Special Systems

SPECIAL SYSTEMS

MEC is a full-service provider of low-voltage and telecommunications cabling systems. We provide design and installation of structured cabling systems with copper and fiber optic networks for corporate and data center clients, including security, CCTV, access control, fire alarm and building automation systems.

Our manufacturer certified technicians utilize state-of-the-art installation and testing equipment including power meters, OTDRs and fusion splicers to provide customers with the resources to complete their communications and data network needs. We provide certification and warranties from manufacturers such as AMP/Tyco, Belden/CDT, berktek, Commscope, Corning, Hubbell, Leviton, Ortronics and Panduit.

In today’s business climate, the safety of personnel, and the public at large, are top considerations for business owners and their insurers. That is why so many businesses depend on MEC to provide critical data networks, security and safety systems in their facilities.

Midtown Tunnel Project

Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va

The Elizabeth River Tunnels Public-Private Partnership (P3) project is underway in the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia. MEC’s work includes construction and pre-construction services for electrical systems for the new Midtown Tunnel and Martin Luther King Expressway, and rehabilitation of the existing Downtown and Midtown Tunnels. Through 2018, MEC will be working with SKW Constructors, a Skanska, Kiewit, Weeks Marine Joint Venture.

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Leonard P. Zakim / Bunker Hill Bridge

Boston, Mass.

As the signature of Boston’s Big Dig project, the Leonard P. Zakim/Bunker Hill Bridge (Zakim Bridge), completed in 2002 and fully opened in 2004 is not only the world’s widest asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge, but it is also the first asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge in the nation. The bridge, which spans from Boston’s North End to Charlestown, MA, consists of ten lanes, and merges I-93 and U.S. Route 1 traffic across the Charles River, into and out of the Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Tunnel.

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Farley Pavilion Electrical Room Upgrade

Boston, Mass.

In February 2012, Mass. Electric Construction Co. began the replacement of the electrical distribution feeding the Farley and Pavilion Buildings at Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CHMC) in Boston, Mass. The project was required to increase the efficiency of the system and addressed updates to electrical code.

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Central Artery/Tunnel Security Project

Boston, Mass.

In light of the threat presented by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority had to come up with a way to monitor its new $15 Billion underground highway. Mass. Electric Construction Co. (MEC) was selected to be the installer for the security system, which would allow the new Central Artery/Tunnel (CA/T) system to be monitored from one central location.

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Foothills Extension Phase 2A Design-Build

Monrovia, Calif.

This design-build project, in which Mass. Electric is a subcontractor to Foothill Transit Constructors, a Kiewit/Parsons JV, involves constructing 11.5 miles of Double Light Rail Track from the terminus of the existing Gold Line in Pasadena to Citrus Avenue in Azuza, California.

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OCSD Variable Frequency Drives Upgrades Project

Huntington Beach, Calif.

Mass. Electric Construction Co. (MEC) completed the OCSD VFD Upgrade project ahead of schedule. The project, which was an update to the twenty year old system, included the removal and replacement of three (3) 350 Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) and upgrades to the associated control system for full automation at Plant No. 2.

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Hellgate Line Catenary Modifications

Bronx, N.Y. & Westchester, N.Y.

This project entailed rehabilitation of eight segments of catenary lines from New Rochelle to Sunnyside Yard. The existing systems, which were installed in the 1920s and 1930s, were due for rehabilitation because of age and as a preventative measure to help ensure that the catenary lines would hold in extreme weather events, such as a windstorm.

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