BOOK 4 Rev2.pdf

BOOK FOUR OF FOUR

Communications, Electronic Safety & Security, Earthwork, Exterior Improvements, Utilities

SPECIFICATION

PROJECT TITLE: EHRM Infrastructure Upgrades Loch Raven

PROJECT NUMBER: 512-22-710

LOCATION: Loch Raven VA Medical Center

3901 Loch Raven Blvd.

Baltimore, MD 21218

PHASE: Issue for Bid

DATE: March 30, 2024

512-22-710 – EHRM Infrastructure Upgrades Date:08/30/2024

Loch Raven VA Medical Center Issue for Bid

3900 Loch Raven Blvd, Baltimore MD 21218 09-01-19

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SECTION 27 05 11

REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 DESCRIPTION

A. This section includes common requirements to communications installations and applies to all sections of Division 27 and Division

28.

B. Provide completely functioning communications systems.

C. Comply with VAAR 852.236.91 and FAR clause 52.236-21 in circumstance of a need for additional detail or conflict between drawings, specifications, reference standards or code.

1.2 REFERENCES

A. Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. Refer to http://www.cfm.va.gov/til/sdetail.asp for Division 00, ARCHITECTURAL ABBREVIATIONS.

2. Additional Abbreviations and Acronyms:

A Ampere

AC Alternating Current

AE Architect and Engineer

AFF Above Finished Floor

AHJ Authority Having Jurisdiction

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AWG American Wire Gauge (refer to STP and UTP)

AWS Advanced Wireless Services

BCT Bonding Conductor for Telecommunications (also

Telecommunications Bonding Conductor (TBC))

BICSI Building Industry Consulting Service International

BIM Building Information Modeling

BOM Bill of Materials

BTU British Thermal Units

BUCR Back-up Computer Room

CBC Coupled Bonding Conductor

CCS TIP's Cross Connection System (refer to VCCS and

HCCS)

CFE Contractor Furnished Equipment

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CFM US Department of Veterans Affairs Office of

Construction and Facilities Management

CFR Consolidated Federal Regulations

CIO Communication Information Officer (Facility, VISN or

Region) cm Centimeters

CO Central Office

COR Contracting Officer Representative

CPU Central Processing Unit

CSU Customer Service Unit

CUP Conditional Use Permit(s) – Federal/GSA for VA

DC Direct Current

DEA United States Drug Enforcement Administration

DSU Data Service Unit

EBC Equipment Bonding Conductor

EDM Electrical Design Manual

EMI Electromagnetic Interference (refer to RFI)

EMT Electrical Metallic Tubing or thin wall conduit

ENTR Utilities Entrance Location (refer to DEMARC, POTS, LEC)

EPBX Electronic Digital Private Branch Exchange

ESR Vendor’s Engineering Service Report

FA Fire Alarm

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations in Chapter 1 of Title

48 of Code of Federal Regulations

FMS VA’s Headquarters or Medical Center Facility’s

Management Service

FR Frequency (refer to RF)

FTS Federal Telephone Service

GFE Government Furnished Equipment

GRC Galvanized Rigid Metal Conduit

GSM Global System (Station) for Mobile

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HCCS TIP’s Horizontal Cross Connection System (refer to

CCS & VCCS)

HDPE High Density Polyethylene Conduit

HDTV Advanced Television Standards Committee High-

Definition Digital Television

HEC Head End Cabinets(refer to HEIC, PA)

HEIC Head End Interface Cabinets(refer to HEC, PA)

HSPA High Speed Packet Access

HZ Hertz

IBT Intersystem Bonding Termination (NEC 250.94)

ICRA Infectious Control Risk Assessment

IDEN Integrated Digital Enhanced Network

IDC Insulation Displacement Contact

IDF Intermediate Distribution Frame

ILSM Interim Life Safety Measures

IMC Rigid Intermediate Steel Conduit

IRM Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Information

Resources Management

ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network

ISM Industrial, Scientific, Medical

LAN Local Area Network

LBS Location Based Services, Leased Based Systems

LEC Local Exchange Carrier (refer to DEMARC, PBX & POTS)

LED Light Emitting Diode

M Meter

MAS Medical Administration Service

MCR Main Computer Room

MCOR Main Computer Operators Room

MDF Main Distribution Frame

MH Manholes or Maintenance Holes

MHz Megahertz (106 Hz) mm Millimeter

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

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NID Network Interface Device (refer to DEMARC)

NEC National Electric Code

NOR Network Operations Room

NRTL OSHA Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory

NTIA U.S. Department of Commerce National

Telecommunications and Information Administration

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

OI&T Office of Information and Technology

OSH Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Occupational

Safety and Health

OSHA United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OTDR Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer

PBX Private Branch Exchange (refer to DEMARC, LEC, POTS)

PCS Personal Communications Service (refer to UPCS)

PE Professional Engineer

PM Project Manager

PoE Power over Ethernet

POTS Plain Old Telephone Service (refer to DEMARC, LEC, PBX)

PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network

PVC Poly-Vinyl Chloride

PWR Power (in Watts)

RAN Radio Access Network

RBB Rack Bonding Busbar

RE Resident Engineer or Senior Resident Engineer

RF Radio Frequency (refer to FR)

RFI Radio Frequency Interference (refer to EMI)

RFID RF Identification (Equipment, System or Personnel)

RMC Rigid Metal Conduit

RMU Rack Mounting Unit

SCC Security Control Console (refer to PCR, SPCC)

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SMCS Spectrum Management and Communications Security

(COMSEC)

SFO Solicitation for Offers

SME Subject Matter Experts (refer to AHJ)

SMS Security Management System

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol

SPCC Security Police Control Center (refer to PCR, SMS)

STP Shielded Balanced Twisted Pair (refer to UTP)

STR Stacked Telecommunications Room

TAC VA’s Technology Acquisition Center, Austin, Texas

TCO Telecommunications Outlet

TER Telephone Equipment Room

TGB Telecommunications Grounding Busbar (also Secondary

Bonding Busbar (SBB))

TIP Telecommunications Infrastructure Plant

TMGB Telecommunications Main Grounding Busbar (also

Primary Bonding Busbar (PBB))

