Telecommunications

• AirTouch Cellular Telephone
Individual "cell" sites throughout Los Angeles County, all of which are interior improvements within office or retail buildings, presenting a significant challenge in providing the power and standby generator needed to support each site.

• General Telephone (GTE)
Satellite, repeater, exchange and carrier facilities in Los Angeles County, adding to the already extensive network of this local telephone carrier.

• Merridian Communications
Originally planned for local radio service, these mountaintop facilities were converted during the design phase into collocation sites, designed to support a large number of customers wishing to use the antennas for transmission, signal repeating, or cellular radio and paging services.

• Nextel Communications
As the local radio communication company originally named Fleetcall moved into the cellular market, calling themselves Smart S.M.R. we were there providing assistance in prototype development as well as site design. When the company began its major expansion and changed their name to Nextel, we were there, providing electrical design for facilities from the Monterey bay to the Mexican border.

• Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Company (LACTC)
Since this company's beginning, we have been involved with the design and/or retrofit of well over a hundred facilities. Half of these are modular units located in remote sites, schoolyards, parking structures, etc. The rest are interior improvements of commercial lease spaces. Each presented a unique challenge in bringing power and communications to the cellular equipment.

• British Telecommunications Broadcast Services (BT/BS)
Located in Marina Del Rey, California, this is the one and only presence this division of BT has on the west coast, designed to provide Australian ( and other Pacific Rim) television to the United States. The need for the client to have space for five 7-9 meter diameter satellite dishes pointed in very specific angles meant a design of concealment. In addition, a sophisticated security system was implemented to protect the facility and exterior equipment.

• GTE Sprint
The anchor of our performance with Sprint is a full floor switching facility in downtown Los Angeles. Designed in 1983 as one of the first for this company, we acted not only as prime design consultant, but as construction managers as well.

• Teleport Communications Group (TCG)
Electrical design of facilities for this reseller, in Sherman Oaks and Carson, California. Critical for this client was the protection of redundant paths of connection to a multitude of long distance telephone companies.

• MCI Telecommunications
Since the first west coast facility in Sherman Oaks, California in 1982, Silver Engineering has been very active with this company's growth. We have moved from sub-consultant to an Architect to prime consultant, to direct consultant to MCI personnel. We have aided the Construction Engineering staff of MCI in preparing initial project definitions to overseeing construction, and critical power cut-overs on live equipment. This includes projects for Long Distance, Local Services, Collocation, Partnerships (like Concert with British Telecommunications) and sensitive customers like the FAA and NASDAQ. We have been involved with more than thirty facilities in California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and New Mexico.

• MCI Metro Telecommunications
We designed and oversaw construction of the Phoenix, Arizona and Los Angeles switching facilities for the initial effort of this long distance giant to enter the local services market.

• WorldCom
Dependent on our services, the Regional Facilities Engineering and Construction staff of MCI continued to utilize the staff of Silver Engineering as consultants when the company was purchased by WorldCom in 1999. Since then, we have been involved with the design and construction of more than twenty additional facilities, including a 180,000 square foot twenty megawatt multi-floor multi-use facility in downtown Los Angeles.

• Qwest Communications (f.k.a. LCI)
We were instrumental in the design of not only the electrical and miscellaneous signal systems, but also the basic building layout for this large ground-up facility in Sacramento, California. The building was near completion when LCI Telecommunications was purchased by Qwest.

• Pihana Pacific (f.k.a. PIXC)
A full-floor expansion of the Los Angeles collocation facility for the company formally known as Pacific Internet Exchange Company. The scope of this project included high-voltage switchboards, generator synchronizing switchgear, access control, security cameras, fire alarm and leak detection systems, as well as multiple redundant UPS and power distribution units to support a load of 750 watts per square meter for the Pacific Rim company.

