Busy Bee

So this last week has been extremely busy for me. Kentcom, our local 911 center, underwent a furniture upgrade. While it might sound like an easy process to tackle, it really was much more difficult. Their dispatch positions have all different types of equipment in them, so you have like 5 or so different entities trying to get their equipment in and get them running at nearly the same time. Our role was to remove and install the consoles for the radio system, as well as the device that sets of the pages for the fire stations.

Of course since this is 911 you can't take everything down. The whole thing is staged to strip and install in phases. For the most part things went well. The furniture people left a little to be desired, but in the end all the positions were up by Friday as planned.

Personally I was impressed by how well we all worked together. Everybody was willing to pitch in and get the job done, even if it was something you were not expected to do. The hours were long and everyone was tired. I pulled in 17 hours of OT so my paycheck should look a little better come payday. I know one of the Verizon guys was close to a 100 hour work week. They had it much worse than us, that's for sure.

For the most part we're done. The remaining work is just tying up loose ends. In the end the project was quite rewarding and I had fun doing the job. Hopefully they will like the new furniture that they bought.