01_1030_TELECOMMUNICATIONS_SYSTEMS_OVERVIEW.pdf

Green Federal Building Consolidation Project 600 Arch Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

GSA # GS-03P-14-AZ-C-0020

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS OVERVIEW – ISSUED FOR

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10 JUNE 2016

SECTION 011030 – TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS OVERVIEW

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. Division 27 Communications

B. Division 28 Electronic Safety and Security

C. GSA PBS-100 Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Service – Version 2015 (or current version)

D. DHS Structured Cable Standard - Version 1 5 – 07242008 (or current version)

1.2 SUMMARY

A. The purpose of this scope of work is to upgrade the building infrastructure to meet the unique needs of the building occupants and to facilitate their ability to expand and grow as operational requirements demand without the building infrastructure becoming an impediment to operational efficiency.

B. The focus of this effort is on the low voltage conduits, raceways, cabling, associated spaces, connectivity materials, identification materials and testing which support building and tenant communications systems and connectivity.

C. A major focus of this effort is to establish pathways by which telco services can be delivered to building tenants. To achieve this based on the congestion of abandoned or lightly used cabling in existing conduits and sleeves will require new conduits and sleeves to be installed. In particular, new telco service conduits are required to support specific agencies requirements as well as future growth of the Green Federal Building.

D. If existing, unused cabling were to be removed from conduits and raceways throughout the building, the need for some or all of the prescribed new riser conduits could be avoided. The financial cost/benefit of this approach needs to be calculated.

E. In an effort to maintain the integrity of the building telecommunications infrastructure once it has been cleaned up and upgraded, GSA (or some entity designated by GSA) should own and manage the following:

1. Telecom riser closets

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2. Riser conduits, allocation and assignment based on tenant’s requirements and utilization.

3. Any new carrier services to the POE Rooms

4. Any new carrier services cabinet or wall field panels

5. Distributed Antenna System (if applicable)

6. Allocation of space in all Telecom Rooms

7. Security of all telecom rooms - No person or entity should enter a Telecom Room without notifying the GSA

F. Each tenant shall build out a Telecom Room in their space to support their network, servers, ancillary/proprietary equipment and horizontal cable distribution.

G. There are references to a DAS system in this document. There is no scope for a DAS system or supporting infrastructure in the project at this time. However, it is strongly recommended that this be investigated as an option as described in that section.

H. In all cases of conflict or required clarifications of the cabling systems and riser standards for this project, refer to the following documents for clarification:

1. GSA PBS-100 Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Service – Version 2015

2. DHS Structured Cable Standard - Version 1 5 – 07242008 (or current version) for confirmation.

1.3 DEFINITIONS

A. Technology Backbone – This refers to the building provided Fiber Optic cabling and other common cabling and raceway infrastructure dedicated to providing communications connectivity throughout the property. Its purpose is to provide connectivity for building systems and eliminate the need for isolated cabling and hardware for individual systems throughout the building.

B. Technology Backbone Spaces – POE, MER, SER, TR, TE, and other pathways designed explicitly for the Technology Backbone system.

C. Point of Entry (POE) – Location of transition area between outside and inside plant cabling

D. Main Equipment Room (MER) – Main data center for Technology Backbone systems

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0011030 - 3 hardware and the connection point between the Technology Backbone and outside Service Providers, contains the main distribution frame (MDF)

E. Telecommunications Room (TR) – An enclosed space containing the local connection point into Technology Backbone for building and other networked systems, contains the intermediate distribution frame (IDF)

F. Telecommunications Enclosure (TE) – A free standing cabinet or other enclosure containing the local connection point into Technology Backbone for building and other networked systems, contains the intermediate distribution frame (IDF)

G. Zone Distribution Point (ZDP) – A wall mounted enclosure providing an extension of the local Telecommunications Room (TR) to provide connectivity for groups of workstation connections which may exceed the distance limitation of the nearest TR but don’t require a complete TR or TE to be constructed.

H. Distributed Antenna System (DAS) - A distributed antenna system, or DAS, is a network of spatially separated antenna nodes connected to a common source via a coax or fiber optic cable that provides wireless service within a geographic area or building. A distributed antenna system may be deployed indoors (an iDAS) or outdoors (an oDAS).

In buildings this system generally supports: cellular (wireless carrier) distribution, public safety radio and/or two-way radio service to support in-building operations.

