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DECEMBER 2020 STRUCTURED CABLING

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SECTION 271000 - STRUCTURED CABLING

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 SECTION REQUIREMENTS

A. Submittals: Product Data, Shop Drawings, system schematic, floor plans with cabling point labeling, and cabling color scheme.

B. Installer Qualifications: Cabling Installer must have personnel certified by BICSI on staff.

1. Layout Responsibility: Preparation of Shop Drawings by an RCDD.

2. Installation Supervision: Installation shall be under the direct supervision of Level 2

Installer, who, shall be present at all times, when Work of this Section is performed at Project site.

C. Comply with NFPA 70, "National Electrical Code."

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

A. Coordinate features of materials and equipment so they form an integrated system complying with TIA/EIA-570-A, for crew quarters, and TIA/EIA-568-C.1 for Fire Station and other outdoor structures.

2.2 EQUIPMENT ROOM FITTINGS

A. Equipment Frames: Freestanding, modular-steel units designed for telecommunications terminal support and coordinated with dimensions of units to be supported.

B. Power Strips: Rack-mounted, six 15-A, 120-V ac, NEMA WD 6, Configuration 5-15R receptacles. If power strips come with circuit-breaker fault protection, the toggle switch must be covered as to not allow ‘accidental’ pressing. In general power strips do not require breakers or switches. Power strips used must be mounted horizontally.

C. Distribution Devices. Equipment to support network, including signal amplification, cross connects, network hubs, and service terminations. Comply with TIA/EIA-570-C, Grade 2 service standard.

1. Auxiliary disconnect outlet and distribution device cords for telephone and television service.

2. Cross-connect devices, patch panels, cable termination devices, and accessories shall meet the data transmission speed and bandwidth of the associated cabling.

3. Television: With space for satellite network, CATV, and off-the-air lines.

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a. Place outlet cabling in a star topology.

b. Provide space for installation of signal amplification and conditioning.

c. Distribute in-home generated video sources to same outlet as cable television service.

d. Accommodate the installation and connection of a cable gateway distribution device furnished by access provider.

4. Voice and Data: Ethernet-type data network in a star topology, supporting data transmission rates of at least Cat 6a. Data network hub shall have capacity for outlets indicated on Drawings, plus two spares.

a. Cross Connect: Modular IDC-type.

b. Hub: Matched to network speed with modular RJ-45 jacks and 12-V dc power supply.

c. Fiber-Optic Data Cable Connector Field: Modular, cross-connect panels with duplex cable connectors. Factory-made patch cords, dual-fiber cable. Comply with TIA/EIA-570-C, Grade 2 service standard.

5. Speaker Connections: Cross-connect panel with number of speaker cables connected to distribution device, plus 25 percent.

6. Power Outlets: UL 1449; cabinet-mounted power strip, with six 15-A, 120-V ac, NEMA WD 6, Configuration 15-15R receptacle(s), with surge protection, and LED indicator lights for power and protection status.

7. Incoming Telephone Line Surge Protection: UL 497B; cabinet-mounted, dial-up line surge suppressor for each line.

8. Incoming Television Line Surge Protection: UL 497B; cabinet-mounted, coaxial cable surge suppressor for each cable, 0.3-dB maximum insertion loss at 5 to 1000 MHz.

9. Plywood Backerboard: Plywood Backerboard and total wall together must be rated for 30 min rated. Backboards shall be painted to match the same color as the walls of the room.

Use BC grade plywood and cover with intumescent paint. Stamp board in visible area for 30 min rating.

2.3 50/125 MICROMETER, MULTIMODE, OPTICAL FIBER CABLE (OM2)

A. Description: Multimode, 50/125-micrometer, 12-fiber, nonconductive, tight buffer, optical fiber cable. This cable type will connect the new Visitor Center to the Recreation Bunkhouse. OM2 cable must be rated for direct bury.

B. Standards:

1. Comply with ICEA S-83-596 for mechanical properties.

2. Comply with TIA-568-C.3 for performance specifications.

3. Comply with TIA-492AAAB for detailed specifications.

C. Maximum Attenuation: 3.50 dB/km at 850 nm; 1.5 dB/km at 1300 nm.

D. Minimum Overfilled Modal Bandwidth-length Product: 500 MHz-km at 850 nm; 500 MHz-km at 1300 nm.

E. Jacket:

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1. Jacket Color: Preference-Black.

2. Cable cordage jacket, fiber, unit, and group color shall be according to TIA-598-D.

3. Imprinted with fiber count, fiber type, and aggregate length at regular intervals not to exceed 40 inches.

F. Listed and labeled by an NRTL acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction as complying with UL 444, UL 1651, and NFPA 70 for the following types:

1. Plenum Rated, Nonconductive: Type OFNP, complying with NFPA 262.

2. Riser Rated, Nonconductive: Type OFNR, complying with UL 1666.

2.4 BALANCED TWISTED PAIR CABLE

A. Category 6a: Four-pair, balanced-twisted pair cable, with internal spline, certified to meet transmission characteristics of Category 6a cable at frequencies up to 500MHz.

