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Level-(1) MBE

Level-(1) Technology Infrastructure Minority Business Enterprise, or Level-(1) MBE, is a winning team of certified technology professionals, civil engineers, broadband and wireless technology professionals, military advisers and GIS-capable project managers distinguished by the diversity in knowledge, capabilities, certifications and business classifications each one brings to every subcontracting opportunity.

Specifically, Level-(1) MBE enables prime/general contractors to access key competencies necessary to take leadership of opportunities to design complex infrastructure projects, while at the same time satisfying public sector business diversity requirements.

Level-(1) MBE’s expertise includes engineering, network design and infrastructure, converged data and voice network infrastructure, broadband and wireless network infrastructure, network forensics systems, electrical and power protection (UPS), information transport systems design, HVAC technology, network design and security, IT commissioning, technology interior design, unified communications systems design, security, safety and surveillance technology, and GIS documentation. Level-(1) MBE members were selected specifically for their ability to deliver the latest technologies, best industry practices and the most qualified solutions available.

Level-(1) MBE is a legal partnership licensed to conduct business in the City of Chicago, the County of Cook, and the States of Illinois, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

Our Value Proposition

Level-(1) has hired the most qualified, certified consultants, civil engineers and project managers from the two leading engineering and GIS technology firms in their respective fields: HBK Engineering, LLC, the premier design-build team of choice for underground transmission lines (up to 345kV), distribution voltage duct bank design and construction services in Chicago and Cook County; and Urban GIS, a technology consultant specializing in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and urban planning solutions for public infrastructure and private development projects. We employ LEED-accredited and BICSI-certified project managers who subscribe to our Total Lifecycle Project Management™ methodology, which consists of nine core processes that are implemented throughout each of the five cycle phases of a project.

Together, our expertise spans a broad spectrum of capabilities:

• network engineering
• network optimization
• project management
• furnishing and installing broadband and wireless infrastructure
• electrical power and environment protection
• HVAC and raised floor technologies
• infrastructure technology support services
• safety security and surveillance
• data and command center design and modification
• enclosure solutions
• GIS documentation
• civil engineering
• subsurface utility engineering
• construction support services
• electrical engineering
• telecommunications design
• City of Chicago permitting
• WiFi/WiMax Mesh Network Infrastructure
• CADD/GIS database management
• AutoCAD and Visio documentation
• Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
• network security forensics analysis
• emergency management infrastructure
• building automation
• energy management
• information transport systems design

IT starts here.™

10 North Dearborn Street, Suite 700  |  Chicago, Illinois 60602

Phone:  312.644.9400  |  Fax:  312.644.9410