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SECTION 16750

VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION CABLING

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 SUMMARY

A. This Section includes wire, cable, connecting devices, installation, and testing for wiring systems to be used as signal pathways for voice and high-speed data transmission.

B. The contractor will provide all supplies, workmanship and installation of system. Voice and data wiring will consist of category 6 plenum cabling and terminations.

C. The contractor will arrange to meet with the Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer Representative and Forest Service and BLM telecommunications representatives for a technical meeting to go over and review the building drawings and to establish project and construction expectations.

D. The Contractor shall provide and install a minimum of four (4) communication cables per work station and four (4) for each printer area, from telecommunication room to telecommunication outlets (see approximate locations on drawings). Communication cabling will be installed into cable channels inside of work stations and along walls (inside properly installed raceways) as necessary. NO exposed cables within the work station area.

E. Contractor may be able to reuse existing outlets, cables and cable trays if they are CAT 5 or better.

F. Exiting unneeded wiring shall be removed and disposed of.

1.2 SUBMITTALS

A. Product Data: For each product indicated.

B. Shop Drawings: Include dimensioned plan and elevation of workstation outlets, outlets, raceways, boxes, trays and other components.

C. System labeling schedules, including electronic copy of labeling schedules, as specified in Part 3, in software and forma t selected by Owner.

D. Field quality-control test reports.

E. Operation and maintenance data.

1.3 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Electrical Components, Devices, and Accessories: Listed and labeled as defined in NFPA 70, Article 100, by a testing agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction, and marked for intended use.

B. Comply with NFPA 70.

C. Codes and Standards – The following standards, as updated, are the applicable specifications for Communications Wiring and may be used for further clarification.

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D. All materials and equipment furnished and installed shall be of the highest quality, new, and meet the standards of EIA/TIA, FDDI, IEEE;, UL, NFPA, and NEC and shall bear their label wherever standards have been established and label service is available. In lieu of the label or listing, the Contractor may submit independent proof satisfactory to the Contracting Officer that the materials, appliances, or devices conform to the published standards, including methods of test, of the Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc. or other national testing facility.

E. Materials referred to by trade name, make, or catalog number shall be regarded as establishing a standard of quality. Substitutions of equal quality can be made by submitting a data sheet of the proposed substituted item to the Contracting Officer, for approval.

1.4 COORDINATION

A. Coordinate layout and installation of voice and data communication cabling with government’s telecommunications representatives.

1. Meet jointly with COR and a government IT representative to exchange information and agree on details of equipment arrangements and installation interfaces.

2. Record agreements reached in meetings and distribute to other participants.

3. Adjust arrangements and locations of cross-connect and patch panels in equipment rooms and wiring closets to accommodate and optimize arrangement and space requirements of equipment.

part 2 - PRODUCTS

1.5 MANUFACTURERS

A. Available Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, manufacturers offering products that may be incorporated into the Work include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Cable:

a. Belden Inc.; Electronics Division.

b. Berk-Tek; an Alcatel Company.

c. Brand-Rex Co.; Unit of BICC Cables Corp.

d. Champlain Cable Corporation.

e. Chromatic Technologies, Incorporated.

f. General Cable Corporation.

g. HeLix/HiTemp Cables, Inc.

h. ICC.

i. Lucent Technologies; Global Service Provider.

j. Mohawk/CDT; a division of Cable Design Technologies.

k. Montrose/CDT; a division of Cable Design Technologies.

l. Optical Cable Corporation.

m. Panduit Corp.

n. Prestolite Wire Corp.

o. Remee Products Corp.

p. Siecor.

q. Superior Essex; Superior Telecommunications Inc.

2. Terminal and Connector Components:

a. AMP Incorporated; a Tyco International Ltd. Company.

b. Hubbell Premise Wiring.

c. Leviton Telecom.

d. Lucent Technologies; Global Service Provider.

e. Panduit Corp.

f. Thomas & Betts Corporation.

1.6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

A. General: Coordinate the features of materials and equipment so they form an integrated system. Match components and interconnections for optimum performance.

