West Carb Enterprises

West Carb Cable Installation and Underground Construction Capabilities

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:40:54 +0000

Some of the key areas covered by our Construction Services are as follows:

Street Cutting
Rock Sawing
Manhole Placement
Conduit Rodding
Directional Boring
Underground Construction
Aerial Construction
Fiber To The Premise or Business Construction
Underground and Aerial Drop Installations
System Maintenance
Emergency Restoration

West Carb has extensive experience in splicing, premise wiring, and cutover services for broadband to the home. Our crews are experienced splicing & connectorization in the head end, central office, trunk and feeder cable, splitters, distribution cable, fiber drops, and fiber pigtails at the premise.

The nature of FTTH / FTTP projects require multiple splicing, connectorization and cutover crews along with adequate equipment to complete projects to your satisfaction in a specified time frame. Fiber-Tel Contractors has the capability to offer equipment and multiple crews to help complete your project.

As part of the cutover service, we are currently installing:

Fiber NIDs with UPS systems
COAX cabling
Cat 5 wiring
Inside telephone wire
Set top boxes
Cutover services from the existing copper POTS service to the new fiber optic NID with triple play services
Some of the procedures that are included in the cutover service process include:
- Verification of the ONT serial number so it matches the number on the service order.
- Measure the required, received optical levels at the end of the fiber drop where it connects to the ONT as specified by the local telephone company.
- Installing the UPS and applying power to the ONT.
- Measure and record RF levels for selected channels as specified by the local telephone company.
- Install SWRD if applicable. (including recording the MAC address on the service order)
- Install/repair any COAX cabling that is required, including replacement of existing splitters and connectors.
- Install set top boxes for digital, or pay-per-view packages.
- Verify the customer has Internet service and record Internet speeds.
- Remove the copper drop from the existing telephone NID and place inside wire between the fiber ONT and the copper NID, if copper NID is to be used as a “dry” spot.
- Install hub in premise, NIC card, and configure IP settings.
- Verify that all bonding and grounding has been completed for both the fiber ONT and the copper NID according to the local telephone company’s standards.
- Verify that all telephones and services including calling features that the subscriber has requested, is working and within the acceptable levels as specified by the local telephone company.
- Demonstrate to the customer the operations and functions of the set top box, remote control, and Internet service.
- Have subscriber sign the installation form.
- Close out the service order with the local telephone company’s dispatch center.

Major advantages of using WCE for your cutover services to the customer’s premise are:

The operating company’s technician/installers can focus on their normal work routine.
Local operating company does not have to hire additional personnel or purchase additional equipment at time of implementation.
WCE can supply multiple crews to complete multiple cutovers, so you can maximize return on investment as quickly as possible!
You get full warranty on all workmanship from a reputable woman Owned 8(a) company that has been in business for over 7 years!

Boston’s 8A Woman Owned Certified Small Business

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:46:12 +0000

WestCarb Enterprises is a certified 8A company doing business in Boston, Massachusetts. We are a design and build infrastructure company working with Federal, State, and Local Government agencies. Morrell Thomas is the CEO of WestCarb Enterprises. WestCarb Enterprises is the services side of our business. We have a product side of the business as well. Our typical client is Massachusetts or Florida based Government clients who hire us to build out their technical infrastructure and telecom infrastructure. We provide telecom blueprints and implement networks within Government facilities.

Underground Construction and Low Voltage Cabling

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:53:21 +0000

When asked what our company does and we mention that one of our areas of concentration is Underground Construction (UC), most people do not have any clue what UC is all about.
As an underground contractor, WCE install underground utilities for residential and commercial projects. In our case, we install the Fiber to the Property on the Verizon FTP project. This is done by way of a pneumatic piercing tool called a ground mole and a directional drill.

There are very few women owned businesses in the Inside and outside plant telecommunication market. Westcarb would caution other women and minority owned businesses to do their homework before venturing into the area of UC. This could be a very profitable venture; however, you will find that it is a very expensive business to get into, secondly, it can be very unpredictable–meaning that work is promised but often times when work is received you are given “the bottom of the barrel” especially if you are new to this market.

When we say the “bottom of the barrel” we are referring to areas that are very congested with utilities, i.e., water, gas, electricity, sewer, cable, and phone. If you do not take precaution to locate and expose these utilities correctly, you can accidently hit them while digging. When this happens, you might as well pack it in.

The high cost of insurance is also another challenge to consider. Insurance can run anyway from $4,000 per month plus. Please bear in mind also that this does not take into consideration the cost for hitting utilities.

Finally, in most cases your company will be a Sub Contractor to the Prime. It our experience to note that some Primes are very good at paying the subs but others absolutely refuses to do so. This makes for a stressful situation because the pay period is generally two weeks and sometimes a small business can go as much as two months without being paid. This is another large factor that keeps small businesses out of this market.

Bottom line, have plenty of finances available, if you plan on being in the UC business for an extended period of time.

Government Design and Build Services

admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:35:07 +0000

Westcarb Enterprises is a design and build contractor that services Government and Commercial clients in Boston, MA and the Tampa Bay Florida areas. We have several contract vehicles in place to service our clients and have worked on large infrastructure building contracts. We are a full service building contractor and assist our clients from the architectural phase of building all the way to the completed and finished product.

We build buildings as well as multi-family residential units and have serviced large and medium sized businesses with our construction services. Another component to our business is in the build out of wireline infrastructure within buildings. We lay wire and networking equipment to power the network inside of Government and Corporate buildings. Please feel free to call us or send us an inquiry via our forms on our site.

Welcome To WestCarb Enterprises

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:55:29 +0000

WestCarb Enterprises announces their new website and blog for our Government customers. We are a certified Minority Owned contractor services clients in both Florida and Massachusetts. Our company primarily services clients in the construction and telecom industries. We provide single family and multi-family construction as well as industrial building construction.

We also handle underground construction for the telecom industry. Our customers include Hamilton Sundstrand, DynCorp, KBR, Raytheon, Rolls Royce, The DoD, and L-3 Communications.