TP Balanced Twisted Pair (refer to STP and UTP)

TR Telecommunications Room (refer to STR)

TWP Twisted Pair

UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply

USC United States Code

UTP Unshielded Balanced Twisted Pair (refer to TP and

STP)

UV Ultraviolet

V Volts

VAAR Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation

VACO Veterans Affairs Central Office

VAMC VA Medical Center (refer to CBOC, OPC, VACO)

VCCS TIP’s Vertical Cross Connection System (refer to CCS and HCCS)

VISN Veterans Integrated Services Network (refers to geographical region)

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VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Radio

W Watts

WEB World Electronic Broadcast

WI-FI Wireless Fidelity

B. Definitions:

1. Bond: Permanent joining of metallic parts to form an electrically conductive path to ensure electrical continuity and capacity to safely conduct any currents likely to be imposed to earth ground.

2. Conduit: Includes all raceway types specified.

3. Conveniently Accessible: Capable of being reached without use of ladders, or without climbing or crawling under or over obstacles such as, motors, pumps, belt guards, transformers, piping, ductwork, conduit and raceways.

4. DEMARC, Extended DMARC or ENTR: Service provider's main point of demarcation owned by LEC or service provider and establishes a physical point where service provider's responsibilities for service and maintenance end. This point is called NID, in data networks.

5. Effectively Grounded: Intentionally bonded to earth through connections of low impedance having current carrying capacity to prevent buildup of currents and voltages resulting in hazard to equipment or persons.

6. Electrical Supervision: Analyzing a system’s function and components (i.e. cable breaks / shorts, inoperative stations, lights, LEDs and states of change, from primary to backup) on a

24/7/365 basis; provide aural and visual emergency notification signals to minimum two remote designated or accepted monitoring stations.

7. Electrostatic Interference (ESI) or Electrostatic Discharge

Interference: Refer to EMI and RFI.

8. Project 25 (2014) (P25 (TIA-102 Series)): Set of standards for local, state and Federal public safety organizations and agencies digital LMR services. P25 is applicable to LMR equipment authorized or licensed under the US Department of Commerce National

Telecommunications and Information Administration or FCC rules and regulations, and is a required standard capability for all LMR equipment and systems.

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9. Grounding Electrode Conductor: (GEC) Conductor connected to earth grounding electrode.

10. Grounding Electrode System: Electrodes through which an effective connection to earth is established, including supplementary, communications system grounding electrodes and GEC.

11. Grounding Equalizer or Backbone Bonding Conductor (BBC): Conductor that interconnects elements of telecommunications grounding infrastructure.

12. Head End (HE): Equipment, hardware and software, or a master facility at originating point in a communications system designed for centralized communications control, signal processing, and distribution that acts as a common point of connection between equipment and devices connected to a network of interconnected equipment, possessing greatest authority for allowing information to be exchanged, with whom other equipment is subordinate.

13. Ohm: A unit of restive measurement.

14. Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI): A measurement of power present in a received RF signal.

15. Service Provider Demarcation Point (SPDP): Not owned by LEC or service provider, but designated by Government as point within facility considered the DEMARC.

16. Sound (SND): Changing air pressure to audible signals over given time span.

17. System: Specific hardware, firmware, and software, functioning together as a unit, performing task for which it was designed.

18. Telecommunications Bonding Backbone (TBB): Conductors of appropriate size (minimum 53.49 mm2 [1/0 AWG]) stranded copper wire, that connect to Grounding Electrode System and route to telecommunications main grounding busbar (TMGB) and circulate to interconnect various TGBs and other locations shown on drawings.

19. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP): A telephone system in which voice signals are converted to packets and transmitted over LAN network using Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol

(IP). VA’S VoIP is not listed or coded for life and public safety, critical, emergency or other protection functions. When VoIP system or equipment is provided instead of PBX system or equipment, each TR (STR) and DEMARC requires increased AC power provided to

27 05 11 - 8 compensate for loss of PBX’s telephone instrument line power; and, to compensate for absence of PBX’s UPS capability.

20. Wide Area Network (WAN): A digital network that transcends localized LANs within a given geographic location. VA’S WAN/LAN is not nationally listed or coded for life and public safety, critical, emergency or other safety functions.

1.3 APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

A. Applicability of Standards: Unless documents include more stringent requirements, applicable construction industry standards have same force and effect as if bound or copied directly into the documents to extent referenced. Such standards are made a part of these documents by reference.

1. Each entity engaged in construction must be familiar with industry standards applicable to its construction activity.

2. Obtain standards directly from publication source, where copies of standards are needed to perform a required construction activity.

B. Government Codes, Standards and Executive Orders: Refer to http://www.cfm.va.gov/TIL/cPro.asp:

1. Federal Communications Commission, (FCC) CFR, Title 47:

Part 15 Restrictions of use for Part 15 listed RF

Equipment in Safety of Life Emergency Functions and Equipment Locations

Part 47 Chapter A, Paragraphs 6.1-6.23, Access to

Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications

Equipment and Customer Premises Equipment

Part 90 Rules and Regulations, Appendix C

Form 854 Antenna Structure Registration

Chapter XXIII National Telecommunications and Information

Administration (NTIA, P/O Commerce, Chapter

XXIII) the ‘Red Book’– Chapters 7, 8 & 9 compliments CFR, Title 47, FCC Part 15, RF

Restriction of Use and Compliance in “Safety of

Life” Functions & Locations

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2. US Department of Agriculture, (Title 7, USC, Chapter 55, Sections

2201, 2202 & 2203:RUS 1755 Telecommunications Standards and

Specifications for Materials, Equipment and Construction:

RUS Bull 1751F-640 Design of Buried Cable Plant, Physical

Considerations

RUS Bull 1751F-643 Underground Plant Design

RUS Bull 1751F-815 Electrical Protection of Outside Plants, RUS Bull 1753F-201 Acceptance Tests of Telecommunications Plants

(PC-4)

RUS Bull 1753F-401 Splicing Copper and Fiber Optic Cables (PC-2)

