projects

Cable Installation at Staples Center

One of our high profile projects centers around the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where we were involved in the final stages of installation and troubleshooting. The Staples Center is the home of the LA Clippers, Kings and the Lakers.

Unique Environment

We have successfully completed projects in unique or “foreign” environments, which require an understanding of the habitat and precise engineering. The photo features the dormant volcano, Mauna Kea in Hawaii, where we performed high altitude fiber fusion splicing. For reference, Mauna Kea is 33,000 feet tall from its oceanic base whereas Mount Everest is 29,029 feet, making Mauna Kea the tallest mountain on Earth. Not many fusion splicers work at this altitude, and therefore we had to tweak and shim the electrodes in order to splice and complete the project.

OTDR in Hawaii

In this photo we are working on long haul fiber going between islands in Hawaii. Not many testers can do OTDR, optical return loss, insertion loss, polarization mode dispersion, and optical spectrum analysis in a single unit. Special thanks to Glenn Takahashi of GTE Hawaiian Telephone for being in our picture. We provided complete fiber documentation for this project consisting of OTDR traces, PMD readings, ORL readings, and detailed insertion loss data for the 1550 nm wavelength.

Los Angeles Metro Lines

Completed in 2016, Exsell Sales Associates, Inc. worked under Mass Electric Construction Company and Skanska USA, Inc. to complete Phase 2 of the Exposition Light Rail Transit Project for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

The EXPO LRT Project consisted of extending LA Metro’s rail lines from Culver City to Santa Monica, which meant adding 14 miles of track, 5 at-grade stations, 2 aerial stations, 1 mile of elevated transitway and a new bicycle path to the existing infrastructure. Exsell was specifically tasked with testing and terminating, splicing, tagging and documenting all runs of fiber optic cable along these additions so that communication remains stable and instantaneous through all stations and trains.

It was a lengthy project, but it helped significantly expand Los Angeles County’s public transportation options and make the choice of taking public transportation more viable than ever before. Given LA’s notorious traffic problems, the positive effects of this project and similar projects are impactful not only on the environment and local economy, but also on the individual citizen who would otherwise be trapped in their car during rush hour.