Let Higher Ground’s team of experts make your Cable Plant and Commercial 70V PA, IP Camera, and Interactive Display systems something you can count on.
With 60+ years of experience in design, installation, adds, moves, and changes; we know something about cabling and system installations.
Higher Ground installs 70V PA systems – primarily in K12 as a sub – but also able to take on projects for restaurants, private schools and office buildings. In schools we can install new systems, but also re-wire and re-tap and supplement legacy 70V system.
Products: We can work with most 70V speaker and amplifier product lines but though the pandemic project availability is king. We are familiar with JBL, Crown, QSC, Bogen, Atlas, Quam, Rockville and Pyle speakers and amps.
Radius we serve: Generally within 60 miles of Columbia.
Costs: Contact us for an estimate.
Higher Ground installs IP camera systems – primarily in K12 as a sub – but also able to take on projects for restaurants, private schools, office buildings, warehouse / light industrial, gas stations, and customers with aging systems. No residential.
Products: We are familiar with Vivotek, Invid and Uniview.
Radius we serve: Generally within 60 miles of Columbia.
Costs: Contact us for an estimate.
Higher Ground works as an undisclosed subcontractor for primes who are awarded panel contracts – typically in schools. We are able to transport the panels up to 40 per trip from district warehouses to the schools – take down the old panels as needed, install the new panels, haul off the old panels as needed, and haul off the packaging daily. Working after school we typically schedule 14 per day per crew for wall mounts – and 20 per day per crew for carts. We can potentially staff up to 2 crews for rush jobs.
Products: We are familiar with and primarily install Promethean, Clear Touch and Viewsonic interactive panels – and all of their various mounts. We also install panels for use as digital signage.
Radius we serve: Generally within 120 miles of Columbia.. but will discuss projects outside that radius. Obviously size matters when sending a crew out of town – so certain minimums apply.
Costs/panel: Costs are based on the scope – demo, trash, cabling requirements, transportation requirements and project size all play into consideration. Contact us for an estimate.
Do you really want to worry about your infrastructure? A proper cable installation should be first and foremost 100% reliable, but also easy to manage as your business grows and changes. LAN administrators know this is far easier said than done, right? Let Higher Ground’s team of experts make your cable plant something you can count on. With 60+ years of experience in design, installation, adds, moves, and changes; we know something about cabling.
It is one thing to document your own work as you do it, but it is something completely different to come in long after the fact and figure out someone elses work that is hidden in the walls, hidden above the ceiling, and buried in the ground.
Will that Cat5e cable plant support 1Gbps? Reliably? Will that 62.5um fiber support 10Gbps? Did the previous installer do a proper job? Is your cable plant ready to support your business needs? Did you just adopt a legacy installation and not sure what you have? You have questions – Higher Ground has answers. Our team of veterans date back to the birth of Ethernet, DECNet, Arcnet, and Token Ring. We are loaded to the teeth with test gear – Fluke 1800s, Fluke CableIQ, Fluke Intellitone, SM/MMF test sets and Corning VLFs 400X scopes. If you have a problem you can’t solve in-house, or a bigger problem than you care to handle give us a call. We can figure it out, and make specific cost-effective recommendations you can trust.
Do you have a ton of cable above the ceiling you want removed but you don’t want to damage your live network? It's no problem, really. Call now to schedule a walkthrough.
A few recent projects completed by Higher Ground over the last twelve months:
• Tone/test/repair/re-label/document 80 legacy drops, pull/terminate new Cat6 WAP drops and Cat6A backbone drops for Glenforest School, West Columbia SC.
