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Five Star Electric, a subsidiary of Sylmar, Calif.-based Tutor Perini, won a $67 million contract from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority for Internet infrastructure work, the company announced.
According to a press release, New York City-based Five Star will replace approximately 150,000 feet of fiber optic cable for the MTA Phase 3C Connection Oriented Ethernet project. Other components include:
- Interconnect and integrate more than 360 branches into the MTA network.
- Connect, test and integrate existing service delivery switches in over 150 branches.
- Integration of existing CCTV cameras at 125 stations into existing physical security and video management systems.
MTA is funding 100% of the project and put the work out to bid last October. according to a contract solicitation notice. Contractors were required to register with the federal government Prize management system database (SAM) to validate supplier information and request bid documents, as well as the MTA Vendor Portal.
MTA is the largest transportation network in North America, according to its website, serves a population of 15.3 million people in a 5,000-square-mile travel area surrounding New York City, Long Island, southeastern New York State and Connecticut. Its network includes the nation’s largest bus fleet and more subway and commuter rail cars than all other U.S. transit systems combined.
Five Star has completed work for the MTA in the past. In 2013 he won two signal system modernization contracts valued at $225 million.
Five Star recently began work on the current Ethernet cabling project, according to the release, which it expects to complete by the end of 2028.