2.5 COMMUNICATIONS COAXIAL CABLE

A. Description: Coaxial cable with a 75-ohm characteristic impedance designed for broadband data transmission.

B. RG-11/U: UL Type CMP and CL2P.

1. No. 14 AWG, solid, copper-covered steel conductor.

2. Plenum rated and suitable for outdoor installations in ambient temperatures ranging from minus 40 to plus 85 deg F.

3. Gas-injected, foam-PE insulation.

4. Shielded with 100 percent aluminum tape and 40 percent aluminum braid.

5. Double shielded (double shielding is equivalent to some manufacturer’s “quad” shielding, confirm with manufacturer). with 100 percent aluminum foil shield, 60 percent aluminum braided inner shield, and 40 percent aluminum braided outer shield.

6. Jacketed with sunlight-resistant, black PVC or PE.

C. RG-59/U: UL Type CMP and CL2P.

1. No. 20 AWG, solid copper conductor.

2. Plenum rated.

3. Gas-injected, foam-PE insulation.

4. Single shielded with 100 percent aluminum shield and 40 percent aluminum braid.

5. PVC jacket.

2.6 CATV COAXIAL CABLE

A. Description: Coaxial cable with a 75-ohm characteristic impedance designed for CATV transmission.

B. Combination Cables: Designed for home networking; may be used provided the requirements for single-cable types are met.

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C. Speaker Cables: 2-conductor cable, No. 14 AWG, UTP, PVC jacketed, UL Type CL3. Use two different jacket colors and a consistent conductor color.

D. Security Device Cables: Multiconductor, No. 18 AWG, UTP, with red PVC jacket, and complying with NFPA 70, Type CL2 and TIA/EIA-570-A-1 requirements.

E. Fire and Carbon Monoxide Warning Device Cables: Multiconductor, No. 18 AWG, twisted pair; with red PVC jacket; and complying with NFPA 70, Type FPL, and TIA/EIA-570-A-1 requirements.

2.7 TWISTED PAIR CABLE HARDWARE

A. Description: Hardware designed to connect, splice, and terminate twisted pair copper communications cable.

B. General Requirements for Twisted Pair Cable Hardware:

1. Comply with the performance requirements of Category 6a.

2. Comply with TIA-568-C.2, IDC type, with modules designed for punch-down caps or tools.

3. Cables shall be terminated with connecting hardware of same category or higher.

4. Pinout configuration shall be 568B.

C. Connecting Blocks: 110-style IDC. Provide blocks for the number of cables terminated on the block, plus 25 percent spare.

D. 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.

1. Number of Jacks per Field: One for each four-pair UTP cable indicated.

E. Plugs and Plug Assemblies: Male, eight-position, color-coded, modular telecommunications connector, designed for termination of a single, four-pair, 100-ohm, unshielded or shielded twisted pair cable.

F. Jacks and Jack Assemblies: Female, eight-position, modular, fixed telecommunications connector, designed for termination of a single, four-pair, 100-ohm, unshielded or shielded twisted pair cable.

1. Preferred type: Keystone.

G. Patch Cords: Factory-made, four-pair cables in 48-inch lengths; terminated with eight-position modular plug at each end.

1. Patch cords shall have bend-relief-compliant boots and color-coded icons to ensure Category 6a performance. Patch cords shall have latch guards to protect against snagging.

2. Patch cords for fiber lines shall have a Jacket Color of Blue.

H. Consolidation Points: NRTL listed as complying with UL 50 and UL 1863. Comply with requirements for cable connecting hardware. When installed in plenums used for environmental air, NRTL listed as complying with UL 2043.

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1. Number of Terminals per Field: One for each conductor in assigned cables.

2. Number of Connectors per Field: One for each four-pair UTP cable indicated.

I. Multiuser Telecommunications Outlet Assembly (MUTOA):

1. NRTL listed as complying with UL 50 and UL 1863. Label shall include maximum length of work area cords, based on TIA/EIA-568-C.1. When installed in plenums used for environmental air, NRTL listed as complying with UL 2043.

2. Number of Terminals per Field: One for each conductor in assigned cables.

3. Number of Connectors per Field: One for each four-pair UTP cable indicated.

2.8 COAXIAL CABLE HARDWARE

A. Coaxial-Cable Connectors: Type BNC, 75 ohms.

2.9 TELECOMMUNICATIONS OUTLET/CONNECTORS

A. Modular; each outlet configuration field fabricated from factory-made components. Listed and labeled as complying with TIA/EIA-568-B.2, TIA/EIA-B.3, and UL 1863.

