Communication Facility
U.S. Forest Service

Owners: United States Forest Service; A T & T Communications; US West Communications

MSR, Inc. has performed construction projects throughout the State of New Mexico for the telecommunications industry. These projects ranged from installing a new microwave tower on Black Mountain in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to increasing the foundation capacity on existing microwave towers between Albuquerque, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. MSR has also renovated, modified, and upgraded existing telecommunication facilities from Gallup to Roswell and Santa Fe to Las Cruces.  These projects included but were not limited to heating and air conditioning changes for new digital telephone switchgear, emergency generators for remote sites and life safety upgrades. The range of these construction projects has provided MSR with the experience of working on all facets of the telecommunications industry. Contract amounts have ranged between $10,000 and $500,000.  Projects include:

• Black Mountain Microwave Tower, Pecos, NM
• Re-roof Bayard Exchange, Bayard, NM
• Relocation of Restrooms Main Exchange, Alamogordo, NM
• Fire Safing of Openings, Main Exchange, Albuquerque, NM
• Dehydrator Room, Main Exchange, Albuquerque, NM
• Cable Vault - Belen Exchange, Belen, NM
• Voice Messaging Room - East Exchange, Albuquerque, NM
• Fuel Vault - Telshor Exchange, Las Cruces, NM
• Ceiling Replacement - Plaza Campana, Albuquerque, NM
• Generator Addition and HVAC Upgrade - West Exchange Alamogordo, NM
• Generator Replacement - Academy Exchange, Albuquerque, NM
• HVAC Upgrade - West Exchange Roswell, NM
• Dehydrator Room - Telshor Exchange, Las Cruces, NM
• Generator Installation - Microwave Towers located near Mt. Powell, McCarty's NM and Correo, NM
• Increase Foundation Capacity for Microwave Towers near San Antonio, NM, Engle, NM, Truth or Consequences, NM and Las Cruces, NM