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TAW NORTH, RCDD, LEED AP
<br />Principal | Regional Director | Technology Consultant QA/QC
<br />BACKGROUND
<br />Taw has 25+ years of experience designing, commissioning and quality-
<br />reviewing low-voltage systems for municipal, utility, public safety and
<br />mission-critical facilities. His expertise includes voice-data, security,
<br />access control, surveillance and audiovisual systems. He works closely
<br />with owners and design teams to verify that technology requirements are
<br />coordinated, constructible and aligned with operational needs. A BICSI
<br />instructor and published cabling author, Taw will provide independent QA/
<br />QC focused on resilient, reliable and maintainable systems.
<br />EXPERIENCE
<br />Coconut Creek Public Works Building, Coconut Creek, Florida
<br />New two-story Public Works administration building with an EOC, dispatch
<br />and 911 call center, emergency-response offices, N+1 systems and standby
<br />power. Achieved LEED Silver certification. $3 million / 22,000 sf
<br />Mount Dora Public Works Facility, Mount Dora, Florida
<br />New public works operations complex with administrative offices,
<br />collaboration areas, warehouses, maintenance functions, loading areas and
<br />secured operational spaces. Technology scope included access control,
<br />CCTV, GIS video wall and emergency responder radio coverage.
<br />$3.5 million / 67,700 sf
<br />Melbourne Joseph Pellicano Law Enforcement Center and
<br />Emergency Operations Center, Melbourne, Florida
<br />New two-story facility consolidating the City’s police department and EOC.
<br />Spaces include administration, communications, IT, training, records and
<br />emergency management functions. Hardened construction, emergency
<br />generation and independent HVAC systems support continued operation
<br />during outages. $32 million / 76,390 sf
<br />St. Petersburg Police Department Headquarters,
<br />St. Petersburg, Florida
<br />New mission-critical complex with administrative and operational areas,
<br />police data center, City EOC and communications center. Designed for
<br />Category 5 hurricane winds and ballistic impacts, with redundant building
<br />systems and advanced technology, communications and AV infrastructure.
<br />$85 million / 170,000 sf
<br />Horry County Emergency Operations Center, Conway, South Carolina
<br />New two-story EOC designed for Category 5 hurricane conditions
<br />and post-emergency self-sufficiency. Facility includes EMS and 911
<br />administrative areas, conference rooms, communications infrastructure and
<br />operational-support spaces. $26 million / 42,101 sf
<br />St. Charles County Emergency Operations Center and Police
<br />Department Evidence Storage Expansion, St. Charles, Missouri
<br />Renovation and commissioning of the County EOC and expansion of police
<br />evidence storage. Technology included fiber-optic backbone, VOIP, Wi-Fi
<br />and antenna infrastructure, data distribution and a 1,300-sf data center with
<br />dedicated cooling. $24 million / 30,000 sf
<br />EDUCATION
<br />U.S. Military Academy, West Point B.S., Mechanical Engineering 1995
<br />YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
<br />TLC: 20 years
<br />Prior: 6 years
<br />CERTIFICATIONS
<br />RCDD, BICSI
<br />LEED AP, GBCI
<br />PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
<br />Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI), Member
<br />Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Member
<br />Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Member
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