B. Workstation Outlets: Two-port-connector assemblies mounted in single faceplate.

1. Plastic Faceplate: High-impact plastic. Coordinate color with Section 262726 "Wiring Devices."

2. For use with snap-in jacks accommodating any combination of balanced twisted pair work area cords.

a. Flush mounting jacks, positioning the cord between a 30 and 45-degree angle.

3. Legend: Machine printed, in the field, using adhesive-tape label.

C. MATV User Interface Devices: Flush, female-type outlets, designed to mimic power duplex outlet; for mounting in standard outlet box; with metallic parts of anodized brass, beryllium copper, or phosphor bronze. Cable connector mounting shall be semi-recessed so its protrusion is flush with the plane of device plate.

1. Cable Connector: Female, Type F.

2. Wall Plates: Match materials and finish of power outlets in same space.

3. Attenuation: Less than 0.1 dB.

4. Voltage Standing-Wave Ratio: Less than 1.15 to 1.

D. Wiring Devices: Mount connectors on single or multigang faceplate.

1. Faceplates: High-impact plastic; colors as selected by Architect.

2. Outlet shall accept the following components:

a. Voice, Telephone, Data Jacks, and Security Camera: IDC connector for UTP, modular, RJ-45.

b. MATV: Type F.

c. Speaker: Binding post type.

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2.10 GROUNDING

A. Comply with requirements in Section 260526 "Grounding and Bonding for Electrical Systems."

for grounding conductors and connectors.

B. Comply with Motorola R56 standards.

C. Comply with BICSI standards.

D. Telecommunications Main Bus Bar:

1. Connectors: Mechanical type, cast silicon bronze, solderless compression-type wire terminals, and two-bolt connection to ground bus bar.

2. Ground Bus Bar: For details see E502 for the Crew Quarters Bus Bar and E501 for the First station bus bars.

3. Stand-Off Insulators: Comply with UL 891 for use in switchboards, 600 V. Lexan or PVC, impulse tested at 5000 V.

2.11 LABELING

A. Comply with TIA/EIA-606-A and UL 969 for a system of labeling materials, including label stocks, laminating adhesives, and inks used by label printers.

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 WIRING METHODS

A. Install cables in pathways and cable trays 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. Conceal pathways and cables except in unfinished spaces.

1. Install plenum cable in environmental air spaces, including plenum ceilings.

B. Conceal conductors and cables in accessible ceilings, walls, and floors where possible.

C. Wiring within Enclosures:

1. Bundle, lace, and train conductors to terminal points with no excess and without exceeding manufacturer's limitations on bending radii.

2. Install lacing bars and distribution spools.

3. Install conductors parallel with or at right angles to sides and back of enclosure.

3.2 INSTALLATION

A. Comply with NECA 1.

B. Comply with BICSI TDMM for all structures.

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C. Ground equipment complying with BICSI and Motorola R56.

3.3 INSTALLATION OF CABLES

A. Comply with NECA 1.

B. General Requirements for Cabling:

1. Comply with TIA/EIA-568-C.1.

2. Comply with BICSI ITSIMM and TDMM for cable termination.

3. MUTOA shall not be used as a cross-connect point.

4. Consolidation points may be used only for making a direct connection to telecommunications outlets/connectors.

a. Do not use consolidation point as a cross-connect point, as a patch connection, or for direct connection to workstation equipment.

b. Locate consolidation points for UTP at least 49 feet from communications equipment room.

5. Terminate conductors; no cable shall contain unterminated elements. Make terminations only at indicated outlets, terminals, cross connects, and patch panels.

6. Cables may not be spliced. Secure and support cables at intervals not exceeding 30 inches and not more than 6 inches from cabinets, boxes, fittings, outlets, racks, frames, and terminals.

7. Install lacing bars to restrain cables, to prevent straining connections, and to prevent bending cables to smaller radii than minimums recommended by manufacturer.

8. Bundle, lace, and train conductors to terminal points without exceeding manufacturer's limitations on bending radii, but not less than radii specified in for the type of cable in applicable BICSI ITSIMM and TDMM chapter. Install lacing bars and distribution spools.

9. Do not install bruised, kinked, scored, deformed, or abraded cable. Do not splice cable between termination, tap, or junction points. Remove and discard cable if damaged during installation and replace it with new cable.

10. Cold-Weather Installation: Bring cable to room temperature before dereeling. Heat lamps shall not be used for heating.

11. In the communications equipment room, install a 10-foot-long service loop on each end of cable.

12. Pulling Cable: Comply with requirements in BICSI ITSIMM and TDMM for type of cable being pulled. Monitor cable pull tensions.

C. UTP Cable Installation: Comply with TIA-568-C.2.

D. Open-Cable Installation:

1. Install cabling with horizontal and vertical cable guides in telecommunications spaces with terminating hardware and interconnection equipment.