RUS Bull 345-50 Trunk Carrier Systems (PE-60)

RUS Bull 345-65 Shield Bonding Connectors (PE-65)

RUS Bull 345-72 Filled Splice Closures (PE-74)

RUS Bull 345-83 Gas Tube Surge Arrestors (PE-80)

3. US Department of Commerce/National Institute of Standards

Technology,(NIST):

FIPS PUB 1-1 Telecommunications Information Exchange

FIPS PUB 100/1 Interface between Data Terminal Equipment (DTE)

Circuit Terminating Equipment for operation with Packet Switched Networks, or Between Two

DTEs, by Dedicated Circuit

FIPS PUB 140/2 Telecommunications Information Security

Algorithms

FIPS PUB 143 General Purpose 37 Position Interface between

DTE and Data Circuit Terminating Equipment

FIPS 160/2 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), FIPS 175 Federal Building Standard for

Telecommunications Pathway and Spaces

FIPS 191 Guideline for the Analysis of Local Area

Network Security

FIPS 197 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

FIPS 199 Standards for Security Categorization of

Federal Information and Information Systems

4. US Department of Defense, (DoD):

MIL-STD-188-114 Electrical Characteristics of Digital Interface

Circuits

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MIL-STD-188-115 Communications Timing and Synchronizations

Subsystems

MIL-C-39012/21 Connectors, Receptacle, Electrical, Coaxial, Radio Frequency, (Series BNC (Uncabled), Socket

Contact, Jam Nut Mounted, Class 2)

5. US Department of Health and Human Services:

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

(HIPAA) Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules

6. US Department of Justice:

2010 Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design

(ADAAD).

7. US Department of Labor, (DoL) - Public Law 426-62 – CFR, Title 29, Part 1910, Chapter XVII - Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Occupational Safety and Health Standards):

Subpart 7 Approved NRTLs; obtain a copy at https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/nrtllist.ht ml

Subpart 35 Compliance with NFPA 101, Life Safety Code

Subpart 36 Design and Construction Requirements for Exit

Routes

Subpart 268 Telecommunications

Subpart 305 Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment for

General Use

Subpart 508 Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility

Guidelines; technical requirement for accessibility to buildings and facilities by individuals with disabilities

8. US Department of Transportation, (DoT):

a. Public Law 85-625, CFR, Title 49, Part 1, Subpart C – Federal

Aviation Administration (FAA):AC 110/460-ID & AC 707 / 460-2E –

Advisory Circulars Standards for Construction of Antenna Towers, and 7450 and 7460-2 – Antenna Construction Registration Forms.

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9. US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): Office of

Telecommunications (OI&T), MP-6, PART VIII, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, CHAPTER 5, AUDIO, RADIO AND TELEVISION (and COMSEC) COMMUNICATIONS

SYSTEMS: Spectrum Management and COMSEC Service (SMCS), AHJ for:

a. CoG, “Continuance of Government” communications guidelines and compliance.

b. COMSEC,“VA wide coordination and control of security classified communication assets.”

c. COOP, “Continuance of Operations” emergency communications guidelines and compliance.

d. FAA, FCC, and US Department of Commerce National

Telecommunications and Information Administration, “VA wide RF

Co-ordination, Compliance and Licensing.”

e. Handbook 6100 – Telecommunications: Cyber and Information

Security Office of Cyber and Information Security, and Handbook

6500 – Information Security Program.

f. Low Voltage Special Communications Systems “Design, Engineering, Construction Contract Specifications and Drawings Conformity, Proof of Performance Testing, VA Compliance and Life Safety

Certifications for CFM and VA Facility Low Voltage Special

Communications Projects (except Fire Alarm, Telephone and Data

Systems).”

g. SATCOM, “Satellite Communications” guidelines and compliance, and

Security and Law Enforcement Systems – “Coordinates the Design, Engineering, Construction Contract Specifications and Drawings

Conformity, Proof of Performance Testing, VA Compliance, DEA and

Public Safety Certification(s) for CFM and VA Facility Security

Low Voltage Special Communications and Physical Security

Projects.

h. VHA’s National Center for Patient Safety – Veterans Health

Administration (VHA) Warning System, Failure of Medical Alarm

Systems using Paging Technology to Notify Clinical Staff, July

2004.

i. VA’s CEOSH, concurrence with warning identified in VA Directive

7700.

j. Wireless and Handheld Devices, “Guidelines and Compliance,”

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k. Office of Security and Law Enforcement: VA Directive 0730 and

Health Special Presidential Directive (HSPD)-12.

C. NRTL Standards: Refer to https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926

1. Canadian Standards Association (CSA); same tests as presented by UL

2. Communications Certifications Laboratory (CEL); same tests as presented by UL.

3. Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc., (ITSNA), formerly Edison

Testing Laboratory (ETL) same tests as presented by UL).

4. Underwriters Laboratory (UL):

1-2005 Flexible Metal Conduit

5-2011 Surface Metal Raceway and Fittings

6-2007 Rigid Metal Conduit

44-010 Thermoset-Insulated Wires and Cables

50-1995 Enclosures for Electrical Equipment

65-2010 Wired Cabinets

83-2008 Thermoplastic-Insulated Wires and Cables

96-2005 Lightning Protection Components

96A-2007 Installation Requirements for Lightning

Protection Systems

360-2013 Liquid-Tight Flexible Steel Conduit

444-2008 Communications Cables

467-2013 Grounding and Bonding Equipment

486A-486B-2013 Wire Connectors

486C-2013 Splicing Wire Connectors

486D-2005 Sealed Wire Connector Systems

486E-2009 Standard for Equipment Wiring Terminals for Use with Aluminum and/or Copper Conductors

493-2007 Thermoplastic-Insulated Underground Feeder and

Branch Circuit Cable

497/497A/497B/497C

497D/497E Protectors for Paired Conductors/Communications

Circuits/Data Communications and Fire Alarm

Circuits/coaxial circuits/voltage protections/Antenna Lead In

510-2005 Polyvinyl Chloride, Polyethylene and Rubber

Insulating Tape

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514A-2013 Metallic Outlet Boxes

