L.R. Kimball Survey to Guide Long-Term Public Safety Communications Efforts in Texas

EBENSBURG, Pa., May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- L.R. Kimball has been retained by the Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) and 11 of the state's Regional Councils of Government (COG) to support Phases 2 -4 of the Regional Interoperability Communications Planning (RICP) "Round Two."   The firm is one of the nation's leading providers of architecture, engineering, and public safety communications and interoperability planning services.

As part of the project, L.R. Kimball has completed a comprehensive regional and statewide interoperability communications survey and assessment of public safety communications capabilities. The information gathered from the assessment is being used as the foundation for developing each Region's migration plans to support P25 interoperability by 2015.

The firm is responsible for collecting data from local public safety agencies in 11 of the state's 24 COGs and providing reports that align with the Texas RICP Round Two Roadmap.  Councils of Government included in the project are the Alamo Area Council of Government, Ark-Tex Council of Government, Capital Area Council of Government, Coastal Bend Council of Government, Deep East Texas Council of Government, Golden Crescent Council of Government, Heart of Texas Council of Government, Lower Rio Grande Valley Council of Government, Nortex Regional Planning Commission, Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission and South Texas Development Council. The project is scheduled for completion by June 30, 2011.

"Texas is really ahead of the curve when it comes to documenting statewide capabilities and assessments for every single radio system," explained Nicholas Falgiatore, M.S.E.E., Telecommunications Specialist, L.R. Kimball. "Typically, assessment projects like these are limited to a single agency or a single radio system.  But the multi-agency data we're collecting will give the COGs and the Statewide Interoperability Commission, which is led by TXDPS, a solid understanding of their strengths, weaknesses and funding needs as they move forward with P25 interoperability."

About L.R. Kimball

Established in 1953, L. R. Kimball is among the nation's leading professional service companies offering its clients architectural and structural, mechanical and electrical design services, security systems design, civil, environmental and transportation engineering expertise, communications technology solutions and consulting.  Headquartered in Ebensburg, Pa., the company is part of CDI Engineering Solutions and a subsidiary of CDI Corp. (NYSE: CDI), a leading provider of engineering and information technology outsourcing solutions and professional staffing.  L.R. Kimball employs approximately 500 at 10 locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. Visit www.lrkimball.com.  

About CDI Engineering Solutions

With offices throughout North America as well as joint ventures in Kuwait and Mexico, CDI Engineering Solutions provides engineering outsourcing, project management and professional services to clients in the aerospace, government services, infrastructure, life sciences and process & industrial markets. CDI Engineering Solutions is a division of CDI Corp. (NYSE: CDI), a leading provider of engineering and information technology outsourcing solutions and professional staffing. Visit us online at www.cdicorp.com.

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