ICBN Construction: The Week of May 28, 2012

Construction expected this week:

  • Anne Arundel County: Old Solomons Island Rd.; Owensville Rd.
  • Baltimore City: Engine 14 Booth St.; Engine 58 Patapsco Ave.; Engine 36 Edmondson Ave.
  • Baltimore County: Chesapeake Ave.; Thornton Rd.; Padonia Rd.; Gilroy Rd.
  • Carroll County: Robert Moton Center; Westminster Sr. Center; Barrel House/Citizen Services; Westminister City Hall; Westminster PD; Westminster FD; Friendship Valley ES; Emergency Service Training (old); Rt. 27 Connector
  • Harford County: South MD924/Emmorton Rd. between Idlewood Rd. and Singer Rd. Box Ridge Dr. from Emmorton to Kensington; Fallston HS – Carrs Mills Rd.; Fallston VFC – Carrs Mills Rd.; Detention Center – Rock Spring Rd.; Forest Lake ES – Osbourne Pkwy.; Fallston Library – Fallston Rd.; Fallston Park & Rec – Fallston Rd.; Youth Benefit ES – Fallston Rd.; Jarrettsville Library – Norrisville Rd.
  • Howard County: Maple Lawn; MD 108; Washington Blvd. (US 1) to Baltimore Co.; Waterloo Rd. (MD175) to AA Co.; Scaggsville Rd.; Gorman Rd. to Baltimore St.; Vollmerhausen Rd.; Vollmerhausen Bridge
  • Montgomery County: HUB D-E; HUB I-J; Hub B-D; HUB F-I
  • Prince George’s County: IC 2; IC5; IC 6; IC 14;

We get a few questions every week about where we’ll be doing construction and in which jurisdictions, so we’ve decided to start each week with an update on where we expect to be constructing for the upcoming week. Please note: this information is forecast only (because we realize that a variety of factors can change the actual outcome). If a jurisdiction does not appear in the chart below, this means that no construction has been scheduled for the upcoming week, likely due to engineering or permitting that is taking place.

ICBN Releases Network Equipment Installation Services RFP

The ICBN has released an RFP for Network Equipment Installation Services:

RFP-36-2012
Opening: June 27, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.

A pre-proposal conference will be held in the Purchasing Conference Room, Gateway Building, 6751 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 501, Columbia, Maryland, 21046 on June 8, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. to discuss objectives and answer questions relating to this solicitation. Contractor’s attendance is not required but is strongly encouraged.

You can also view the information by visiting the Howard County Purchasing website and click on the Current Solicitations Tab.

Happy Memorial Day!

Watch Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling Give a Shout-Out to ICBN!

Larry Strickling – Assistant Secretary for Communications & Information, US Dept. of Commerce; Administrator, NTIA – was the keynote speaker at last week’s Broadband Communities Summit in Dallas, Texas. During his keynote, Asst. Sec. Strickling singled out the ICBN as one of the successful examples of a BTOP-funded program. He said, among other accolades:

“This project is also an example of how our investment is priming the pumps for additional investments by public and private entities.”

Click the link above** to watch the keynote address in its entirety, or fast forward to 38:16 to watch the portion on ICBN.

You can also watch a session titled Working with Economic Development Agencies that our Broadband Program Director, Lori Sherwood, moderated by clicking here.**

** A quick, free, sign-in is required to view the video.