2. Suspend cable not in a wireway or pathway a minimum of 8 inches above ceilings by cable supports not more than 60 inches apart.

3. Cable shall not be run through structural members or in contact with pipes, ducts, or other potentially damaging items.

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

F. Separation from EMI Sources:

1. Comply with BICSI TDMM, Motorola R56 and TIA-569-C for separating unshielded copper voice and data communication cable from potential EMI sources, including electrical power lines and equipment.

2. Separation between Communications Cables and Electrical Motors and Transformers, 5 kVA or HP and Larger: A minimum of 48 inches.

3.4 GROUNDING

A. Install grounding according to BICSI ITSIMM, TDMM and Motorola R56, "Grounding, Bonding, and Electrical Protection." In the event that grounding requirements differ from one standards to another choose the more restrictive requirement.

B. Comply with Motorola R56.

C. Comply with BICSI standards.

D. Locate grounding bus bar to minimize the length of bonding conductors. Fasten to wall allowing at least 2-inch clearance behind the grounding bus bar. Connect grounding bus bar with a minimum No. 4 AWG grounding electrode conductor from grounding bus bar to suitable electrical building ground.

E. Bond metallic equipment to the grounding bus bar using not smaller than No. 6 AWG equipment grounding conductor.

3.5 IDENTIFICATION

A. Identify system components, wiring, and cabling complying with TIA-606-B.

1. Administration Class: Class 1.

2. Color-code cross-connect fields. Apply colors to voice and data service backboards, connections, covers, and labels.

B. Paint and label colors for equipment identification shall comply with TIA-606-B for Class 2 level of administration.

C. 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.

D. Cabling Administration Drawings: Show building floor plans with cabling administration-point labeling. Identify labeling convention and show labels for telecommunications closets, backbone 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-A. Furnish electronic record of all drawings, in software and format selected by Owner.

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E. Cable and Wire Identification:

1. Label each cable within 4 inches of each termination and tap, where it is accessible in a cabinet or junction or outlet box, and elsewhere as indicated.

2. Each wire connected to building-mounted devices is not required to be numbered at device if color of wire is consistent with associated wire connected and numbered within panel or cabinet.

3. Exposed Cables and Cables in Cable Trays and Wire Troughs: Label each cable at intervals not exceeding 15 feet.

4. Label each terminal strip and screw terminal in each cabinet, rack, or panel.

a. Individually number wiring conductors connected to terminal strips, and identify each cable or wiring group being extended from a panel or cabinet to a building-mounted device with name and number of particular device as shown.

b. Label each unit and field within distribution racks and frames.

5. Identification within Connector Fields in Equipment Rooms and Wiring Closets: Label each connector and each discrete unit of cable-terminating and connecting hardware.

Where similar jacks and plugs are used for both voice and data communication cabling, use a different color for jacks and plugs of each service.

6. Uniquely identify and label work area cables extending from the MUTOA to the work area. These cables may not exceed the length stated on the MUTOA label.

F. Labels shall be preprinted or computer-printed type with printing area and font color that contrasts with cable jacket color but still complies with requirements in TIA-606-B.

1. Cables use flexible vinyl or polyester that flexes as cables are bent.

3.6 FIELD QUALITY CONTROL

A. All tests the contractor cannot perform themselves shall be performed by a qualified testing agency. Contractor is responsible for hiring of testing agency not the Government or Owner.

B. Perform the following tests and inspections:

1. Test balanced twisted pair copper cabling for DC loop resistance, shorts, opens, intermittent faults, and polarity between conductors. Test operation of shorting bars in connection blocks. Test cables after termination but not cross connection.

2. Balanced Twisted Pair Performance Tests:

a. Test for each outlet and MUTOA. Perform the following tests according to TIA- 568-C.1 and TIA-568-C.2:

1) Wire map.

2) Length (physical vs. electrical, and length requirements).

3) Insertion loss.

4) Near-end crosstalk (NEXT) loss.

5) Power sum near-end crosstalk (PSNEXT) loss.

6) Equal-level far-end crosstalk (ELFEXT).

7) Power sum equal-level far-end crosstalk (PSELFEXT).

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8) Return loss.

9) Propagation delay.

10) Delay skew.

C. Provide Manufacturer documents for certified warranty for a minimum of 15-years from the date of installation for the structured cabling installation.

D. Document data for each measurement. Data for submittals shall be printed in a summary report that is formatted similar to format suggested by BICSI or that is transferred from the instrument to the computer, saved as text files, and printed and submitted.

E. Prepare test and inspection reports.

3.7 DEMONSTRATION

A. Train Owner's maintenance personnel in cable-plant management operations, including changing signal pathways for different workstations, rerouting signals in failed cables, and keeping records of cabling assignments and revisions when extending wiring to establish new workstation outlets.

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