BlackBox Inc.

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Cable Tech has participated in several BlackBox Corporation projects since becoming a certified vendor in 2003. Significant projects included the technician work at a massive network upgrade project for US Banks. This work involved cabling, data equipment change out and sight surveys. All of the work at these banks was required to be done after hours in order to not disrupt critical systems at the banks. Cable Tech inc. was the sole national vendor who could meet all the logistics and technical concerns of this customer with the flexibility to work where and when the bank and Blackbox required. Cable Tech’s mature quality and testing processes and expert, certified staff, made the choice of Cable Tech inc. for the US Bank project, as well as several other Black Box projects, an easy one.

Dahl’s Foods

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Cable Tech provides day-to-day adds, moves and changes for Dahl’s Foods in Des Moines, Iowa. Cable Tech designed and built a structured cabling system for several new stores in the area. Cable Tech also provided cabling support, pair documentation, and preplanning for major phone system move. This move was due to the fact that there existing phones systems in the stores were coming off a long term lease and needed to be replaced. The systems were cut from the old systems to the new systems with very little down time, no customer interruption and very high employee satisfaction. Cable Tech also provides programming and MAC support for the new phone systems in the Des Moines area stores.

Sprint Corporation

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Cable Tech was one of several firms picked from a pool of one thousand competing firms to be awarded a multi year contract to provide Nationwide Technician Service Call Support for Sprint Corporation in December of 2002. Since that time the Cable Tech Dispatch center in Des Moines Iowa has fielded dispatches for 31 states in the West, Upper Mid-West and Eastern regions of the United States for Moves/Adds/Changes (MACS), New Phone System installations, T1 and T3 cut-over, Trouble Shooting/Repair, System Design, System Training and many other functions for a wide variety of Sprint sites and customers. Operating with 39 technicians in 32 metropolitan areas, Cable Tech has excelled at meeting a 2 hour response time when needed and providing “best in class” customer service and support to Sprint and it’s National Account Base. While working primarily on Northern Telecom systems, Cable Tech has also been called on to work with Avaya, Rolm, Comdial, and Cisco systems as part of this contract.

Sprint Corporation Government Services Division

TSA Airports Project

Cable Tech Inc. began working this project as the only installation company for 350+ airport locations nationwide in late 2005 as a sub-contractor to Sprint/Nextel. This project included the installation of low-voltage cable, Fiber optic cable, Data Cabinets and other network required equipment in each of the airports in the USA to facilitate the screening and data collection activities of the Transportation Security Administration. Working closely with the TSA and Sprint Project management Teams and scheduling of crews was a major requirement of this contract as the logistics issues engendered by the work process cycle required individual site surveys, Design of a solution and parts requirement followed by a proposal thru Sprints' team to the TSA Headquarters based on the results of the surveys and concluding with a second visit to complete the proposed work and ensure functionality. Cable Tech inc., as a sole provider capable of handling the project management coordination, design elements and national scope of work, was judged uniquely qualified to handle all the aspects of this work project and was engaged in November 2005—with a project completion date of August 31, 2006. Using Cable Tech's mature quality processes and extremely well qualified scheduling and project management teams, this work is proceeding ahead of schedule and under budget and will be completed by the deadline as specified.

Sprint Corporation Data Networking Services Division

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Since 2004, Cable Tech Inc. has been involved in the extensive addition of data cabling and systems architecture gear (cabinets, servers and switches) in the on-going expansion of Sprints' national carrier service footprint. In both their Kansas City and their Dallas Data Centers Cable Tech has managed 1000+ copper cable and signficant fiber cable installations and continues to provide services under warranty and as an approved vendor for ongoing construction needs.

Des Moines Area Community College

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Cable Tech designed and installed a new campus wide fiber optic backbone consisting of single mode and multimode outside plant fiber optic cable. This was done in to facilitate a gigabit Ethernet backbone throughout the campus. Cable Tech has completed the migration of several buildings on the Ankeny campus to a Category 6 Structured Cabling system. This was done to facilitate 100-megabit bandwidth to the desktop with plenty of headroom for future applications in the classroom. The existing cabling was not designed to exceed 10 base-t applications. Cable Tech was instrumental in the design of the category 6-structured cabling system for the state of the art Technology Campus being built in West Des Moines. Most Recently Cable Tech has installed a category 6 structured cabling systems at the DMACC urban campus in downtown Des Moines.

Iowa Communications Network

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Cable Tech has had an ongoing relationship with the ICN for several years. The work involves adds, moves, new construction, and changes for the entire State of Iowa Capitol Complex in Des Moines. The buildings involved with Capitol Complex includes the Capitol, Lucas, Hoover, Wallace, Grimes, Historical, Old Historical, Workforce Development, and several smaller support buildings. Work consists of fiber optic and copper backbones, station cabling, trouble tickets and testing of fiber and copper. Most recently, Cable Tech has been involved with the project BOLD MOVE. This included moving several agencies off campus and the total restoration of the six floors of the Lucas State Office Building. This has been a several year project and is now in its final stages. The work completed included station cabling to approximately 1000 workstations, multipair voice backbone cabling and fiber optic backbone cabling. As well as our support on the State of Iowa Capitol Complex, Cable Tech has provided support to agency offices around the state of Iowa. This support requires a mobile and experienced work force to handle anything from station cabling, voice troubleshooting, key system troubleshooting and programming, and complete structured cabling designs and installations. Cable Tech has supported the outside plant division of the ICN with fiber optic placement and splicing. We have supported the ICN with copper cable splicing and placement.

Iowa Health Systems

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Cable Tech has been providing technician work at this extensive statewide hospital system. The work involved has been data cabling, voice cabling, feeder cables, fiber optic cabling, design, and testing. As well as the hospital system, IHS has an extensive network of clinics scattered about the state. Cable Tech also helps support these facilities. Structured cabling design and installation, key system installation and support, as well as moves and changes to existing facilities are a few of the items of work perform at these locations. Most recently Cable Tech is involved in the first phases of re-cabling the John Stoddard Cancer Center. Also Cable Tech is involved in the certification and testing of the fiber optic backbones of the hospital campus at Methodist to allow for a network core redesign.

Terrus Real Estate

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Cable Tech has been assisting Terrus Real Estate in a massive five-year project to re carpet all the buildings of the Principal Financial Group. This project involves work at night removing PC’s and telephones from the employee’s desktop at the start of a night shift. After this equipment is moved, the office furniture and carpet are removed. New carpet is installed and the furniture is replaced. Cable Tech employees return in the early morning and replace the phones and PC’s to the correct area. All equipment is checked for proper installation. The technicians check in with each employee to ensure all equipment is operating correctly, and fix any problems that may have popped up during the affecting over night.