Item No. 8d_supp
Meeting Date: September 12, 2023
Telecommunication Meet Me Room (MMR)
Fiber Construction
Hein Mac                    Tyler Salisbury
AV F&I – Manager Engineer        AV PMG – Capital Project
Electrical                             Manager

September 12 , 2023

                 Project Overview
Establish new permanent telecommunication connection pathway into the Airport
– Telephone services
– Internet and Intranet
•  Wi-Fi connectivity and Office connections
•  Airport Reservation System and Airport Check-in System
Benefits:
– Relocate legacy connections and upgrade from copper to high-speed fiber.
– Bring new services and service providers into the Airport.
– Provide connection redundancy and resiliency (Dual Pathway).
Request:
– Authorization for construction of the fiber connections
– This will fully authorize the Telecommunication Meet Me Room project

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                 Project Scope - Fiber
• Fiber Scope
– Install fiber interconnections between
Service providers and Port equipment.
– Install fiber in a primary pathway to each
Main Distribution Room (MDR).
– Install fiber in a secondary pathway to
each MDR.
• New tray and conduit pathways are required
to keep the connections separated.

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                Project Opportunities
Opportunity                    DESCRIPTION
Increased Resiliency            The project has identified and will be installing a secondary pathway to
each MDR from the MMR. This will provide data redundancy and resiliency
to the airport which is not currently available with the legacy connections.
Diversity of services and        The MMR will have space for new service providers to access the airport.
providers                      These providers can bring additional and competing services into the
airport.
Synergies with the Utility       This project aligns with recommendations in the Utility Master Plan for
Master Plan and future        increased resiliency and capacity for future growth.
capacity


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             Project Risks and Mitigation
RISK                     DESCRIPTION                                  MITIGATION PLAN
Supply Chain - Fiber     Availability of fiber cabling                    • Identifying the long lead items in advance
and working with the contractor to put
orders in early.





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                    Schedule
•  Fiber Scope
– Commission for construction authorization 3Q 2023
– Construction Start 2Q 2024
– Substantial Completion – Fiber 4Q 2025




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             Budget and Authorization

Authorization                      Amount                Note
Previous authorization       $13,703,00        September 2022
This Request                $7,997,000        Fiber – Construction Funding
Total Authorized             $21,700,000       Building & Fiber fully authorized
Total Remaining             $0



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                 Cone of Certainty

We are here




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                Action Requested
•  Authorization to advertise, award, and execute a major works construction contract
to construct
•  Use of Port of Seattle Crews for design support and pre-construction activities
•  This request is to authorize $7.997M
– Total authorization is $21.7M
– This will fully authorize the Telecommunication Meet Me Room Project




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                   Questions?

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