Our firm’s earliest legacy begins with our process control system engineering for the Utility industry. Our leadership in this sector was one of the chief factors that ultimately motivated our acquisition by KEMA of The Netherlands, a leader in engineering, consulting, auditing, and testing for the Energy market worldwide.

Today, professional engineering and management staff has preserved that legacy by offering a strong, proven background to help electric power and public water utilities implement new technologies to improve operations, safety, security, and cost efficiency.

Macro’s beginnings are deeply rooted in meeting the process control engineering needs of public utilities since 1967. We are pleased to be able to sustain this successful legacy of serving electric power and public water operators through our parent firm, KEMA.

Consequently, KEMA is uniquely situated to be able to provide domestic and international utility operators the broadest and most integrated set of services available…and all under one roof.

Our engineers work through our parent firm to ensure that our technology and human factors design expertise aligns precisely with the operational needs of each of KEMA’s electric power and public water utility clients to fulfill a wide range of services:

• Technology strategic planning
• Business process assessment
• User needs assessment
• Conceptual system design and project budgeting
• Request for Proposal (RFP)/Specification preparation
• Proposal evaluation, scoring, and selection
• Supplier negotiations and contract formation
• Oversight/QA of supplier’s design, installation, and acceptance testing
• Training and system cutover plans
• System configuration management
• Final system acceptance verification

Macro’s engineering capabilities delivered through our parent company to the utilities sector focuses on the following service areas…

Wireless Communications Land mobile radio networks VHF, UHF, T-Band, 700/800/900 MHz Conventional protocols such as CTCSS, VIDA™ IP) Trunked protocols such as ASTRO P25™, OpenSky™ IP, LTR™) Backhaul Interconnect: Digital microwave datalink Fiber optic networks (OC3 to OC192) Leased T1 lines 2.4, 4.9 and 5.8 GHz short-haul links Interoperability gateways (e.g. ACU-1000™, NetworkFirst™) RF & microwave frequency search, coordination, and licensing support Wide-area mobile data high-speed / broadband networks Public carriers operating 1x-RTT/EV-DO, GSM/GPRS, AWS, etc. Private networks (e.g. aggregated 700 MHz)

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Mobile Workforce Management Systems • Computer-aided Dispatch (CAD) • GPS-based Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) • Workorder Management Systems • Mobile Data Terminal platforms

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Control Centers • SCADA • Closed-circuit television (CCTV) • Workstation furniture and lighting • Workstation display configuration • Wall-mounted status/projection systems • Access control / facility hardening • Back-up control centers • Disaster recovery

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