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A solar-powered remote LMR communications site — solar panel array on a structural framework with a comms tower in the background under an overcast mountain sky.

Services / Public Safety

Public-Safety & Mission-Critical Communications

Engineering and construction management for P25 radio, LMR, and FirstNet — built when failure is not an option.

50

P25 sites — City of Houston

20,000+

Radio users supported

1,300 sq mi

Interoperable simulcast — Austin

$10M

DHS New Mexico sector program

Figures from the representative engagements below

When the network has to work every time, the engineering has to be right the first time. We have delivered the civil and structural infrastructure behind some of the largest interoperable public-safety radio systems in the United States, and have served as a subject-matter expert on national broadband-for-public-safety initiatives.

What we do

  • P25 trunked radio infrastructure

    Civil and structural design and construction management for Phase I and Phase II systems.

  • Land Mobile Radio (LMR) site development

    Including off-grid and remote, helicopter-access sites.

  • Simulcast and interoperable systems

    Multi-agency, multi-jurisdiction coverage design support.

  • Logistics and program delivery

    Engineering, zoning, permitting, procurement, warehousing, and construction in coordination with prime integrators.

  • FirstNet and grant-program advisory

    Subject-matter expertise and stakeholder engagement.

When the network has to work every time, the engineering has to be right the first time.

Representative engagements

City of Houston 700 MHz P25 Phase II

Civil infrastructure for 50 sites supporting more than 20,000 radio users across public-safety and public-service agencies — the first large-scale 700 MHz P25 Phase II trunked radio system in the United States.

Austin RDMT / CTECC

The first U.S. deployment of digital P25 interoperable public-safety radio: simulcast coverage of 1,300 square miles serving six governmental entities, roughly 50 departments, and more than 6,000 users.

DHS — New Mexico Sector

A $10M program covering 32 LMR sites across New Mexico and West Texas, including off-grid solar and helicopter-access remote sites; engineering, zoning, permitting, procurement, warehousing, and construction delivered in concert with SAIC.

DHS — Maine Sector

30 LMR sites across Maine and New Hampshire, delivered with Motorola Solutions: leasing support, engineering, construction management, logistics, and warehousing.

FirstNet SLIGP

Subject-matter expert and public speaker representing the State and Local Implementation Grant Program for New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

Let’s talk

To discuss a mission-critical communications program, reach out.

cfaulkner@ngioe.com

Faulkner Consulting, LLC — led by Carroll Faulkner, PE.