1.7 MOUNTING ELEMENTS

A. Cable Trays: Comply with Division 16 Section "Cable Trays."

B. Raceways and Boxes: Comply with Division 16 Section "Raceways and Boxes."

1.8 TWISTED-PAIR CABLES, CONNECTORS, AND TERMINAL EQUIPMENT

A. Cables: Listed as complying with Category 6 of TIA/EIA-568-A.

B. Conductors: Solid copper.

C. UTP Cable: Comply with TIA/EIA-568-A. Four, thermoplastic-insulated, individually twisted pairs of conductors; No. 24 AWG, color-coded; enclosed in PVC jacket.

D. UTP and STP Plenum Cable: Listed for use in air-handling spaces. Features are as specified for cables, conductors, UTP cable, and STP workstation cable except materials are modified as required for listing.

E. UTP Cable Connecting Hardware: Comply with TIA/EIA-568-A. IDC type, using modules designed for punch-down caps or tools.

1. IDC Terminal Block Modules: Integral with connector bodies, including plugs and jacks where indicated.

2. IDC Connecting Hardware: Consistent throughout Project.

F. Patch Panel: Modular panels housing multiple-numbered jack units with IDC-type connectors at each jack for permanent termination of pair groups of installed cables.

Number of Jacks per Field: one for each four-pair UTP cable or two-pair STP cable indicated and one for each four-pair conductor group of indicated cables, plus spares.

G. Jacks and Jack Assemblies for UTP Cable: Modular, color-coded, RJ-45 receptacle units with integral IDC-type terminals.

H. UTP Patch Cords: Four-pair cables in 48-inch (1200-mm) lengths, terminated with RJ-45 plug at each end.

I. STP Patch Cords: Two-pair cables in 48-inch (1200-mm) lengths, terminated with STP plug connectors at both ends. Match plug connectors with patch-panel connectors.

J. Workstation Outlets: Dual jack-connector assemblies mounted in multigang faceplate.

1. Faceplate: High-impact plastic.

2. All workstation jacks will be labeled using a brother label maker or similar label maker.

3. Mounting: Flush, unless otherwise indicated.

1.9 IDENTIFICATION PRODUCTS

A. Comply with Division 16 Section "[Basic Electrical Materials and Methods] [Electrical Identification]" and the following:

1. Cable Labels: Self-adhesive vinyl or vinyl-cloth wraparound tape markers, machine printed with alphanumeric cable designations.

PART 3 - EXECUTION

1.10 APPLICATION OF MEDIA

A. Backbone Cable for Data Service: Use UTP Category 6 cable for runs between equipment rooms and wiring closets and for runs between wiring closets.

B. Backbone Cable for Voice Service: Use UTP Category 6 cable for runs between equipment rooms and wiring closets and for runs between wiring closets.

C. Horizontal Cable for Data Service: Use [UTP Category 6 cable for runs between wiring closets and workstation outlets.

D. Horizontal Cable for Voice Service: Use UTP Category 6 cable for runs between wiring closets and workstation outlets.

1.11 INSTALLATION

A. Wiring Method: Install wiring in raceway and cable tray except within consoles, cabinets, desks, and counters. Conceal raceway and wiring except in unfinished spaces.

B. Wiring Method: Install wiring in raceway and cable tray except within consoles, cabinets, desks, and counters and except in accessible ceiling spaces and in gypsum board partitions where unenclosed wiring method may be used. Use UL-listed plenum cable in environmental air spaces, including plenum ceilings. Conceal raceway and cables except in unfinished spaces.

C. Install cables using techniques, practices, and methods that are consistent with Category 6 rating of components and that ensure Category 6 performance of completed and linked signal paths, end to end.

D. Install cables without damaging conductors, shield, or jacket.

E. Do not bend cables, in handling or in installing, to smaller radii than minimums recommended by manufacturer.

F. Pull cables without exceeding cable manufacturer's recommended pulling tensions.

1. Pull cables simultaneously if more than one is being installed in same raceway.

2. Use pulling compound or lubricant if necessary. Use compounds that will not damage conductor or insulation.

3. Use pulling means, including fish tape, cable, rope, and basket-weave wire or cable grips, that will not damage media or raceway.

