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INDUSTRY NEWS

The health, safety and well-being of all NECA Boston Chapter members, our con-struction crews, our office staff, and the communi-ties in which we serve and live are our most impor-tant considerations during the COVID-19 crisis. As NECA Boston responds

to the ever-changing cir-cumstances related to the coronavirus crisis, we will take all steps necessary to reduce pressure on our healthcare professionals and our local communities, while at the same time, to ensure that our region’s critical facilities and infra-

structure that serve the public remain operational.

As the leading voice of the electrical construction industry in the nation, NECA has taken a lead-ing, proactive role to keep our contractors and work-ers informed of all govern-ment-mandated policies

and advisories relating to COVID-19, as well as to ensure the most strin-gent safety practices are employed in the workplace and on construction sites as conditions warrant.

The Boston Chapter continues to work with Local 103, Local 490, Local

567, and Local 1253; the Mayors’ and Governors’ offices; the building trades; and our contractor asso-ciation partners to deter-mine guidelines that would allow these sites to safely reopen in Greater Boston and statewide in MA, NH, and ME.

NORWOOD, MA – LAN-TEL Communications, Inc., head-quartered in Norwood, MA, is responding to the emergency public health safety and secu-rity needs of cities and towns throughout Massachusetts dur-ing the COVID-19 pandemic with advanced thermal imag-

ing Elevated Body Temperature (EBT) Screening solutions designed to help dramatically slow the spread of the virus.

LAN-TEL’s thermal imaging camera solutions for EBT screen-ing are FDA 510k approved and are available in handheld, tripod-mount, and fixed-mount models.

The cameras are effective tools in measuring skin temperature and identifying individuals with Elevated Body Temperature – with accuracy to 0.5°+/-°F, reducing potential COVID-19 exposure to staff, patients and the public. The cameras feature built-in alarm and analysis func-

tionality and can provide autono-mous communication using stan-dard protocols.

Utilizing thermal cameras, health care officials as well as public and private industry offi-cials can discretely, efficiently and effectively identify individu-als that require further screen-ing with virus-specific tests.

“LAN-TEL’s commitment and experience in providing the most advanced security solu-tions in facilities throughout Greater Boston and the state is critically important, espe-cially during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said LAN-TEL CEO Joe Bodio. “We are working closely with our industry-lead-ing partners/vendors to provide much-needed thermal imaging

camera solutions that enable quick, effective EBT screening in hospitals, as well as other high-traffic locations where the public and employees can be at risk.”

LAN-TEL’s thermal imaging cameras have ideal application in diverse high-traffic facilities, including hospitals, COVID-19 testing sites, skilled nurs-ing facilities, construction sites, airports, public and municipal facilities, educational facili-ties, prisons and correctional facilities, MBTA transportation systems, and office buildings.

For further information, con-tact LAN-TEL Communications: CRITICALRESPONSE@LAN-TEL.com or (781)551-8599.

BOSTON, MA – In the emer-gent, fast-track conversion of Boston Convention & Exhibition Center into a temporary 1,000-bed field hospital for COVID-19 patient care, LAN-TEL Communications has installed the facility’s phones to the net-work allowing for internal com-munications. The project also entailed LAN-TEL’s verification of the telecom system to the net-work for functionality.

Care for patients at the BCEC field hospital, now known

as Boston Hope Hospital, began Friday, April 10.

The BCEC project was planned and is managed by the Baker-Polito Administration in collaboration with the City of Boston and community health care partners to help alleviate the surge in COVID-19 patients on the state’s health care sys-tem and area hospitals. The site will provide 500 beds for Boston’s homeless population and 500 beds for non-critical, recovering coronavirus patients.

Partners Health Care will lead the clinical efforts at the BCEC in collaboration with Boston Healthcare for the Homeless.

LAN-TEL also been working on other emergent telecom projects at MGH, including a joint effort with Sullivan & McLaughlin Companies (SullyMac) in the wiring for telecommunications in a COVID-19 screening area in the ambulance bay at Mass General. SullyMac provided

installation of pathways for the telecom system.

On March 24, LAN-TEL was called upon to maintain commu-nications to Mass General after multiple manhole cover explosions on Cambridge Street disrupted telecom service to the hospital. The contractor assisted in pro-viding a redundant backbone to ensure MGH connectivity within the Partners HealthCare network.

Concurrently, the NECA con-tractor is providing emergency low-voltage work for Mass Eye and Ear, which is also in the Partners HealthCare network.

The LAN-TEL project team was headed by Project Manager Jeff Carr, Operations and Safety Officer Steve Boccuzzi, with General Foreman John Phelan managing a crew of IBEW Local 103 technicians.

NECA Greater Boston Chapter – COVID-19 RESPONSE

LAN-TEL Communications Supporting Mass. COVID-19 Public Health Initiatives with Elevated Body Temperature (EBT) Thermal Imaging Screening

NECA contractor providing FDA-approved cameras for EBT screening

LAN-TEL Provides Critical Tel/Data Support at BCEC and MGH/Partners HealthCare during Coronavirus Crisis

For a complete directory of NECA Greater Boston Chapter member firms, call 1-877-NECA-IBEW or visit us at www.bostonneca.org.

NECA and IBEW –Reliably Powering Critical Facilities and Infrastructure in Greater Boston

and Eastern New England Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, NECA Greater Boston contractors

and our teams of skilled union electricians and technicians from

IBEW Locals 103, 490, 567, and 1253 are responding by providing

essential electrical and telecom services – ensuring our region’s

critical facilities remain fully operational with the heroic support that

our front lines of healthcare workers, law enforcement, and public

safety professionals provide to our communities.

Please stay safe and follow CDC and all city, state, regional, and

national guidelines. Together we will get through this and continue

to build a bright future.

G R E AT E R B O S T O N

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