Specifications

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PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.01 EXAMINATION
A. Examine all pathways prior to installation of all cables and raceways.
B. Install all conduits, pass-thru’s, raceways and surface mounted raceways prior to installing
the security system devices and cabling.
3.02 PREPARATION
A. Locate main path for all cables and install J-hooks where cable tray is not provided.
B. Coordinate with other trades to install a clear, straight path down major corridors for the
routing of security/access cables back to the communications closet.
C. Plan installation of cables along cable ladder of rack system in communications room.
3.03 INSTALLATION
A. Security/access cable shall be installed per industry standards.
1. Care shall be taken to avoid crimping or bending the cable past the manufacturer’s
recommended bend radius.
2. During installation, the cables shall not be pulled across the ceiling tiles or the
structure of the building. This may cause damage to the cable jacket.
3. Adhere to all pulling tensions and bend radii during installation.
4. All cables shall route neatly in the ceiling. Whether they route in cable tray or
J-hooks, the cables shall be neat and orderly.
5. Support cables at a minimum of every 5 feet.
6. When routing security/access cables parallel to electrical conduits and lighting
ballasts, the cable shall maintain a clearance of at least 12 inches. When running
perpendicular to electrical conduits and lighting ballasts the cable shall maintain 6
inches of clearance.
7. Provide a short coil of extra cable where the cable enters the vertical conduit. The coil
shall consist of no less than 1-1/2 feet.
8. When installing cables in the communications room, all cable shall route neatly
through the cable tray and cable ladder.
9. Provide a service loop of the cables on the wallfield.
10. Each cable shall have a self adhesive, self laminating, laser printed label at each end.
The label shall show the location identifier of that cable. Labels shall be installed no
more than 4 inches from the termination point of the cable.
B. Cabling at the Panel.
1. Contractor shall coil all spare cable from the door devices outside the security panel
and shall neatly coil the cable on the wall.
2. Cables shall route into the panels through a grommeted hole that is sized for the
cables entering.
3. All cables shall be installed in a neat and workmanlike manner.
4. Cables shall be terminated and shall allow for removal of a card without un-
terminating the cables.
5. All cables shall be neatly distributed to the card in the panel.
6. All labels shall be visible.
C. Proper support of cables is of paramount importance when installing a cable infrastructure.
All cables not in conduit or cable tray shall be supported via J-hooks a minimum of every 5
feet.
1. Routes of cables shall be parallel or perpendicular to the walls of the building.
2. Install the J-hooks to minimize changes in the level of the cables as they route
through the J-hooks.
3. All communications shall route as high in the ceiling as possible while still being
accessible and staying away from other utilities.
4. When installing the cable through the J-hooks, they shall all have relatively the same
droop between hooks. All cables shall be installed neatly and squarely.