I. Access Provider (AP) – Regulated telecommunications carrier or other entity providing voice, data and/or video connectivity to the public network

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PART 2 - SCOPE OF WORK

2.1 INCOMING SERVICE

A. Incoming service feeds shall be provided from two locations (Street and Courthouse) and meet at a common POE room in the basement.

B. Existing telco conduits are filled to capacity with fiber optic and legacy copper cabling used for traditional phone service. Due to the filled conduits from the two (2) point of entrances (POE) new conduits are required to support the growth and expansion of data technology as well as supporting various agencies with dedicated conduits from the POE to their individual technology rooms.

C. There is an abundance of outdated, cut, abandoned incoming service cable which should be surveyed, verified if it is operations and/or in use and removed. A price for surveying, verifying and removing any and all unused incoming service cable and equipment should be included in the scope of work.

D. Conduits runs shall not have more than the equivalent of two 90-degree bends without a pull box.

E. The length of each section of conduit shall not exceed 150 ft. without a pull box.

F. Unused conduits shall be capped for future use.

2.2 POINT OF ENTRY ROOM (POE)

A. The Point of Entry Room is the space in the basement for the service providers supporting the building. There are two POE Rooms which serve the project. One is located in the basement of the Green Federal Building. The other is located in the Byrne Courthouse. The two rooms are tied together with interconnecting conduits for sharing of services and providing redundant services for each building.

B. The POE in the Green Federal Building is located in the basement (lowest level) and is subject to water damage in the base of flooding from some external event or from an internal event on one of the floors above. An outage in this room can have a significant impact on the operations of the agencies connected to it. It is recommended that measures be taken to ensure not water or high pressure liquid pipes pass through the room, drains be located in the room should flooding occur and any critical equipment located in the room be placed on 6” pads to protect it should water infiltrate the room.

C. There are several telecommunication and carrier services from Level 3, Verizon and

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0011030 - 5 others not named at this time. Some of these services have been arranged by individual tenants (FBI, DEA) and others have been coordinated through the GSA.

D. Many Agencies have direct feeds from the incoming service providers passing through the POE directly to Main Computer Rooms on their floors within their own tenant space.

E. The room should not be shared with building services that are not related to supporting telecommunications equipment.

F. The room shall be cleaned, environmentally conditioned and well lit.

G. It is recommended the access door shall be fitted with a card access system and security camera so there is an audit trail for those who enter and leave the space.

H. All walls should be lined with 20 mm (3/4 in) A-C graded plywood, 2.4 m (8 ft.) high.

Plywood shall be preferably void free and shall be either fire-rated or covered with two coats of fire rated paint.

I. The Point of Entry room shall be provided with a minimum equivalent of 500 Lux (50 foot-candles) measured 1 m (3 ft.) above the finished floor. The lighting fixtures shall be located at a minimum of 2.6 m (8.5 ft.) above the finished floor. The lighting fixtures should not be powered from the same electrical distribution panel as the telecommunications equipment in the Point of Entry room and should not be on dimmer switches.

J. A minimum of four dedicated, non-switchable, 20 Amp, 120 V alternating current nominal quad receptacles, each on separate branch circuit, shall be provided for equipment power. Emergency power is preferred.

K. Access to the telecommunications grounding system shall be made available.

L. A maintenance clearance of 900 mm (36 in) shall be maintained in front of all wiring or equipment panels.

M. The Point of Entry room shall have dedicated HVAC equipment or access to the main HVAC delivery system. The following environmental conditions should be maintained by the HVAC system for this space. Depending on the equipment density in the room, this may require dedicated equipment. Depending on the critical nature of the equipment in the room, redundant equipment may be required.

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FACTOR REQUIREMENTS

Temperature 18 ºC to 24 ºC (64 ºF to 75 ºF)

Relative Humidity 30% to 55%

Heat Dissipation Total of 10,000 BTU per hour

2.3 MAIN EQUIPMENT ROOM (MER)

A. The building has no dedicated Main Equipment Room for the property. Instead each tenant has their own MER to serve their own needs. There is a shared Joint Use common space on the second floor and other partial spaces throughout the building which are supported as standalone spaces in general.

2.4 DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM ROOM (DAS)

A. A Distributed Antenna System (DAS) Room is where the head-end is located and where the active electronics for a DAS are held. The space requirements for a Distributed Antennae System (DAS) should be planned for in the early stages of the project.