514B-2012 Fittings for Cable and Conduit

514C-1996 Nonmetallic Outlet Boxes, Flush-Device Boxes and Covers

651-2011 Schedule 40 and 80 Rigid PVC Conduit

651A-2011 Type EB and A Rigid PVC Conduit and HDPE

Conduit

797-2007 Electrical Metallic Tubing

884-2011 Underfloor Raceways and Fittings

1069-2007 Hospital Signaling and Nurse Call Equipment

1242-2006 Intermediate Metal Conduit

1449-2006 Standard for Transient Voltage Surge

Suppressors

1479-2003 Fire Tests of Through-Penetration Fire Stops

1480-2003 Speaker Standards for Fire Alarm, Emergency, Commercial and Professional use

1666-2007 Standard for Wire/Cable Vertical (Riser) Tray

Flame Tests

1685-2007 Vertical Tray Fire Protection and Smoke Release

Test for Electrical and Fiber Optic Cables

1861-2012 Communication Circuit Accessories

1863-2013 Standard for Safety, communications Circuits

Accessories

1865-2007 Standard for Safety for Vertical-Tray Fire

Protection and Smoke-Release Test for

Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables

2024-2011 Standard for Optical Fiber Raceways

2024-2014 Standard for Cable Routing Assemblies and

Communications Raceways

2196-2001 Standard for Test of Fire Resistive Cable

60950-1 ed. 2-2014 Information Technology Equipment Safety

D. Industry Standards:

1. American Institute of Architects (AIA): 2006 Guidelines for Design

& Construction of Health Care Facilities.

2. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME):

A17.1 (2013) Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators

Includes Requirements for Elevators, 27 05 11 - 14

Escalators, Dumbwaiters, Moving Walks, Material

Lifts, and Dumbwaiters with Automatic Transfer

Devices

17.3 (2011) Safety Code for Existing Elevators and

Escalators

17.4 (2009) Guide for Emergency Personnel

17.5 (2011) Elevator and Escalator Electrical Equipment

3. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM):

B1 (2001) Standard Specification for Hard-Drawn Copper

Wire

B8 (2004) Standard Specification for Concentric-Lay-

Stranded Copper Conductors, Hard, Medium-Hard, or Soft

D1557 (2012) Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction

Characteristics of Soil Using Modified Effort

56,000 ft-lbf/ft3 (2,700 kN-m/m3)

D2301 (2004) Standard Specification for Vinyl Chloride

Plastic Pressure Sensitive Electrical

Insulating Tape

B258-02 (2008) Standard Specification for Standard Nominal

Diameters and Cross-Sectional Areas of AWG

Sizes of Solid Round Wires Used as Electrical

Conductors

D709-01(2007) Standard Specification for Laminated

Thermosetting Materials

D4566 (2008) Standard Test Methods for Electrical

Performance Properties of Insulations and

Jackets for Telecommunications Wire and Cable

4. American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (AT&T) - Obtain following AT&T Publications at https://ebiznet.sbc.com/sbcnebs/

ATT-TP-76200 (2013) Network Equipment and Power Grounding, Environmental, and Physical Design Requirements

ATT-TP-76300(2012) Merged AT&T Affiliate Companies Installation

Requirements

ATT-TP-76305 (2013) Common Systems Cable and Wire Installation and

Removal Requirements - Cable Racks and Raceways

ATT-TP-76306 (2009) Electrostatic Discharge Control http://www.astm.org/DATABASE.CART/HISTORICAL/D709-01R07.htm http://www.astm.org/DATABASE.CART/HISTORICAL/D709-01R07.htm

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ATT-TP-76400 (2012) Detail Engineering Requirements

ATT-TP-76405 (2011) Technical Requirements for Supplemental Cooling

Systems in Network Equipment Environments

ATT-TP-76416 (2011) Grounding and Bonding Requirements for Network

Facilities

ATT-TP-76440 (2005) Ethernet Specification

ATT-TP-76450 (2013) Common Systems Equipment Interconnection

Standards for AT&T Network Equipment Spaces

ATT-TP-76461 (2008) Fiber Optic Cleaning

ATT-TP-76900 (2010) AT&T Installation Testing Requirement

ATT-TP-76911 (1999) AT&T LEC Technical Publication Notice

5. British Standards Institution (BSI):

BS EN 50109-2 Hand Crimping Tools - Tools for The Crimp

Termination of Electric Cables and Wires for

Low Frequency and Radio Frequency Applications

– All Parts & Sections. October 1997

6. Building Industry Consulting Service International(BICSI):

ANSI/BICSI 002-2011 Data Center Design and Implementation Best

Practices

ANSI/BICSI 004-2012 Information Technology Systems Design and

Implementation Best Practices for Healthcare

Institutions and Facilities

ANSI/NECA/BICSI

568-2006 Standard for Installing Commercial Building

Telecommunications Cabling

NECA/BICSI 607-2011 Standard for Telecommunications Bonding and

Grounding Planning and Installation Methods for

Commercial Buildings

ANSI/BICSI 005-2013 Electronic Safety and Security (ESS) System

Design and Implementation Best Practices

7. Electronic Components Assemblies and Materials Association,(ECA).

ECA EIA/RS-270 (1973)Tools, Crimping, Solderless Wiring Devices –

Recommended Procedures for User Certification

EIA/ECA 310-E (2005) Cabinets, and Associated Equipment

8. Facility Guidelines Institute: 2010 Guidelines for Design and

Construction of Health Care Facilities.

