Spectrum Integrated Technologies completes tel/data and security at the Boston Globe printing plant

Taunton, MA Spectrum Integrated Technologies (Spectrum IT), the low voltage division of J&M Brown Company, has completed the comprehensive tel/data and security system projects at the new 307,000 s/f Boston Globe printing plant, located at 300 Constitution Dr.

300 Constitution Drive - Taunton, MA

In the tel/data project, Spectrum’s team of six IBEW Local 103 technicians provided the installation of more than 400 tel/data stations, the buildout of seven new intermediate distribution frames (IDFs), and the facility’s new state-of-the-art data center.  The project includes connectivity of copper and fiber cable installations to Globe’s five new printing presses. Unique project features performed by the NECA contractor include:

• Spectrum’s installation of five new IDF cabinets 20-feet in the air, attached to steel beam columns due to the size of the warehouse.

• Each of the IDF cabinets are connected with fiber and copper feeders which runback to the main Main Distribution Frame (MDF). 

• Thirty wireless units are installed in the ceiling rafters, controlling some of the robotics that move paper rolls and various products around the warehouse space. 

• The project included more than 30 miles of installed cable runs.

Spectrum IT’s director of operations Ed Menard and foreman Scott Francis supervised the tel/data project.

The new Globe facility’s security system project was performed under separate contract by Spectrum. It entailed installation of an entirely new security system for the warehouse and outdoor parking facility. System installations include card access security at all perimeter doors. Spectrum IT vice president Terry Kilduff managed the security project. Spectrum commenced work in September 2015 and the projects were completed, in June.