Project: Bayt Jameel Precast Factory Division 16

King Abdullah Economic City, Rabigh Data Communication System

SECTION 16745
DATA COMMUNCATION SYSTEM
PART – 1 GENERAL

1.01 DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

A. Complete DATA distribution network including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Data distribution installations

2. Horizontal cabling

3. Data cabinet

4. Edge Switches

4. Only Outlet for WiFi Access Points

1.02 REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS:

A. Data installations are to comply with the requirements of PTT and the relevant CCITT
recommendations and the Electronic Industries Association / Telecommunication
Industry Association Standard EIA/TIA-568 “Commercial Building Telecommunication
Wiring Standard”.

1.03 EQUIPMENT DATA:

A. Submit data for approval including complete technical data and manufacturer's catalogues
for all equipment and materials.

1.04 SHOP AND CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS:

A. Submit drawings for approval including, but not limited to, the
following:

1. Detailed system schematic diagram

2. Detailed layout of all equipment in rooms, including elevations

3. Exact routing and layout of all cabling and wireways

4. Typical installation details of cabinet(s), boxes, and other equipment.

1.05 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Manufacturer's Qualifications: Firms regularly engaged in manufacture of voice data

systems, of types and sizes required, whose products have been in satisfactory use in
similar service for not less than 10 years. Manufacturer to be approved by an
independent quality assurance and testing authority.

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PART – 2 PRODUCTS

2.01 DISTRIBUTION MATERIAL

A. Internal distribution frame:

1. Characteristics of the cabinet: the cabinet shall be closed with a central glass
window front door Width: 19 inch, Height: 42 U
2. The cabinet shall have a bonding bar for earthing and a 6-outlet power bar
3. The horizontal wiring shall be done, using standard Unshielded Twisted Pair
CAT6 (Class E)The cable conductor gauge must be 24 AWG or better. COPPER
PATCH PANELS: patch panels shall be to EIA/TIA 568 category 6 standards;
Patch Panels used to terminate FTP cable are to have the following
characteristics:
4. Be 19" mountable
5. Have high performance modular RJ45 jack certified for category 6 performance.
6. Have integral reusable label holders
7. Be equipped with outrigger which attaches to a standard 19" rack, leaving both
hands free for wiring patch panels.
8. Be equipped with 19" jumper bar to provide cable management for patch cords.
a- Data cables should ideally be run through the floor; if they must be in ceiling
spaces theyshould be laid in conduits or cable trays at right angles to any
electrical wiring and not closerthan 500mm to fluorescent lighting to reduce
‘noise’ and interference. Where data cabling has to run in parallel to
electrical wiring, it should be installed no closer than 250mm to the electric
cables. Particular attention must be paid to earth continuity when using
metallic conduit systems.

b- Data conduits and cable trays should have 50% excess capacity and draw
wires for future use left in place. Where data cable conduit is installed in
concrete or is otherwise inaccessible, it is advisable to provide additional
spare conduit runs with draw wires.

c- CAT6A cables must terminate either at the computer room or in a separate

patch panel, depending on locations and lengths of run, which is limited to 90
meters. Longer runs will dictate the use of fiber optic cable systems.

2.02 DATA RACKS

A. Switch enclosures outside the computer room should be located off the floor, lockable,
with a cooling fan built-in to provide circulation.
B. Data racks containing network components and patching panels shall be capable of
having the front doors shut and locked without introducing any strain or pressure on
any part of the equipment or cables installed within the racks. This shall be achieved by
ensuring that a minimum depth of 100mm exists between the front face of rack
mounted equipment and patch panels and the inside face of the front door.
C. Data cabling racks, where supplied as part of the cabling system, shall comprise:
1. Standard 19” practice
2. Removable front, sides, and rear panels
3. Safety glass front door with lock and removable keys

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4. Full width fan trays where necessary

5. Multi Way power strip
6. Cable management trays inside racks
7. Earth straps for all doors, sides, and panels
8. Earth bonding to building safety earth
9. Equipment cooling fans

D. Earth cables must be provided to all metallic doors on data racks and the data racks
crossbonded to the building safety earth.