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9. Insulated Cable Engineers Association (ICEA):

ANSI/ICEA

S-84-608-2010 Telecommunications Cable, Filled Polyolefin

Insulated Copper Conductor, S-87-640(2011)

Optical Fiber Outside Plant Communications

Cable

ANSI/ICEA

ICEA S-102-700

10. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE):

ISSN 0739-5175 March-April 2008 Engineering in Medicine and

Biology Magazine, IEEE (Volume: 27, Issue:2)

Medical Grade-Mission Critical-Wireless

Networks

IEEE C2-2012 National Electrical Safety Code (NESC)

C62.41.2-2002/

Cor 1-2012 IEEE Recommended Practice on Characterization of

Surges in Low-Voltage (1000 V and Less) AC

Power Circuits 4)

C62.45-2002 IEEE Recommended Practice on Surge Testing for

Equipment Connected to Low-Voltage (1000 V and

Less) AC Power Circuits

81-2012 IEEE Guide for Measuring Earth Resistivity, Ground

Impedance, and Earth Surface Potentials of a

Grounding System

100-1992 IEEE the New IEEE Standards Dictionary of

Electrical and Electronics Terms

602-2007 IEEE Recommended Practice for Electric Systems in Health Care Facilities

1100-2005 IEEE Recommended Practice for Powering and

Grounding Electronic Equipment

11. International Code Council:

AC193 (2014) Mechanical Anchors in Concrete Elements

12. International Organization for Standardization (ISO):

ISO/TR 21730 (2007) Use of Mobile Wireless Communication and

Computing Technology in Healthcare Facilities -

Recommendations for Electromagnetic

Compatibility (Management of Unintentional

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Electromagnetic Interference) with Medical

Devices

13. National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA):

NEMA 250 (2008) Enclosures for Electrical Equipment (1,000V

Maximum)

ANSI C62.61 (1993) American National Standard for Gas Tube Surge

Arresters on Wire Line Telephone Circuits

ANSI/NEMA FB 1 (2012)Fittings, Cast Metal Boxes and Conduit Bodies for Conduit, Electrical Metallic Tubing EMT) and Cable

ANSI/NEMA OS 1 (2009)Sheet-Steel Outlet Boxes, Device Boxes, Covers, and Box Supports

NEMA SB 19 (R2007) NEMA Installation Guide for Nurse Call Systems

TC 3 (2004) Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Fittings for Use with

Rigid PVC Conduit and Tubing

NEMA VE 2 (2006) Cable Tray Installation Guidelines

14. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA):

70E-2015 Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace

70-2014 National Electrical Code (NEC)

72-2013 National Fire Alarm Code

75-2013 Standard for the Fire Protection of Information

Technological Equipment

76-2012 Recommended Practice for the Fire Protection of

Telecommunications Facilities

77-2014 Recommended Practice on Static Electricity

90A-2015 Standard for the Installation of Air

Conditioning and Ventilating Systems

99-2015 Health Care Facilities Code

101-2015 Life Safety Code

241 Safeguarding construction, alternation and

Demolition Operations

255-2006 Standard Method of Test of Surface Burning

Characteristics of Building Materials

262 - 2011 Standard Method of Test for Flame Travel and

Smoke of Wires and Cables for Use in Air-

Handling Spaces

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780-2014 Standard for the Installation of Lightning

Protection Systems

1221-2013 Standard for the Installation, Maintenance, and

Use of Emergency Services Communications

Systems

5000-2015 Building Construction and Safety Code

15. Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC):

SSPC SP 6/NACE No.3 (2007) Commercial Blast Cleaning

16. Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE):

ANSI/SCTE 15 2006 Specification for Trunk, Feeder and

Distribution Coaxial Cable

17. Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA):

TIA TSB-140 Additional Guidelines for Field-Testing Length, Loss and Polarity of Optical Fiber Cabling

Systems (2004)

TIA-155 Guidelines for the Assessment and Mitigation of

Installed Category 6 Cabling to Support

10GBASE-T (2010)

TIA TSB-162-A Telecommunications Cabling Guidelines for

Wireless Access Points (2013)

TIA/EIA-423-B Electrical Characteristics of Unbalanced

Voltage Digital Interface Circuits (2012)

TIA-455-C General Requirements for Standard Test

Procedures for Optical Fibers, Cables, Transducers, Sensors, Connecting and

Terminating Devices, and other Fiber Optic

Components (August 2014)

TIA-455-53-A FOTP-53 Attenuation by Substitution

Measurements for Multimode Graded-Index Optical

Fibers in Fiber Assemblies (Long Length)

(September 2001)

TIA-455-61-A FOTP-61 Measurement of Fiber of Cable

Attenuation Using an OTDR (July 2003)

TIA-472D000-B Fiber Optic Communications Cable for Outside

Plant Use (July 2007)

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ANSI/TIA-492-B 62.5-µ Core Diameter/125-um Cladding Diameter

Class 1a Graded-Index Multimode Optical Fibers

(November 2009)

ANSI/TIA-492AAAB-A 50-um Core Diameter/125-um Cladding Diameter

Class IA Graded-Index Multimode Optically

Optimized American Standard Fibers (November

TIA-492CAAA Detail Specification for Class IVa Dispersion-

Unshifted Single-Mode Optical Fibers (September

2002)

TIA-492E000 Sectional Specification for Class IVd Nonzero-

Dispersion Single-Mode Optical Fibers for the

1,550 nm Window (September 2002)

TIA-526-7-B Measurement of Optical Power Loss of Installed

Single-Mode Fiber Cable Plant – OFSTP-7

(December 2008)

TIA-526.14-A Optical Power Loss Measurements of Installed

Multimode Fiber Cable Plant – SFSTP-14 (August

1998)

TIA-568 Revision/Edition: C Commercial Building

Telecommunications Cabling Standard Set: (TIA-

568-C.0-2 Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer Premises (2012), TIA-568-C.1-1

Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling

Standard Part 1: General Requirements (2012), TIA-568-C.2 Commercial Building

Telecommunications Cabling Standard—Part 2:

Balanced Twisted Pair Cabling Components

(2009), TIA-568-C.3-1 Optical Fiber Cabling

Components Standard, (2011) AND TIA-568-C.4

Broadband Coaxial Cabling and Components

Standard (2011) with addendums and erratas

TIA-569 Revision/Edition C Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces (March 2013)

TIA-574 Position Non-Synchronous Interface between Data

Terminal equipment and Data Circuit Terminating

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Equipment Employing Serial Binary Interchange

(May 2003)

TIA/EIA-590-A Standard for Physical Location and Protection of Below Ground Fiber Optic Cable Plant (July

2001)

TIA-598-D Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding (January 2005)