• Other Telecommunications Clients
We have had the priveledge of designing one or more facilities for the following clients: MCCA Microwave and Argo Communications in Sherman Oaks; Switch and Data Facilities in Portland, Oregon; Star Telecommunications, WCT/Frontier Communications and Splitrock Services in Los Angeles

• Carrier Hotels
The late 1990s brought investors together with a new idea, to provide leasable space designed exclusively for telecommunications companies. These facilities are typically large buildings located near major fiber optic routes and are designed with ample space for standby generators and HVAC equipment. To support the 100 to 150 watts per square foot of power requested by the tenants, this usually requires a dedicated utility substation on-site, and lengthy negotiations with the local power utility. We have been heavily involved with several buildings in California and in Washington.

• Hospitals
Included in our repertoire are the Sherman Oaks Community Hospital and Burn Center, and Brotman Memorial, El Cajon Hospital and the Memorial Hospital of Gardena. We also designed the Tarzana Gardens and Hillcrest Royale Residential Care Facilities, and were instrumental in bringing the aging Lakeview Terrace Sanitarium up to current code compliance. The Sherman Oaks project included involvement in an energy-saving ice-making facility in the building basement to compliment the daytime cooling requirements of the hospital expansion.

• Schools
In addition to designing several versions of their prototype building, we have designed nearly a hundred sites for KinderCare USA from Oregon to the Mexican border. We have also been involved with major remodels and expansions for the Los Angeles Unified School District.

• Financial Institutions
Among our financial clients have been Bank of America, Countrywide Mortgage, Coast Federal Savings, City National Bank, Fidelity Federal Saving & Loan, Manufacturers Bank, World Savings and Great Western Bank. Our work for Great Western (now Washington Mutual) includes a multi-building computer facility in Northridge, California and the cogeneration plant that supports the cooling systems and powers the campus.

• Religious Facilities
We have been involved with several places of worship, including the Fellowship Hall for the Prince of Peace Church, the Wilshire Boulevard Sephardic Temple and Temple Ramah in Los Angeles, and the Pasadena Jewish Temple.

• Other Institutional Projects
The cafeteria at the Long Beach Naval Yard, U.S. Post Offices, California State offices in Los Angeles, Palm Spring, Barstow, and Canoga Park, California.

• Industrial Parks
During the economic expansion of 1980s, our firm was designing over a million square feet of speculative industrial space each year. Included in our list of accomplishments are:

• Channel Island Business Center in Oxnard, California
  
• Industrial Complex of Camarillo, Camarillo, California
  
• Atlantic Aviation Center in Long Beach, California
  
• Valley Business Center in Santa Clarita, California
  
• Fairsky Commerce Center in Santa Maria, California
  
• Black Mountain Business Park in Henderson, Nevada
  
• P.T. Broco Business Center in Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.

• Industrial Clients
In addition to the many speculative buildings for land developers, we have a long list of companies enlisting our services and expertise in designing their manufacturing facilities. Not all of them could be named here, but some of the more recognizable users are:

Frito Lay Inc., Chef America, McKesson Water Products, Fresh Prep Salads, Baker Boy Bakeries
Xerox Corp., Bugle Boy Industries, Chatsworth Products, Kavlico Industries, Inland Steel Company
Camarillo Daily News, TV Fanfare Publications, The Herald Examiner, Viking Lithograph, Holden Color
CoreVent Bio-Engineering, Iso-Science Laboratories, PTI Technologies, Meissner Filtration Products
Propaganda Films, Santa Clarita Studios, Technicolor Duplication Services, Vidfilm Duplications Corp.
Bennet Photo Processing, Perfect Photo Processing, Thrifty Photo Processing, Electro Adaptor Plating
Sebastian International, Francosmetics International, INX Ink Corporation, Pacific Balloon, Rubbercraft

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Office Towers
These twin towers contain over 350,000 square feet of medical office suites connected to the famed Cedars-Sinai Hospital and across the street from the Beverly Center. The towers are joined by a common underground electrical service. This is one of the first projects in Los Angeles requiring a Life Safety Support System. Besides designing the two high-rise buildings and two adjacent multi-floor parking structures, we were also hired to design all of the tenant improvements because of our ability to quickly engineer plans and obtain city approval.