Ensuring there is a dedicated room, conduits, and wall space for a DAS can significantly reduce the challenges in trying to accommodate the system needs later on in the development of the property.

B. The building currently has very poor cellular coverage. This is believed to be critical issue as part of a long term plan for the building and based on the nature of the tenant who occupy it in particular. Based on the poor cellular coverage, it could be impossible for agencies to communicate elsewhere (inside or outside the building) once they have left their own agency floor (i.e., in a stairwell) due to the poor coverage. This is also an important factor to consider should the POE Room become compromised and cause a loss of all wired communication to the property for all agencies.

C. The Head-end room should be at least 300 sq. ft. with conduit or tray capacity for cabling runs to the remote antennas.

D. 10-15 tons of cooling capacity is anticipated for the DAS equipment but needs to be confirmed based on the complexity of the system.

E. If the POE room were to be cleaned out, it may be a suitable space for locating a DAS Head-end Room. It is recommended however for the purposed of redundancy and

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0011030 - 7 survivability, that a DAS room be placed in a different part of the building, not on the lowest level, be fed from a different power source than the POE room and be provided with incoming services from both POE rooms.

F. There is no scope for a DAS system or supporting infrastructure in the project at this time.

2.5 TELECOMMUNICATIONS RISER SHAFTS

A. The base building infrastructure includes eight (8) riser shafts situated in the core, vertically stacked and accessible at typically every floor. Four (4) riser shafts are located on the north side of the building and four (4) are on the south side of the building. The telecommunications riser shafts are located in the telecommunications room (TR) on each floor.

B. An abandoned Dumb Waiter shaft on the southwest side of the building is being converted into a new riser shaft and telecommunications room. This shaft will support direct incoming service feeds to the FBI floors. It is also anticipated this shaft will be made available to other Agencies with services below the FBI floors.

C. All new feeds to the base of each riser shaft shall be run in trade size 4” (100mm) conduit. The pathway from POE to the Riser are contained within protected conduits.

D. A minimum of (3) 4” conduits shall be provided from the POE to the base of each TR.

Within the TR, (3) 4” sleeves are to be provided between vertically stacked TR’s. Where the TR’s offset, (3) 4” conduits shall be provided to protect the cables between the TR’s.

E. There are a number of existing riser sleeves currently located within each of the TR’s.

These are filled with abandoned or minimally used riser cable.

F. Existing riser sleeves are filled to capacity with fiber optic and legacy copper cabling used for traditional phone service. There is a need to remove old copper riser cables as they become spare and outdated. This will open space for new cabling for future use and simplify identification of in-use cabling. Much of this legacy cabling will not be appropriate for use for future deployments and should be removed once it is deemed to be spare and/or abandoned or outdated. There is risk involved in removing this due to the unknown current usage of this cabling, so a review with each tenant should be undertaken to establish current usage.

G. Due to the filled conduits/sleeves in the riser shafts, new conduits/sleeves are required to support the growth and expansion of data technology as well as supporting various

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0011030 - 8 agencies with dedicated connections from the POE to their individual technology room’s as well potential inter-floor ties.

H. If existing, unused cabling were to be removed from conduits and raceways throughout the building, the need for some of all of the prescribed new riser conduits/sleeves could be avoided. The financial cost/benefit of this approach needs to be calculated.

I. Conduit rows should not be greater than two deep.

J. All riser penetrations should be fire stopped.

K. All conduits/sleeves shall be labeled as indicated by the GSA.

L. All empty conduits shall be provided with a minimum of (2) two nylon drag cords.

M. All conduits and sleeves for telecommunications cabling shall be fitted with bushed endings.

N. The bend radius for the telecommunications conduits shall be 10 to 15 times the conduit radius. A pull box shall be provided where the sum of conduit bends exceeds the equivalent of (2) 90º bends. The junction boxes for the telecommunications cabling shall have tamper proof screws.

2.6 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROOM (TR)

A. The base building infrastructure includes eight (8) telecommunications rooms (TR) situated in the core, vertically stacked and accessible at typically every floor. Four (4) TR’s are located on the north side of the building and four (4) are on the south side of the building. The TR’s house the telecommunications riser shafts to each floor.

B. The telecommunications closets are located such that no horizontal cable run exceeds 295’ (90m) of overall cable length.