TIA-604-10-B Fiber Optic Connector Intermateablility

Standard (August 2008)

ANSI/TIA-606-B Administration Standard for Telecommunications

Infrastructure (2012)

TIA-607-B Generic Telecommunications Bonding and

Grounding (Earthing) For Customer Premises

(January 2013)

TIA-613 High Speed Serial Interface for Data Terminal

Equipment and Data Circuit Terminal Equipment

(September 2005)

ANSI/TIA-758-B Customer-owned Outside Plant Telecommunications

Infrastructure Standard (April 2012)

ANSI/TIA-854 A Full Duplex Ethernet Specification for 1000

Mb/s (1000BASE-TX) Operating over Category 6

Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling (2001)

ANSI/TIA-862-A Building Automation Systems Cabling Standard

(April 2011)

TIA-942-A Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for

Data Centers (March 2014)

TIA-1152 Requirements for Field Testing Instruments and

Measurements for Balanced Twisted Pair Cabling

(September 2009)

TIA-1179 Healthcare Facility Telecommunications

Infrastructure Standard (July 2010)

1.4 SINGULAR NUMBER

A. Where any device or part of equipment is referred in singular number

(such as " rack"), reference applies to as many such devices as are required to complete installation.

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1.5 RELATED WORK

A. Specification Order of Precedence: FAR Clause 52.236-21, VAAR Clause

852.236-71.

1. Field Cutting and Patching: Section 09 91 00, PAINTING.

2. Additional submittal requirements: Section 01 33 23, SHOP DRAWINGS, PRODUCT DATA AND SAMPLES.

3. Availability and source of references and standards specified in applicable publications: Section 01 42 19, REFERENCE STANDARDS.

4. Control of environmental pollution and damage for air, water, and land resources: Section 01 57 19, TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS.

5. Requirements for non-hazardous building construction and demolition waste: Section 01 74 19, CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENT.

6. General requirements and procedures to comply with various federal mandates and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) policies for sustainable design: Section 01 81 13, SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

REQUIREMENTS.

7. Closures of openings in walls, floors, and roof decks against penetration of flame, heat, and smoke or gases in fire resistant rated construction: Section 07 84 00, FIRESTOPPING.

8. Sealant and caulking materials and their application: Section 07 92

00, JOINT SEALANTS.

9. General electrical requirements that are common to more than one section of Division 26: Section 26 05 11, REQUIREMENTS FOR

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS.

10. Electrical conductors and cables in electrical systems rated 600 V and below: Section 26 05 21, LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL POWER

CONDUCTORS AND CABLES (600 VOLTS AND BELOW).

11. Requirements for personnel safety and to provide a low impedance path to ground for possible ground fault currents: Section 26 05

26, GROUNDING AND BONDING FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.

12. Conduit and boxes: Section 26 05 33, RACEWAYS AND BOXES FOR

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.

13. Wiring devices: Section 26 27 26, WIRING DEVICES.

14. Underground ducts, raceways, precast manholes and pull boxes:

Section 26 05 41, UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION.

15. Lightning protection: Section 26 41 00, FACILITY LIGHTNING

PROTECTION.

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16. General requirements common to more than one section in Division

28: Section 28 05 00, COMMON WORK RESULTS FOR ELECTRONIC SAFETY AND

SECURITY.

17. Conductors and cables for electronic safety and security systems:

Section 28 05 13, CONDUCTORS AND CABLES FOR ELECTRONIC SAFETY AND

SECURITY.

18. Low impedance path to ground for electronic safety and security system ground fault currents: Section 28 05 26, GROUNDING AND

BONDING FOR SECURITY SYSTEMS.

19. Conduits and partitioned telecommunications raceways for Electronic

Safety and Security systems: Section 28 05 28.33, CONDUITS AND BACK

BOXES FOR ELECTRONIC SAFETY AND SECURITY.

20. Physical Access Control System field-installed controllers connected by data transmission network: Section 28 13 00, PHYSICAL

ACCESS DETECTION.

21. Intrusion sensors and detection devices, and communication links to perform monitoring, alarm, and control functions: Section 28 16 11, INTRUSION DETECTION EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS.

22. Video surveillance system cameras, data transmission wiring, and control stations with associated equipment: Section 28 23 00, VIDEO

SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS.

1.6 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS

A. Assign a single communications project manager to serve as point of contact for Government, contractor, and design professional.

B. Be proactive in scheduling work.

1. Use of premises is restricted at times directed by COR.

2. Movement of materials: Unload materials and equipment delivered to site. Pay costs for rigging, hoisting, lowering and moving equipment on and around site, in building or on roof.

3. Coordinate installation of required supporting devices and sleeves to be set in poured-in-place concrete and other structural components, as they are constructed.

4. Sequence, coordinate, and integrate installations of materials and equipment for efficient flow of Work.

5. Coordinate connection of materials, equipment, and systems with exterior underground and overhead utilities and services. Comply with requirements of governing regulations, franchised service

27 05 11 - 23 companies, and controlling agencies; provide required connection for each service.

6. Initiate and maintain discussion regarding schedule for ceiling construction and install cables to meet that schedule.

C. Contact the Office of Telecommunications, Special Communications Team

(005OP2H3) (202)461-5310 to have a Government-accepted

Telecommunications COR assigned to project for telecommunications review, equipment and system approval and coordination with other VA personnel.

D. Communications Project Manager Responsibilities:

1. Assume responsibility for overall telecommunications system integration and coordination of work among trades, subcontractors, and authorized system installers.

2. Coordinate with related work indicated on drawings or specified.

3. Manage work related to telecommunications system installation in a manner approved by manufacturer.

1.7 SUBMITTALS

A. Submit in accordance with Section 01 33 23, SHOP DRAWINGS, PRODUCT

DATA, AND SAMPLES.

B. Provide parts list including quantity of spare parts.

C. Provide manufacturer product information. Government reserves the right to require a list of installations where products have been in operation.

D. Provide Source Quality Control Submittal:

1. Submit written certification from OEM indicating that proposed supervisor of installation and proposed provider of warranty maintenance are authorized representatives of OEM. Include individual's legal name, contact information and OEM credentials in certification.