• Great Western Savings & Loan Computer Facility
This multi-building "campus" headquarters is an outstanding example of a well conceived solution to a client's need. Their heart of the system is a 20 megawatt cogeneration plant whereby electrical energy is generated for use in operating the general lighting and power for the offices, as well as the massive 60-hertz and 415-hertz iso-redundant UPS systems for the computer facility. The waste heat from the five large turbines is collected and used for the heating and air conditioning needs. An energy management system senses , evaluates and controls all energy usage.

• Other Commercial Buildings
Silver Engineering has designed countless office structures, high-rise and low-rise, single story and campus environments. here is a short list to give you an idea of the breadth of the experience of our staff:

• Zenith Insurance High-Rise Office Building, Los Angeles
  
• Capitol Records Office Building and Computer Facilities, Newbury Park, California
  
• I.B.M. Office Buldings, San Diego, Calif., Albuquerque, New Mexico and Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Allstate Insurance Buildings, Los Angeles, San Diego, Hayward and Downey, California
  
• Sherman Oaks Financial Center, Sherman Oaks, California
  
• Maxwell Starkman AIA Building, Beverly Hills
  
• Glendale Financial Center, Gendale, California
  
• Woodruff Medical Office Building, Long Beach, California
  
• Inglewood Medical Building, Inglewood, California
  
• Ernerst W. Hahn Building in El Segundo, California

• Regional Malls
Silver Engineering has engineered the electrical systems for many large indoor shopping centers all over the United States, including typical 2-story retail centers stretching up to a third mile long, and multi-story urban projects. Some high profile projects are the Pueblo Mall in Pueblo, Colorado; the Meadows Mall in Las Vegas; the Century Square Mall in Merrilville, Indiana; and the Woodland Hills Mall in Tulsa, Oklahoma. And in California, the Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks; the Carson Mall in Carson; Santa Monica Place in Santa Monica; Mariners Fashion Island in San Mateo; Solano Mall in Fairfield; The Oakridge Mall in San Jose; The Barstow Mall in Barstow; and many others.

• Neighborhood Shopping Centers
Among our lengthy list of projects are "strip" centers in Phoenix, Reno, Carson, Santa Ana, Woodland Hills, Hesperia, Encino, Paradise, Los Angeles, and many more.

• Chain Stores
Several large department store and specialty shop chains have entrusted our firm with the design of many stores throughout the west coast states. Our project list includes several stores for K-mart, J.C. Penny, Old Navy, Treasury, Office Depot, Pic'n'Save, Staples, McFrugals, C.H. Baker, Fredericks of Hollywood, Casual Corner, Burtons and Petite Sophisticates.

• Other Retail
From major retailers and home centers, to small jewelry and linen shops, the list of individual shops, mall tenants and large department stores is too long to display here. We have taken on challenges in decorative and display lighting that would sometime seem impossible, but every client was left with a sincere satisfaction that the lighting scheme would contribute to the success of their store.

• Restaurants
Silver Engineering has designed many food retailers, including multiple locations for companies like Sizzler, Marie Callender and Acapulco Mexican Restaurants. Most of these included complicated lighting control systems and extensive coordination with Kitchen Consultants.

• Hotels
Among our project list includes the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas; the Airport Park Hotel at Hollywood Park; the Executive Sun Spa in Palm Springs; Twenty-seven (27) Vagabond Motor Hotels in California, Arizona and Nevada; and the state-of-the-art prototype for a travelers hotel center called "Skytel" for the Bradley International Terminal at the Los Angeles International Airport.

• Recreational
Not to be limited to the mundane, Silver Engineering has designed electrical upgrades to the famed Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles, as well as designing the Mountaingate Country Club in Brentwood and Tierra Rejada Golf Club in Simi Valley, California, we have also completed five facilities for the Courthouse Racquetball Centers of California; The Canon Theater in Beverly Hills; the Stars Hall of Fame in Orlando, Florida, and Big Surf (Six Flags over Texas).

• Apartments, Condominiums and Single Residences
Over the years, our firm has designed many projects from an interior space of a 4,000 square foot multi-million dollar condominium unit in a large high-end complex, to projects consisting of several buildings and several hundred apartment units, including multiple projects for Larwin Company, Ring Brothers, and D & S Development who produced vastly popular condominium complexes in California and Nevada.