September 17, 2020 – The last 10 percent of anything worth doing always takes the longest. We are nearing completion and have clean up work in the closets and need to connect some of the longer runs into loops for path redundancy. We will be transitioning to Boca Island East to do an install in […]
September 5, 2020 – This project would not have been possible without the generous support of the Pulte Family Foundation funding the pilot grant to see what is possible if you get some rookies a chance. Super thrilled when they called to see if they could buy the team lunch. James from the foundation went […]
September 1, 2020– The management tools from Ubiquiti are excellent and give a great visibility of each device on the network which allows remote monitoring and management. In the event of an outage or problem by reviewing the map can quickly troubleshoot the problem allowing for quick repairs by reviewing data. Dexter Dixon has done […]
August 26, 2020 – It is time to bring the ethernet cable into each resident with a plan of minimizing the time in each resident out of concerns for COVID. The plan is to drill a 1 inch hole above each kitchen door which opens up to the living room. We are using Ubiquiti platform […]
August 12, 2020 – Super proud of James finishing up some closet work before he heads off to the University of Florida as an incoming freshman majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Over the last 3+ years have seen how hard he has worked taking dual enrollment classes at Palm Beach State and heads down focused all […]
August 10, 2020 When we started this program the big open question was related to hiring and training doing a project worth doing that looks a lot like hard work. We planned on 6 weeks at Dixie Manor to install Ethernet cable to 90 units. A large portion of the effort has been focused on […]
August 7, 2020 Making sure you have everything on the job site is key to not having team members standing around. Amazon has made it easy to order just about anything in a couple of days but at the expense that local suppliers can’t compete and hard to find local products. I set out Friday […]
August 6, 2020 Florida can be brutal in the summer for sweat drenching heat and getting caught in an afternoon rainstorm. It was clear that wearing a drifit shirt and being COVID safe needed to be part of the uniform. For those who don’t have an appreciation for tech logos the square box that looks […]
August 5, 2020 – After three weeks of on the job training, getting conduit run between buildings, working with ethernet cables the team is ready to start working through getting drops installed. We established the goal of paying a minimum of $15 an hour for training and tasks that need to get done. We want […]
July 23, 2020 The team is tasked with mounting an 8 port POE switch in each building, connecting to the network and running an Ethernet cable to each resident. The CAT6 outdoor cable allows for 1 gigabit performance to each unit and will future proof the network.