2. Submit written certification from OEM that wiring and connection diagrams meet Government Life Safety Guidelines, NFPA, NEC, NRTL, these specifications, and Joint Commission requirements and instructions, requirements, recommendations, and guidance set forth by OEM for the proper performance of system.

3. Pre-acceptance Certification: Certification in accordance with procedure outlined in Section 01 00 00, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS and specific Division 27 qualification documentation.

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E. Installer Qualifications: Submit three installations of similar size and complexity furnished and installed by installer; include:

1. Installation location and name.

2. Owner’s name and contact information including, address, telephone and email.

3. Date of project start and date of final acceptance.

4. System project number.

5. Three paragraph description of each system related to this project;

include function, operation, and installation.

F. Provide delegated design submittals (e.g. seismic support design).

G. Submittals are required for all equipment anchors and supports. Include weights, dimensions, center of gravity, standard connections, manufacturer's recommendations and behavior problems (e.g., vibration, thermal expansion,) associated with equipment or conduit. Anchors and supports to resist seismic load based on seismic design categories per section 4.0 of VA seismic design requirements H-18-8 dated August, 2013.

H. Test Equipment List:

1. Supply test equipment of accuracy better than parameters to be tested.

2. Submit test equipment list including make and model number:

a. ANSI/TIA-1152 Level IV twisted pair cabling test instrument.

b. Fiber optic insertion loss power meter with light source.

c. Optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR).

d. Volt-Ohm meter.

e. Digital camera.

f. Signal level meter.

g. Time domain reflectometer (TDR) with strip chart recorder (Data and Optical Measuring).

3. Supply only test equipment with a calibration tag from Government-accepted calibration service dated not more than 12 months prior to test.

4. Provide sample test and evaluation reports.

I. Submittal Drawings:

1. Telecommunications Space Plans/Elevations: Provide enlarged floor plans of telecommunication spaces indicating layout of equipment and devices, including receptacles and grounding provisions. Submit

27 05 11 - 25 detailed plan views and elevations of telecommunication spaces showing racks, termination blocks, and cable paths. Include following rooms:

a. Telecommunications rooms.

b. Building Entrance Facility/Demarcation rooms.

c. Server rooms/Data Center.

d. Equipment rooms.

2. Logical Drawings: Provide logical riser or schematic drawings for all systems.

a. Provide riser diagrams systems and interconnection drawings for equipment assemblies; show termination points and identify wiring connections.

3. Access Panel Schedule on Submittal Drawings: Coordinate and prepare a location, size, and function schedule of access panels required to fully service equipment.

J. Provide sustainable design submittals.

K. Furnish electronic certified test reports to COR prior to final inspection and not more than 90 days after completion of tests.

1.8 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS

A. Provide following closeout submittals prior to project closeout date:

1. Warranty certificate.

2. Evidence of compliance with requirements such as low voltage certificate of inspection.

3. Project record documents.

4. Instruction manuals and software that are a part of system.

B. Maintenance and Operation Manuals: Submit in accordance with Section 01

00 00, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

1. Prepare a manual for each system and equipment specified.

2. Furnish on portable storage drive in PDF format or equivalent accepted by COR.

3. Furnish complete manual as specified in specification section, fifteen days prior to performance of systems or equipment test.

4. Furnish remaining manuals prior to final completion.

5. Identify storage drive "MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION MANUAL" and system name.

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6. Include name, contact information and emergency service numbers of each subcontractor installing system or equipment and local representatives for system or equipment.

7. Provide a Table of Contents and assemble files to conform to Table of Contents.

8. Operation and Maintenance Data includes:

a. Approved shop drawing for each item of equipment.

b. Internal and interconnecting wiring and control diagrams with data to explain detailed operation and control of equipment.

c. A control sequence describing start-up, operation, and shutdown.

d. Description of function of each principal item of equipment.

e. Installation and maintenance instructions.

f. Safety precautions.

g. Diagrams and illustrations.

h. Test Results and testing methods.

i. Performance data.

j. Pictorial "exploded" parts list with part numbers. Emphasis to be placed on use of special tools and instruments. Indicate sources of supply, recommended spare parts, and name of servicing organization.

k. Warranty documentation indicating end date and equipment protected under warranty.

l. Appendix; list qualified permanent servicing organizations for support of equipment, including addresses and certified personnel qualifications.

C. Record Wiring Diagrams:

1. Red Line Drawings: Keep one E size 91.44 cm x 121.92 cm (36 inches x 48 inches) set of floor plans, on site during work hours, showing installation progress marked and backbone cable labels noted. Make these drawings available for examination during construction meetings or field inspections.

2. General Drawing Specifications: Detail and elevation drawings to be

D size 61 cm x 91.44 cm (24 inches x 36 inches) with a minimum scale of 0.635 cm = 30.48 cm (1/4 inch = 12 inches). ER, TR and other enlarged detail floor plan drawings to be D size 61 cm x

91.44 cm (24” x 36”) with a minimum scale of 0.635 cm = 30.48 cm

(1/4 inch = 12 inches). Building composite floor plan drawings to

27 05 11 - 27 be D size 61 cm x 91.44 cm (24 inches x 36 inches) with a minimum scale of 3.175 mm = 30.48 cm (1/8 inch = 1’ 0 inch).

3. Building Composite Floor Plans: Provide building floor plans showing work area outlet locations and configuration, types of jacks, distance for each cable, and cable routing locations.

4. Floor plans to include:

a. Final room numbers and actual backbone cabling and pathway locations and labeling.

b. Inputs and outputs of equipment identified according to labels installed on cables and equipment.

c. Device locations with labels.

d. Conduit.

e. Head-end equipment.

f. Wiring diagram.

g. Labeling and administration documentation.

5. Submit Record Wiring Diagrams within five business days after final cable testing.

6. Deliver Record Wiring Diagrams as CAD files in .dwg or .dgn /.rvt formats as determined by COR.

7. Deliver four complete sets of electronic record wiring diagrams to

COR on portable storage drive.

