Attachment_5_-_COMM_Inputs.pdf

AIR COMMANDOS

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

27TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON (AFSOC)

CANNON AIR FORCE BASE NEW MEXICO

MEMORANDUM FOR: AFSOC 27 SOCE 03 Oct 2017

FROM: 27 SOCS/SCXP

SUBJECT: Communications Inputs to CZQZ17-0014 SOF CNS PAD FOR TRAINING SIM

1. The requirements of the following reference documents will be used all communications work supporting this effort:

A. UFC -3-580-01,

B. EIA/TIA Communication Standards, (most current standard date at time of contract award)

C. NEC standards, D. RUS standards, E. MIL-STD-188-124B, Ground and Bonding,

2. 27 SOCS provides the following local guidance for subject project: This is based on guidance from the user as far as facility communication requirements. Due to the unique nature of the facility there will be limited communication capability within the facility. This callout is based on this project providing all Comm requirements.

Outside Plant Infrastructure and MH and Conduit System:

- The planned location of the facility is near current communication capability and requires to be tied into the already in place HH, HH-27A.

- We require two (2) schedule 40 PVC conduits/entry ducts between the facility and HH-

27A.

- The ducts shall be corrosion resistant and 4-inch inside diameter (I.D.) round or metric equivalent. The ducts shall be made of EPC-40 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) (Schedule 40)

IAW NEMA TC-2. The only exception to use of Schedule 40 ducts is horizontal directional drilling (boring) only under pavement; in this specific instance high density polyethylene (HDPE) SIDR 11.5 in accordance with (IAW) current version of ASTM

D2239 can be substituted for placement under pavement. Schedule 40 rated products such as Carlon Bore-Gard or equivalent products which are rated Schedule 40, are also acceptable for use in horizontal directional drilling (boring). The ducts shall be appropriately labeled indicating the composition material. Ducts shall have a sleeve or bell end type coupling and shall be watertight when assembled.

- All ducts will be sealed with duct seal or equal.

- Installation of underground conduits/ducts, shall be IAW RUS Bulletin 1751F-643; RUS

Bulletin 1753F-151; and T.O 31W3-10-22. Ducts across roads, sidewalks, parking areas, or areas to be paved, etc. shall be installed a minimum of 36" below grade. In manholes with knockouts, ducts shall start at the bottom knockout, allowing for upward expansion in the manholes. Where there are no knockouts, new penetrations for new ducts shall be a maximum of 12 inches from the corner in the walls of the existing Manhole; the ducts shall not be simply centered on the wall or enter through the floor. All ducts not installed a cross roads, sidewalks, parking areas, or areas to be paved, etc. shall have a minimum of

36 inches ground cover, where possible. The Contractor shall provide other protective measures, concrete cap, etc., in those areas where the minimum ground cover cannot be achieved. Grading of ducts shall be accomplished IAW RUS Bulletin 1751F-643.

- All bends between manholes (whether HDPE roll pipe materials or PVC materials) shall be a minimum 40-foot radius with the sum of bends in all directions not exceeding a total of 90 degrees. Only one 90-degree bend shall be allowed between manholes. Ducts shall have bell ends and enter a manhole perpendicular to the surface of the wall through which it is entering. All ducts/innerducts entering manholes must be sealed. For geotextile multicell fabric innerduct installed as part of this project, the contractor shall reference the manufacturer’s installation instructions for cutting and coiling geotextile ends, for tying off innerduct pull strings and for the installation of duct seal in ducts where innerduct is placed. Universal duct plugs or removable putty sealants may be used. Upon completion of conduit sections, a test mandrel ¼” (6.4mm) smaller than the inside diameter of the conduit shall be pulled through one of the two ducts to ensure proper alignment. In addition, all ducts shall be cleared of loose materials such as concrete, mud, dirt, stones, etc.

- All vacant ducts (or ducts with a single innerduct) installed shall be provided with a waterproof corrosion resistant pull rope for future cable installation. The pull rope shall extend into the manhole and be secured to the cable rack or pulling iron, etc.

- When communications ducts cross either power duct or buried power cable, maintain a minimum separation of 3 inches of concrete or 12 inches of well-tamped earth between the two or 12 inches of well tamped earth when parallel; for pipes (e.g., gas, water, oil) maintain 6 inches when crossing or 12 inches when parallel. All utility separations must be IAW NFPA 70 (National Electric Code) as a minimum.

- Along the length of the duct run, if the ducts are installed by trenching, spacers shall be placed at an interval of four (4) spacers per 20 feet and cable warning tape shall be buried one (1) foot below the surface and shall follow the duct route. The tape shall be a minimum of three inches wide and orange in color with the appropriate warning message.

At least one duct will have tracer wire or be otherwise locatable from the surface.

- When new entrance conduits/ducts or sleeves are required, the Contractor shall bore and install the necessary holes and install the ducts or sleeves, if knockout doesn’t exist.

