Overview

• Description of the BRAN Project
  • Final BRAN Memorandum of Understanding
    • Final BRAN Memorandum of Understanding - Searchable
    • NOAA/NIST Details
  • Amendment to Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Boulder Research and Administration Network - BVSD - 7/9/09
  • Second Amendment To the Memorandum Of Understanding Concerning Boulder Research And Administrative Network - 6/12/19
  • AGREEMENT FOR THE LEASE OF CITY CONDUIT and LEASE OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR INSTALLATION OF CONDUIT AND FIBER OPTIC CABLE between THE CITY OF BOULDER AND ZAYO GROUP, LLC - 8/2013
  • Conduit/Fiber Lease Agreement between City of Boulder and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research - 12/15/16 (pdf)(searchable pdf)
• BRAN Route Map (updated 05/23/18)

Partner Websites

• City of Boulder
  • City of Boulder BRAN Page
• Department of Commerce Labs
  • Department of Commerce BRAN Web Page
• National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
• NIST - Boulder
• NOAA - Boulder
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
• University of Colorado

Emergency Response

• BRAN Disaster Plan - 02/17/2015 (pdf)
  • BRAN Emergency Repair Specifications
    • Testing Workbook by Span (In Progress)
  • BRAN Technical Emergency Contacts and Access Procedures
    • Underground Consulting Solutions (UCS) - Renewable 4/1/08
      • UCS Locate Contract Addendum Final Signed - 12/17/07
      • UCS Rate Increase Letter - 10/21/09
        
    • Sturgeon Electric Company Emergency Repair Contract Amendment - 06/10/19 (pdf)
      
    • Level3 Colo Access Procedures - 1665 Walnut Street, Boulder
  • BRAN Emergency Spares (xls) or (pdf)
  • BRAN Work Checklist

BRAN Meetings

• BRAN Project List

BRAN Member Documentation

BRAN Physical Status

• BRAN 47th and Valmont Splice replacement - 02/21/12 (xls)(zip)
  • BRAN 47th and Valmont Splice replacement - 03/02/12 (xls)(screenshot)
• BRAN Post-Testing 47th and Pearl - 03/27/12 (xls)(zip)
• Pearl Street and the RR tracks Conduit Damage - 03/18/13 (html)(photos)
• BVSD Fiber Damage following flood repair effort - 3/18/14
  • OTDR Westbound - 03/24/14
• BRAN CAD Diagrams
• BRAN Construction Map
• BRAN Documentation Standards - 1/8/07
• BRAN Fiber Distance Table
• BRAN Fiber Repair
• BRAN City Access Points Documentation
• BRAN Network Primary Nodes
• BRAN Manhole Conditions
• Splicing Information

BRAN Historical Documentation

• BRAN Original Technical Build Details (doc)(pdf)
• City of Boulder - Advertisement for Bids - Boulder Research and Administration Network  - 4/6/1999 (pdf)

BRAN General Photos

"Fiber For a Healthy Future"

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