D. Service Qualifications: Submit name and contact information of service organizations providing service to this installation within eight hours of receipt of notification service is needed.

1.9 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS

A. After approval and prior to installation, furnish COR with the following:

1. A 300 mm (12 inch) length of each type and size of wire and cable along with tag from coils of reels from which samples were taken.

2. One coupling, bushing and termination fitting for each type of conduit.

3. Samples of each hanger, clamp and supports for conduit and pathways.

4. Duct sealing compound.

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1.10 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Manufacturer’s Qualifications: Manufacturer must produce, as a principal product, the equipment and material specified for this project, and have manufactured item for at least three years.

B. Product and System Qualification:

1. OEM must have three installations of equipment submitted presently in operation of similar size and type as this project, that have continuously operated for a minimum of three years.

2. Government reserves the right to require a list of installations where products have been in operation before approval.

3. Authorized representative of OEM must be responsible for design, satisfactory operation of installed system, and certification.

C. Trade Contractor Qualifications: Trade contractor must have completed three or more installations of similar systems of comparable size and complexity with regards to coordinating, engineering, testing, certifying, supervising, training, and documentation. Identify these installations as a part of submittal.

D. System Supplier Qualifications: System supplier must be authorized by

OEM to warranty installed equipment.

E. Telecommunications technicians assigned to system must be trained and certified by OEM on installation and testing of system; provide written evidence of current OEM certifications for installers.

F. Manufactured Products:

1. Comply with FAR clause 52.236-5 for material and workmanship.

2. When more than one unit of same class of equipment is required, units must be product of a single manufacturer.

3. Equipment Assemblies and Components:

a. Components of an assembled unit need not be products of same manufacturer.

b. Manufacturers of equipment assemblies, which include components made by others, to assume complete responsibility for final assembled unit.

c. Provide compatible components for assembly and intended service.

d. Constituent parts which are similar must be product of a single manufacturer.

4. Identify factory wiring on equipment being furnished and on wiring diagrams.

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G. Testing Agencies: Government reserves the option of witnessing factory tests. Notify COR minimum 15 working days prior to manufacturer performing the factory tests.

1. When equipment fails to meet factory test and re-inspection is required, contractor is liable for additional expenses, including expenses of Government.

1.11 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING

A. Delivery and Acceptance Requirements:

1. Government's approval of submittals must be obtained for equipment and material before delivery to job site.

2. Deliver and store materials to job site in OEM's original unopened containers, clearly labeled with OEM's name and equipment catalog numbers, model and serial identification numbers for COR to inventory cable, patch panels, and related equipment.

B. Storage and Handling Requirements:

1. Equipment and materials must be protected during shipment and storage against physical damage, dirt, moisture, cold and rain:

a. Store and protect equipment in a manner that precludes damage or loss, including theft.

b. Protect painted surfaces with factory installed removable heavy kraft paper, sheet vinyl or equivalent.

c. Protect enclosures, equipment, controls, controllers, circuit protective devices, and other like items, against entry of foreign matter during installation; vacuum clean both inside and outside before testing and operating.

C. Coordinate storage.

1.12 FIELD CONDITIONS

A. Where variations from documents are requested in accordance with

GENERAL CONDITIONS and Section 01 33 23, SHOP DRAWINGS, PRODUCT DATA, AND SAMPLES, connecting work and related components must include additions or changes to branch circuits, circuit protective devices, conduits, wire, feeders, controls, panels and installation methods.

B. A contract adjustment or additional time will not be granted because of field conditions pursuant to FAR 52.236-2 and FAR 52.236-3; a contract adjustment or additional time will not be granted for additional work required for complete and usable construction and systems pursuant to

FAR 52.246-12.

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1.13 WARRANTY

A. Comply with FAR clause 52.246-21.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN CRITERIA

A. Provide communications spaces and pathways conforming to TIA 569, at a minimum.

B. In cases of renovations in historic or otherwise restrictive buildings, where it has been determined as impossible to follow above stated guidelines, exceptions must not modify maximum distances set forth in

TIA 568 and 569; and exceptions must not in any way effect performance of entire TIP system.

C. Modification to administrative issues requires written approvals from

COR with concurrence from SMCS 005OP2H3, OEM, contractor, and local authorities.

2.2 EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION

A. Provide laminated black phenolic resin with a white core nameplates with minimum 6 mm (1/4 inch) high engraved lettering.

B. Nameplates furnished by manufacturer as standard catalog items, unless other method of identification is indicated.

2.3 UNDERGROUND WARNING TAPE

A. Underground Warning: Standard 4-Mil polyethylene 76 mm (3 inch) wide tape detectable type; red with black letters imprinted with “CAUTION

BURIED ELECTRIC LINE BELOW”, orange with black letters imprinted with

“CAUTION BURIED TELEPHONE LINE BELOW” or orange with black letters imprinted with “CAUTION BURIED FIBER OPTIC LINE BELOW”, as applicable.

2.4 WIRE LUBRICATING COMPOUND

A. Provide non-hardening or forming adhesive coating cable lubricants suitable for cable jacket material and raceway.

2.5 FIREPROOFING TAPE

A. Provide flexible, conformable fabric tape of organic composition and coated one side with flame-retardant elastomer.

B. Tape must be self-extinguishing and cannot support combustion; arc-proof and fireproof.

C. Tape cannot deteriorate when subjected to water, gases, salt water, sewage, or fungus; and tape must be resistant to sunlight and ultraviolet light.

D. Application must withstand a 200-ampere arc for minimum 30 seconds.

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E. Securing Tape: Glass cloth electrical tape minimum 0.18 mm (7 mils) thick and 19 mm (3/4 inch) wide.

2.6 UNDERGROUND CABLES

A. Provide buried closure suitable for enclosing a straight, butt, and branch splice in a container into which can be poured an encapsulating compound.

B. Provide closure of adequate strength to protect splice and maintain cable shield electrical continuity in buried environment.

C. Provide re-enterable encapsulating compound maintaining chemical stability of closure.

D. Provide filled splice cases in accordance with RUS Bull 345-72.

E. Provide gel filled cable meeting requirements of ICEA S-99-689 and RUS