• Pull/terminate 50um fibers to connect data racks in district server room for Cherokee County Schools, SC
• Relocate 1642 PCs from PC labs to storage areas (in 4 days) in Richland School District 1, SC
• Pull/terminate 500 new Cat6 WAP drops, document legacy WAPs, mount new WAPs - Sumter County Schools, SC
• Pull/terminate 150 new Cat6 WAP drops, document legacy WAPs, mount new WAPs - Hampton School District 2, SC
• Pull/terminate 180 new Cat6 WAP drops, document legacy WAPs, mount new WAPs - Clarendon School District 1, SC
• Pull/terminate 300 new Cat6 WAP drops, document legacy WAPs, mount new WAPs - Cherokee County Schools, SC
• Mount/document 1000 new WAPs - Richland Schools District 1, SC
• Pull/terminate 30 new Cat6 drops, Mount 30 POE IP cameras – Lugoff Elgin High School, Elgin, SC
• Mount Directional WAPs to bridge stadiums and outbuildings for all Chester County Schools, SC
• Tone/test/label/document 90 legacy network drops, pull/terminate 40 new Cat6 network drops - Blair Cato Pickren Casterline, Attorneys, Columbia, SC
• Demolish legacy cable, pull/terminate 30 new network drops – QTC Management, West Columbia , SC
• Demolish 120 legacy network drops, pull 140 new Cat6 network drops, 50 WAP drops on plant floor - Intertape Polymer Group, Columbia, SC
• Pull/terminate 800 Cat6 drops and 50um fiber backbones for 4 floors of Bank of America Tower - AG First, Columbia, SC
• Terminate 160 Cat6 Network Drops – Ft Jackson, Columbia, SC
• Pull/dress 35 new Banana cables for Access Control – DHEC : Hayne Lab, Columbia, SC
• Pull/terminate 80 new Cat6 drops, pull/terminate 3 @ 50um fiber OSP, Mount 80 IP/POE Cameras - McCrady Army National Guard Training Center, Columbia, SC
• Demolish legacy cable, pull 120 new Cat6 network drops – Departmen of Motor Vehicles, Rock Hill, SC
• Pull/dress 30 new Banana cables for Access Control - Department of Motor Vehicles / Department of Public Safety, Blythewood, SC
• Demolish legacy cable, pull/terminate 300 Cat6 drops and SMF backbones for 2 floors at Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Our team of veterans date back to the birth of Ethernet, DECNet, Arcnet and Token Ring.
With 60+ years of experience in design, installation, adds, moves and changes we know something about cabling and commercial system installations.
Our lead panel tech worked as an educator in VA and has a gift for working with educators and district staff – speaking their language so to speak – helping us better understand the clients’ specific needs. This helps win their trust and assistance on occasion, in turn helping our projects run smoothly. Before the project starts, we define the scope of work with the prime contractor, type up a MS Word table for locations where the panels go, confirm and refine the scope with the client; and then we start. A well-defined scope eliminates 99% of the problems before they start. We also like to know exactly who is the decision maker for questions and issues that may come up... and who is project lead with the district.Typically, we work with the district IT director and the local school techs as we move through a project. Our lead tech logs the work as it is completed – and tracks the loose ends. Our lead tech texts the work in progress to our back office at the end of business. This info is typed up and emailed out before day break the following day including the updated work schedule. WIP reports go out daily – it is standard procedure.This ability leaves a strong history of happy repeat customers.
Glenforest School received a grant to update the technology in the building. The result of years of a piecemeal approach to technology was wires and cables everywhere. Some dated back to the early 1980s. We were unsure of what we had and certainly had no clue what was needed. John Edens, owner of Higher Ground, was just what we needed. He came into our school assessed our current system and determined the need for the future. As a small non-profit school serving students with disabilities, we needed every penny to invest in computers and software. He evaluated what we could still use and only sold us what we had to have to move forward stating that he knew any savings could help our students. In addition, he removed all of the old wiring and cable, labeled everything, and gave us a wonderful technology map for the future. His staff was pleasant with a stellar work ethic. It is obvious that they care about the community in which they live. I would highly recommend Higher Ground to anyone who has wiring and cable needs.
Moving an entire facility can be a daunting task. Higher Ground was a valuable resource to accomplish our networking tasks on time and on budget. They handled the demolition of existing wiring and installation of new structured cabling with 100% accuracy. Consistent communications and excellent documentation made this company a pleasure to work with during the transition. Higher Ground is my first call whenever I have any cabling problems.
Higher Ground, LLC
(803) 513-5896
john@hgwt.net
