Specifications

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5. At this time we are going to support wireless access points as shown on the drawings.
Cables are being installed to each classroom and the owner may wish to install
additional Wireless access points in the future.
E. The telephone system shall be installed to serve the entire district.
1. The owner has an existing Asterisk telephone system that utilizes Polycom
telephones.
2. The new system shall be an IP system and shall support the existing Polycom
telephones.
3. Install the telephone system and connect all existing telephones.
1.03 STORAGE OF MATERIALS
A. All materials shall be secured when not in use by the Contractor.
B. It shall be the Contractor’s responsibility to secure all equipment including all material to be
installed as part of the contract. No changes shall be made to the contract due to loss or
theft of equipment and materials not officially accepted by the Owner.
1.04 REFERENCE SPECIFICATIONS
A. All work applicable shall conform to the following standards:
B. EIA/TIA-568B.1: Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard - Part 1:
General Requirements including all updates and Addenda.
C. EIA/TIA-568B.2: Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard - Part 2:
Balanced Twisted Pair Cabling Components including all updates and Addenda.
D. EIA/TIA-568B.3: Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard including all updates and
Addenda.
E. EIA/TIA-569-A: Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and
Spaces including all Updates and Addenda.
F. EIA/TIA-570-A: Residential and Light Commercial Telecommunication Wiring Standard
including all Updates and Addenda.
G. EIA/TIA-606-A: Administration Standard for the Telecommunications Infrastructure of
Commercial Buildings including all Updates and Addenda.
H. EIA/TIA-607-A: Commercial Building Grounding/Bonding Requirements.
I. IEEE 802.3-1990: (also known as ANSI/IEEE Standard 802.3-1990) or ISO 8802-3 - 1990
(E), Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and
Physical Layer Specifications.
J. TIA/EIA-526-7 Measurement of Optical Power Loss of Installed Single-Mode Fiber Cable
Plant.
K. TIA/EIA-526-14-A Optical Power Loss Measurements of Installed Multimode Fiber Cable
Plant.
L. NEC, 2005, or latest edition available.
M. ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2-10 (current draft), Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling
Standard, Addendum 10: Transmission Performance Specifications for 4-Pair Augmented
Category 6 Cabling.
1.05 CONTRACTOR -CABLING
A. The Contractor shall have a BICSI certified Registered Communications Distribution
Designer (RCDD) identified that will be responsible for all aspects of the installation. (This
person does not have to be a direct employee of the bidder but must inspect the work to
ensure that it is done based on standards)
1. The resume of the RCDD, and a list of past projects the RCDD has worked on, shall
be submitted with the bid response. The Engineer reserves the right to reject the
RCDD, and require the Contractor to assign another if the RCDD is found not to have
sufficient experience in projects of relatively the same scope.
2. If during the course of the work, the Contractor changes the RCDD assigned to the
project, the Contractor shall provide the resume of the new RCDD and a list of
projects of similar scope the new RCDD has worked on.