C. The closets shall be used to support common network equipment and the following systems, minimum:

1. Copper riser cabling and terminations

2. Fiber optic riser cabling and terminations

3. Riser sleeves (including spare capacity)

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4. Horizontal tenant tie cabling and terminations

5. Cross-connect cabling

6. CATV system distribution equipment and terminations (including amplifiers)

7. Security systems equipment and cabling

8. Distributed Antenna Systems Equipment and cabling (if applicable)

9. Audiovisual equipment and cabling (servicing Joint Use or common area applications)

D. An area 4’x6’ of designated wall-space shall be provided within each Telecomm Rooms for both active and passive DAS components

E. Easy egress from the telecommunications closets for horizontal cable distribution shall be maintained. A tray or ladder rack system shall be included within the room as necessary and connect directly to the ingress and egress conduits/raceways feeding into the room.

An existing cellular deck system is also provided from each TR to the cellular deck system on each floor. The condition of the cellular deck system throughout the floor is unknown. It is also understood that the trench header between the TR and the cellular deck to the tenant space in many cases may have been filled with concrete to maintain security within the tenant space.

F. The access door shall be hinged and shall be fitted with a lock to prevent unauthorized access to the closet. It shall be a minimum of 36” x 80”.

G. All walls shall be lined with 20 mm (3/4 in) A-C graded plywood, 2.4 m (8 ft.) high.

Plywood shall be preferably void free and shall be either fire-rated or covered with two coats of fire rated paint.

H. The space reserved for each system termination shall be clearly identified on the wall field and labelled accordingly. A minimum 24 in x 24 in wall space shall be reserved for each vendor being increased for each additional tenant unit as necessary.

I. Lighting for the room should be powered separately from telecommunications equipment.

It should be powered from an emergency power source if possible or contain battery back-up within emergency lighting. The lighting should be mounted to the structural slab. Lighting should be placed in aisle ways between cabinets/rack and not above cabinets/racks.

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J. Suspended ceilings are not recommended in the Telecommunications Room.

K. Each telecommunications room should be equipped with a Telecommunications main grounding bus bar.

L. Two dedicated, non-switchable, 20 Amp, 120 V alternating current nominal quad receptacles, each on separate branch circuit, shall be provided for equipment power. The height of the electrical outlet shall be suitable for the equipment installed in this closet and in accordance with the applicable standards.

M. The telecommunications riser room shall be provided with dedicated HVAC equipment as required. The room shall also be provided with a transfer fan and a louvered door to ensure the air transfer and heat dissipation using the air within the public corridor in front of the room. The following environmental conditions shall be maintained for these rooms:

FACTOR REQUIREMENTS

Temperature 10 ºC to 35 ºC (50 ºF to 95 ºF)

Relative Humidity Below 85%

Heat Dissipation Max of 1,200 BTU per hour

2.7 RISER CABLING

A. Each tenant unit will have the option to select its own incoming service provider from a list of predefined carriers to be allowed in the building. The number of vendors to provide voice, high-speed Internet and CATV services to retail tenants allowed in the building shall be defined by GSA.

B. Each vendor shall install his own riser backbone fiber optic and coaxial cable infrastructure – unless a common backbone is provided for all of the tenants by the building. If allowed, each vendor shall pull their riser cabling only through their designated sleeve within the riser shaft. The vendor shall be responsible for providing and installing the riser cabling as well as terminating the cables at both ends, at the Telecommunications Room and the POE.

C. No cross-connections are to be made by any vendor to the tenant horizontal cabling tie prior to the building owner’s approval and before the tenant has made the selection of the preferred service provider from the ones available in the building.

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D. Riser cabling shall run from the main distribution frame in the POE to the Telecommunications Rooms on each floor. All riser cabling shall be provided and installed by the Cabling installation contractors as designated by the building.

E. There is an abundance of outdated, cut, abandoned incoming service cable which should be surveyed, verified if it is operations and/or in use and removed. A price for surveying, verifying and removing any and all unused incoming service cable and equipment should be included in the scope of work.

F. All installed cable shall be tested for continuity and performance.

2.8 TENANT HORIZONTAL CABLING TIE

A. The tenant horizontal cabling tie represents the tie between the telecommunications riser room and the tenant distribution device. This cabling shall be used to extend the voice, data, CATV, DSS and other services into each tenant. This cable tie will run in conduit and will be routed through the ceiling in the public corridor.