E. Earth cables will be provided to all patch panels from the communications rack
earthing point.

F. All equipment shall be installed in cabinets either on shelves or, for preference, on
rack-mounting brackets.

G. Each cabinet will be provided with a documentation wallet, fixed to the inside of the
front door, to contain documentation for the cabinet including a cabinet accesses log
book.

H. All equipment must be installed with the interface connectors to the front.

I. In all cases adequate access will be available for an engineer to connect and
disconnect interface cables and to replace faulty equipment units, with minimum
difficulty and without disturbing other equipment in the cabinet.
J. All equipment interconnection cables installed will be single lengths with no joints.

2.03 DATA PATCH PANELS (DPP).

A. Patch panel shall be designed to enable the connection of either voice or data
services to the horizontal data cabling.

B. Patch panels in wiring closets shall be interconnected using four pair Category 6 data
cables or optical fibers between adjacent wiring closets.

C. Patch panels shall be based on RJ-45 presentation, using IDC connections at the
rear. D. Sufficient space must be allowed at the patch panel for labeling of all ports and
patch cord wire guides.

E. Patch panels shall be installed such that the connector pins are aligned uppermost
and the retaining key on the bottom of the outlet.

F. Patch panels shall be either wall (general areas) or rack mounted (computer room)

G. All patch panels shall include sufficient rear space for the termination and marshalling
of cables on to cable management trays, prior to entering the secondary distribution
system. At no point within the patch panels should the cables be exposed to bending
radii beyond the minimum bend radius for each cable type.

H. All patch leads, user leads, connection leads and main cable runs for each cabling
system shall be of the same cable specification and from the same batch of
cables.

2.04 WIFI ACCESS POINTS & SWITCH DESIGN (NOT IN CONTRACT)- PRESENTED
FOR INFOPRMATION ONLY

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A. General:

1. Local Area Networks should be configured to ensure maximum resilience and

continued operation despite failure of any single component. A redundant switch
concept MUST be used when routing voice over IP or other IP enabled
audio/video devices in the same network.

2. The approved configuration is a pair of Ethernet switches, to which all servers and
network services are attached, and from which clients are attached directly or via
switches.

3. The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is designed for exchanging routing

information.

4. Switches must be configured and installed by a professional network specialist.

The switch provider must have the expertise and resource to configure, install to
said standards, and to provide on-going support and problem resolution.

5. A difference is made between the available switch classes in the project’s LAN as
follows

High-End Switch
Mid –End Switch

B. High-End Switch (Core Switches)

High-end switches offer high performance, increased expansion, extremely high fault
tolerance, and high availability capabilities. The hardware design is extremely flexible
and provides multiple connectivity options along with other options such as multiple
power supplies and processors, and other features that make the system highly
resilient. Core switches are used inside the computer room. A minimum of two of
them are required for fault tolerance reason when running VoIP on them. This class of
switches must also contain a router module, which enables them to act as routers. This
capability is especially useful and needed for linking the different VLANs.

Typical Features:

1. Chassis system unit

2. Redundant power supplies
3. High Ethernet port density
4. Flexible uplink ports
5. 10 Gigabit Ethernet support
6. Configurability, manageability, and remote access
7. Spanning Tree Protocol
8. VLAN support (Unlimited number)
9. VoIP support
10. Layer 4-7 switching
11. Security features
12. Redundant power supply
13. Redundant engine
C. Edge Switches – Mid Range Typical Features – Mid Range

This kind of switch must typically be on floor level. They provide a high number of
possible VLAN’s, can be Power over Ethernet capable which is required for connecting
the wireless access points.
They must be managed, have VoIP support and should be equipped with
redundant power supplies
All switches must be connected to a (central) UPS.

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Typical Features:
1. Chassis system or single unit
2. Redundant power supplies
3. High Ethernet port density
4. Layer 3 switching
5. 10/100/1000 Mbit/s port and flexible uplink ports
6. Configurability, manageability, and remote access
7. Spanning Tree Protocol
8. High n° of possible VLAN’s
9. VoIP support

K. Data racks containing network components and patching panels shall be capable of
having the front doors shut and locked without introducing any strain or pressure on any
part of the equipment or cables installed within the racks. This shall be achieved by
ensuring that a minimum depth of 100mm exists between the front face of rack mounted
equipment and patch panels and the inside face of the front door.

