Housing 1
7554 Graduate Student Housing 2
7555 Graduate Student Housing 3
7556 Graduate Student Housing 4
7736 Redwood Grove Apartments Building 12
7737 Redwood Grove Apartments Building 13
7738 Redwood Grove Apartments Building 14
7739 Redwood Grove Apartments Building 15
7740 Redwood Grove Apartments Building 16
7741 Redwood Grove Apartments Utility Building
7489 RV Park Rec
Oakes College
7746 Oakes College Dorm 1
7747 Oakes College Dorm 2
7748 Oakes College Dorm 3
7749 Oakes College Dorm 4
7422 Oakes College House
7408 Oakes College Residence A13-15
7414 Oakes College Residence B11-15
7421 Oakes College Residence C11-15
7423 Oakes College Residence D14-16
Porter College
7910 Porter Apartment K
7306 Porter College Academic
7304 Porter College B
7305 Porter Dining Commons
7709 Porter Infill E
7712 Porter Infill F
7713 Porter Infill G
7715 Porter Infill H
7716 Porter Infill I
7468 Porter Provost House
West Science Hill
7376 Kerr Hall
7919 Physical Sciences Bldg
7744 Sinsheimer Labs
7116 Thimann Laboratories
7117 Thimann Lecture Hall
7118 Thimann Receiving Bldg
Network Core Locations
7175 Communications North Core
7064 New South Core Building