Dedham, MA – January 30, 2024 – Spectrum Integrated Technologies (Spectrum IT), the low-voltage technology division of J&M Brown Company based in Dedham, MA, has completed the elaborate tel/data network project at Foundation Medicine’s new 16-floor, 580,000 square-foot headquarters at 400 Summer Street in Boston’s Seaport district.

Spectrum’s scope encompassed installations of Belden-manufactured network cabling, connectivity components and dynamic networking solutions throughout all 16-floors of the lab and office facility, as well as comprehensive MDF and IDF closet build-outs, and sound masking in all office areas. The large-scale IT project’s numbers are impressive: In total, Spectrum IT installed more than 1.5 million feet of fiber optic and copper cable; over 7,000 user outlets with 14,000 terminations; and build-outs for Foundation Medicine’s 22 IT rooms.

Spectrum Project Manager Randy Silva and Foreman Scott Francis headed the project team, managing a crew of 20 IBEW Local 103 technicians at peak construction. The two-year, four month project was completed as scheduled in December 2023. Spectrum IT worked in close cooperation with their networking product manufacturer, Belden to effectively manage supply chain challenges and meet Foundation Medicine’s timeline requirements.

Foundation Medicine, a subsidiary of Roche, is a global cancer-focused, genomic testing and clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Foundation has begun a phased approach to moving all of its Boston area employees into its new Seaport headquarters.

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Spectrum Integrated Technologies (Spectrum IT), based in Dedham, Massachusetts, is the low-voltage technology division of J&M Brown Company, Inc.  A member of NECA Greater Boston Chapter and signatory contractor to IBEW Local 103, Spectrum IT provides comprehensive network and security system solutions and installations for corporate office facilities, technology and life science facilities, and educational facilities, as well as municipalities and public institutions throughout Greater Boston and eastern Massachusetts.