G. Install exposed cables parallel and perpendicular to surfaces or exposed structural members and follow surface contours where possible.

H. Secure and support cables at intervals not exceeding 30 inches (760 mm) and not more than 6 inches (150 mm) from cabinets, boxes, fittings, outlets, racks, frames, and terminals.

I. Wiring within Wiring Closets and Enclosures: Provide conductors of adequate length. Train conductors to terminal points. Use lacing bars to restrain cables, to prevent straining connections, and to prevent bending cables to smaller radii than minimums recommended by manufacturer.

J. Separation of Wires: Comply with TIA/EIA-569-A rules for separating unshielded copper voice and data communication cabling from potential EMI sources, including electrical power lines and equipment.

K. Make splices, taps, and terminations only at indicated outlets, terminals, and cross-connect and patch panels.

1.12 GROUNDING

A. Comply with Division 16 Section "Grounding and Bonding."

B. Ground cable shields, drain conductors, and equipment to eliminate shock hazard and to minimize ground loops, common-mode returns, noise pickup, cross talk, and other impairments.

C. Bond shields and drain conductors to ground at only one point in each circuit.

D. Signal Ground Terminal: Locate in each equipment room and wiring closet; isolate from power system and equipment grounding.

E. Signal Ground Bus: Mount on wall of main equipment room with standoff insulators.

F. Signal Ground Backbone Cable: Extend from signal ground bus to signal ground terminal in each equipment room and wiring closet.

1.13 INSTALLATION IN EQUIPMENT ROOMS AND WIRING CLOSETS

A. Mount patch panels in existing Forest Service 19” racks.

B. Group connecting hardware for cables into separate logical fields.

C. Use patch panels to terminate cables entering the space, unless otherwise indicated.

1.14 INSTALLATION STANDARDS

A. Comply with requirements in TIA/EIA-568-A and TIA/EIA-569-A.

1.15 IDENTIFICATION

A. In addition to requirements in this Article, comply with applicable requirements in Division 16 Section Electrical Identification and TIA/EIA-606.

B. System: Use a unique, three-syllable, alphanumeric designation for each cable, and label cable and jacks, connectors, and terminals to which it connects with same designation. Use logical and systematic designations for facility's architectural arrangement.

C. Workstation: All workstation jacks will be labeled using a brother label maker or similar label maker D. Within Connector Fields in Equipment Rooms and Wiring Closets: Label each connector and each discrete unit of cable-terminating and connecting hardware.

E. Cables, General: Label each cable within 4 inches (100 mm) of each termination and tap, where it is accessible in a cabinet or junction or outlet box, and elsewhere as indicated.

F. Cable Schedule: Post in prominent location in each equipment room and wiring closet. List incoming and outgoing cables and their designations, origins, and destinations. Protect with rigid frame and clear plastic cover. Furnish an electronic copy of final comprehensive schedules for Project, in software and format selected by Owner.

G. Cable Administration Drawings: Show building floor plans with cable administration point labeling. Identify labeling convention and show labels for telecommunications closets, backbone pathways and cables, entrance pathways and cables, terminal hardware and positions, horizontal cables, work areas and workstation terminal positions, grounding buses and pathways, and equipment grounding conductors. Follow convention of TIA/EIA-606. Furnish electronic record of all drawings, in software and format selected by Owner.

1.16 FIELD QUALITY CONTROL

A. Perform the following field tests and inspections and prepare test reports:

1. Operational Test: After installation of cables and connectors, demonstrate product capability and compliance with requirements. Test each signal path for end-to-end performance from each end of all pairs installed. Remove temporary connections when tests have been satisfactorily completed.

2. Copper Cable Procedures: Inspect for physical damage and test each conductor signal path for continuity and shorts. Test for faulty connectors, splices, and terminations. Test according to TIA/EIA-TSB67, "Transmission Performance Specifications for Field Testing of Unshielded Twisted-Pair Cabling Systems." Link performance for UTP cables must meet minimum criteria of TIA/EIA-568-A.

B. Remove malfunctioning units, replace with new units, and retest as specified above.

END OF SECTION 16750

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VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION CABLING