B. The individual tenants shall provide empty conduit home runs from the Telecommunication Room to their individual tenant space for routing of tenant telecommunications cabling.

C. The tenant horizontal cabling tie shall be individual cables as necessary to meet the connectivity requirements of the tenant. Where possible standardized connections shall be determined in advance to as to simplify the installation, operation and maintenance of the property.

2.9 COMMON HORIZONTAL CABLING

A. The common horizontal cabling represents horizontal workstation cabling to support common equipment (i.e. security cameras, WiFi access points, digital and way finding signage, voice and data device locations, etc.) located in common areas shared by all tenants. This cabling shall be used to extend the voice, data, CATV, DSS and other services into designated common areas. The horizontal cables will run via cable hooks, in conduit and/or cable tray and will be routed through the ceiling in the public corridor.

B. The individual tenants shall provide empty conduit home runs from the Telecommunication Room to their individual tenant space for routing of tenant telecommunications cabling.

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C. The common horizontal cabling shall be individual cables as necessary to meet the connectivity requirements of the common space. Where possible standardized connections shall be determined in advance to as to simplify the installation, operation and maintenance of the property.

D. Horizontal cabling shall be Category 6 minimum for copper and shall conform to GSA standard color designations based on the intended use of the cable. All cable use designations in Joint Use and common areas are expected to be “Blue” unless otherwise noted.

E. In some cases, horizontal cables in common areas may be composed of single or multimode fiber optic cables with higher level security designations. These cables shall be color coded to the GSA standards commensurate with their designated functions.

F. Based on the cable security designation, certain cables may require minimum separation requirements which must be maintained where run horizontally. This separation shall be maintained in accordance with GSA standards.

2.10 WORKSTATION OUTLETS

A. All Category 6 cables shall terminate in RJ45 jacks in accordance with GSA designated termination standards.

B. In some cases, horizontal cables in common areas may be composed of single or multimode fiber optic cables with higher level security designations. These cables shall be color coded to the GSA standards commensurate with their designated functions.

C. Workstation Outlets installed in Joint Use or common space shall conform to GSA color standards based on the security designation of the outlet. All cable use designations in common areas are expected to be “Blue” unless otherwise noted.

D. All workstation outlets shall be labelled in accordance with GSA and/or established building number standards.

2.11 CROSS CONNECTING AND PATCHING

A. All required cross-connecting and patching of backbone cabling to equipment, and backbone cabling to incoming service shall be performed in the POE by each individual service provider.

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B. No cross-connecting or patching of backbone cabling to the tenant horizontal cabling tie in any telecommunications closet shall be made by the service provider prior to the tenant’s selection of the preferred service provider.

2.12 ANTENNAS, SATELLITE AND MICROWAVE DISHES

A. Provisions shall be made for the support of the satellite/microwave dishes on the roof.

B. The satellite and microwave dishes for the DSS systems shall be provided and installed by the DSS system vendor.

C. A 10’ x 10’ space (minimum) on the roof of the building shall be reserved for placement of satellite/microwave dishes. The designated space shall have an unobstructed south-western exposure.

D. A 10’ x 10’ space should be considered on the floor below the roof to house electronic equipment to support the satellite/microwave dishes.

E. Two (2) 2” empty conduits shall be provided from the telecommunications riser room on the highest floor of the southeast and southwest sides of the building to the roof for cabling to the satellite/microwave dishes.

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PART 3 - PRODUCTS

3.13 MATERIALS

A. All cables, connectors, etc. used to connect devices or systems to the Technology Backbone shall conform to EIA/TIA and other industry standards.

B. Devices connecting to the Technology Backbone shall be UL/CSA listed.

C. Devices connecting to the Technology Backbone shall conform to all applicable FCC requirements.

D. Where applicable, cabling materials comprising the technology backbone shall adhere to a 25-year manufacture’s end-to-end system warrantee.

E. The installation of the telecommunications systems shall include all labor, equipment, materials, appurtenances as required to provide the system with all functions and features as listed hereinafter

F. Materials, equipment and systems installed shall meet or exceed all of the latest pertinent requirements of all national and local codes, regulations and ordinances having jurisdiction, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).

END OF SECTION 011030 – TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS OVERVIEW

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