Demarc wins federal contract to upgrade fiber backbone at Charlestown Navy Yard

Demarc Telecom & Utility LLC has landed a National Park Service contract to replace aging fiber infrastructure at Boston National Historical Park’s Charlestown Navy Yard. The upgrade is designed to improve reliability, add capacity, and support future park communications needs.

Why it matters: - The project replaces aging fiber infrastructure that supports communications at a major historic site in Boston. - The upgrade is intended to improve reliability, expand network capacity, and prepare the park for future communications demands. - The work adds federal business to Demarc Telecom & Utility LLC’s portfolio in New England.

What happened: - The National Park Service, part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, awarded Demarc Telecom & Utility LLC a federal contract to replace the fiber optic backbone at Boston National Historical Park in the Charlestown Navy Yard. - The contract covers replacement of damaged multimode fiber with new OS2 single-mode fiber. - Randy Evans, president of Demarc Telecom & Utility LLC, said the company was selected for the infrastructure upgrade.

The details: - Demarc’s scope includes installing fiber through the existing underground conduit system. - The company will perform conduit repairs where needed. - The project includes terminating and splicing the fiber. - Demarc will test every strand of fiber. - The company will also perform GPS locating and create GIS mapping of the underground conduit routes. - Evans said the job combines outside plant construction, fiber placement, splicing, testing, confined space work, GPS locating, and GIS mapping. - Demarc Telecom & Utility LLC is based in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts. - The company serves federal agencies, municipalities, utilities, colleges, and commercial organizations throughout New England. - Demarc is an NMSDC-certified MBE, Massachusetts SDO-certified MBE, Massport ACDBE, Massachusetts SBPP participant, and statewide ITT85 contract vendor. - Demarc’s services include outside plant fiber construction, aerial and underground fiber placement, fiber splicing, structured cabling, data center infrastructure, conduit construction, emergency fiber restoration, GPS locating, and GIS mapping. - More information is available through Randy Evans' LinkedIn profile and Demarc Telecom & Utility's Facebook page.

Between the lines: - The project points to continued federal investment in communications infrastructure at historic and high-traffic public sites. - Demarc’s certification mix suggests the company is positioned for public-sector contracting across multiple agencies and programs.

What's next: - Demarc will move into field work on the conduit, fiber installation, splicing, and testing. - The upgraded backbone should give Boston National Historical Park a more durable network foundation for future operations.

The bottom line: - The federal award gives Demarc a high-visibility infrastructure job while modernizing critical communications links at Charlestown Navy Yard.