Penetration shall not be in such a location through the wall as to block use of existing ducts in the manhole. New ducts will be a minimum of 18 inches from either the manhole floor or ceiling, if practical; also the new ducts shall be a maximum of 12 inches from the corner in the walls of the existing manhole. The minimum bending radius for entry conduit/ducts shall be no less than 10 times the inside diameter of the conduit. Ducts and openings around ducts shall be sealed to prevent moisture from entering the manholes.

Unclassified Cabling:

- A 25 pair Copper cable will be installed into the new duct system for this facility to the communication main POP as outlined about. It will be terminated on both ends. Within the main communications area it will be onto a communication backboard into a protected communication BET and it will be extended and terminated into the communication cabinet using rack mounted 110 punch blocks with C5 Clips. Within the

HH-27A it will be terminated into the already in place copper cable (CA-05) Copper pairs will be provided at a later date.

- This copper will run from this facility to the main Communications POP as outlined above for communications thru the newly install conduit system and then to the facility.

- A 12 Strand SM Fiber cable will be installed to the new facility comm. Area from HH-

27A, again see info above. The route will be from the facility within the new conduits into HH-27A and spliced into the already in place fiber.

- Install, terminate, label and test all fiber strands SMFO to the primary communications communication area. Anticipate using SC type connectors. All terminations will be fusion type terminations. Outside plant optical fiber cable shall be loose buffer tube, single mode, water blocked, suitable for outside plant underground applications and shall meet or exceed RUS Regulation 1755.900 and RUS Bulletin 1753F-601. All new cabling installed shall also meet or exceed the manufacturer’s specifications and specifications detailed within ANSI/TIA-568-C.3 Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standards. These standards address several items including cable transmission performances, minimum cable bend radius, cable pull strength/pull tensions, etc. All optical fiber cables shall comply with industry standards with regard to manufacturers’ cable markings, jacket, rip cords, filling compound/water blocking, fiber color coding, jacketing materials, etc. In addition, the fibers shall comply with industry standards with regard to mode field diameter, core-cladding concentricity, attenuation, and dispersion characteristics at 1310 nm and 1550 nm, and also be acceptable for 10-Gigabit Ethernet applications.

- Fiber appearances on patch panels shall be in the same order on each end of the fiber run.

Where the multiple fiber cables are terminated in the same patch panel the first fiber shall appear on 1 +12n position and correspond to a 1 +12m position on the distant end (m and n are integers). For further clarification contact 27 SOCS/SCX.

- Label all Out Side Plant cables using the provided labeling standard.

ISP Unclassified Cabling:

- All Patch panels should be installed from the top down.

- Unclassified communications premise wiring shall be CAT 6 or higher and blue in color.

. Proper cable management will be used at all times.

- Provide test documentation for all copper cabling installed.

- All new cabling will be installed to meet communications standards as identified in referenced documents.

- All LAN/Data system installations shall be tested for CAT-6 and FO cable performance per EIA or the latest approved version of the ANSI/TIA/EIA standards.

Maintenance Loops.

- When new cabling is installed, provide 30 feet of maintenance loops coiled in the first and last hand hole. A minimum maintenance loop of 25 feet of cable shall be installed on all cables entering and leaving a splice case. All maintenance loops installed within hand holes shall be formed and secured, and the secured loop must be supported by a total of two cable rack steps. Rack steps are to be positioned so the highest one supports the underside of the top of the coil and the bottom step supports the underside of the bottom of the coil. In the event there are more than one cable maintenance loop installed in a manhole, each loop is to be formed and secured separate from the other loops. All maintenance loops shall be recorded on the manhole racking diagrams, as to their physical location in a manhole and the total length of the loop.

Power:

- Power will be installed to the communications rooms. One 110VAC 20-Amp outlet, using NEMA 5-20P connections, each on its own independent circuit will be installed on the wall within the comm. area.

Grounding:

- Proper communication equipment grounding will be provided in all communications rooms and to each cabinet and safe using green or green-striped # 6 gauge wire.

General Info:

- Grounding, bonding and shielding of all site facilities and structures, inside and outside, is of paramount importance for personnel safety and equipment protection. Grounding will satisfy requirements as set forth by MIL-STD-188-124B, MIL-HNBK-419 and R-56

Standards and Guidelines for Communications Sites.

- All new cabling will be installed to meet communications standards as identified in referenced documents.

- The Contractor shall provide as-built documentation (shape files) of all new installed components and new cable components (including metadata) compatible with the

Cyberspace Infrastructure Planning System (CIPS) Visualization Component (CVC) drawing system. Reference SOO Attachment 3, Generic SOO Drawing Supplemental

Information. The government is responsible for providing the Contractor with a copy of the installation’s most current GeoBase Common Installation Picture (CIP), and current

CVC drawings of the areas of interest. The government will review the shape files in

CVC and transcribe the information to the CVC system.

- The Contractor shall provide as-built documentation for all installed MH conduit system butter fly drawing showing copper and fiber routing within and thru the system.

3. The above are all issues that must be considered during the programming/requirements identification of new MCPs and O&M renovation projects with the understanding that the 27

SOCS reserves the right to change or modify as mission dictates. Further coordination and in-depth communications engineering will be required as the project proceeds into the design phase.

Regards, X Gary E. Zoelzer

Project Manager