ISP Design Services    

The design of building laterals, interior distribution systems and customer data center facilities requires a design team with both engineering and architectural experience.  MATRIX has dedicated a skilled group of professionals with that experience and the vision to design both constructible and cost effective ISP solutions.  We have designed OSP/ISP fiber optic cable routing from the system backbone to the building entrance terminal, and ultimately to the required customer facility for hundreds of locations.  MATRIX’s ISP design team provides complete project management and design services for the implementation of complex telecommunications data centers, node sites, central offices and co-location facilities. Our staff has experience designing solutions for major carriers such as MFN, IBM, AT&T, Cablevision, TKR, FiberNet, Con Edison Communications, Level (3) Communications and MCI Worldcom.  These solutions have included single entry and multiple entry diverse routes from the backbone or loop location to the termination point within the customer facility.

MATRIX specializes in the following Inside Plant (ISP) design components:

·         Lateral feasibility studies

·         Existing facility assessment

·         Owner / Tenant liaison for route selection

·         Building entrance lateral design

·         Riser distribution design

·         Carrier interconnection route design

·         Customer Point of Presence (POP) design

·         Cable management systems design

·         Electrical systems design

·         Structural Design

·         HVAC design

·         Fire protection system design

·         Emergency power systems design

·         Construction drawing preparation / review

·         Permit identification and submission

·         Program and project management

·         Construction management and inspection

·         QA/QC

·         As-built documentation

·         Bid documentation development

Our ISP design team also works hand-in-hand with our OSP design engineers and network planners to design and implement the critical local OSP connections between ISP termination facilities and the interstate long haul networks.

OSP Design Services

·         Alignment feasibility studies

·         Route selection and perfection

·         Intercity backbone connections

·         Metropolitan network ring design

·         Backbone to backbone connection design

·         Interconnect & regeneration facility design

·         Backbone to POP facility design

·         Base map preparation and review

·         ROW investigation and procurement

·         Utility investigation and location

·         Joint use coordination

·         Existing conduit leasing options

·         Aerial make ready

·         Traffic control plans

·         Preliminary and final running line design

·         Manhole/hand hole location design

·         Directional drill or bore design

·         Rail crossing design

·         Bridge attachment design

·         Permit identification and submission

·         Environmental analysis and permitting

·         Program and project management

·         CAD

·         QA/QC

·         As-built documentation

·         Bid documentation development

Our OSP design engineers and network planners work hand-in-hand with our ISP design engineers and architects to design and implement the critical local OSP connections between ISP termination facilities and the interstate long haul networks.

LONG HAUL SERVICES

With our extensive experience in optical fiber project management, design, permitting and installation, Matrix is ideally suited for providing unique long haul optical network solutions for our clients.

Utilizing our Project Manager’s Manual and Fiber Optics Design Procedures Manual, our project managers are capable of coordinating all facets of regulatory control, jurisdictional interactions, design standard adoption, and permitting for multi-state, and in some cases, multi-carrier design packages associated with long-haul route selection, design, permitting and construction.

Matrix specializes in the following long-haul components:

• Alignment feasibility studies

• Route selection and perfection

• Base map preparation and review

• ROW investigation and procurement

• Utility investigation and location

• Preliminary and final running line design

• Identification of project killers and obstacles

• Manhole/hand hole location design

• Directional drill or bore design

• Rail crossing design

• Bridge attachment design

• Permit identification and submission

• Environmental analysis and permitting

• Program and project management

• CAD

• QA/QC

• As-built documentation

• Bid documentation development

Our engineers and network planners possess over 50-years of combined technical experience and, as such, we have designed and acquired approvals for projects utilizing our process manuals, which have become accepted industry standards and allowing our project managers to simultaneously manage several design teams to accomplish large-scale projects that span multiple states.