Data cabling racks, where supplied as part of the cabling system, shall comprise:

1. Standard 19” practice

2. Removable front, sides, and rear panels
3. Safety glass front door with lock and removable keys
4. Full width fan trays where necessary
5. Multi Way power strip
6. Cable management trays inside racks
7. Earth straps for all doors, sides, and panels
8. Earth bonding to building safety earth
9. Equipment cooling fans
10. Earth cables must be provided to all metallic doors on data racks and the data
racks crossbonded to the building safety earth.

L. Earth cables will be provided to all patch panels from the communications rack earthing
point.

M. All equipment shall be installed in cabinets either on shelves or, for preference, on rack-
mounting brackets.

N. Each cabinet will be provided with a documentation wallet, fixed to the inside of the
front door, to contain documentation for the cabinet including a cabinet accesses log
book.

O. All equipment must be installed with the interface connectors to the front.

P. In all cases adequate access will be available for an engineer to connect and
disconnect interface cables and to replace faulty equipment units, with minimum
difficulty and without disturbing other equipment in the cabinet.

Q. All equipment interconnection cables installed will be single lengths with no joints.

2.05 DISTRIBUTION COMPONENTS

A. CONDUITS AND RACEWAYS are to be provided in accordance with the relevant

section of the specification

B. DATA SYSTEM CABLES are to be as follows:

1. The Foiled Twisted Pair cable shall be in compliance with category 6A requirements as

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defined by EIA/TIA 568.

2. The cable shall be capable of high speed data transmission up to 100 Mbit/second

3. UTP cable shall comply with EIA/TIA technical system bulletins TSB36 and TSB40 as
applicable.

4. All UTP cables supplied shall have a certificate of performance confirming that the cable
is to category 6A specifications and will carry data input at speeds of 100 Mbps through
all the horizontal system (outlets, patch panels...)

C. Telecommunications Outlets: are to installed where shown on drawings. Outlets shall be

connected to telephones, faxes, printers, workstations, scanners, magnetic stripe key
encoders, smart card readers, and other equipment as required. They also shall
be required in the equipment room itself to support servers and interface PCs.
OUTLETS are to have modular grid box and cover plates similar to other socket outlets
and switches described in the relevant Section of the Specification. Jacks are to
be modular eight positions RJ45 terminated for 100mbps by insulation
displacement contact, (IDC). Outlets are to have integral reusable label holders.
Pin/pair assignment: T568A and Durability rating is 750 mating cycles minimum.

2.06 CABLES

1. Fibre Cable 50/125 Multi Mode (12 Core)

Mechanical Properties
- Cable Diameter (nom) 9.8mm ± 0.5mm
- Cable Weight (nom) 75kg/km (nom)
- Max. Tensile Load Short-Term N 1320/Long-Term
- Maximum Bend Radius N
- Cable Construction loaded CM 15/Installed CM10
- Attenuation (dB/km) typical values
- Minimum Bandwidth (MHz.km) 500/500
- Tight Buffer Diameter 900um
- Cable Construction
- Strength Members E-Glass
- Storage Temperature -40 Degrees C to 75 Degrees C
- Installation Temperature -20 Degrees C to 70 Degrees C
- Operating Temperature -20 Degrees C to 70 Degrees C
- Fire Performance LSZH for internal/external applications
- Flame Resistance IEC 60332-1
2. Structured Cabling

The contractor is responsible for the supply, installation, testing and termination of all Cat 6A
cabling 4-way outlets and high-density 19” patch panels within the control room. The
Contractor shall be certified to provide a minimum 10 year manufacturer’s guarantee on
cabling and fixed components. All other cabling supplied and installed by the Contractor shall
be installed and labeled to the same standard as the structured cabling installation.

The UTP cables shall be terminated onto 24-way patch panels within the rack room
cabinets. Cables in offices shall be terminated into 4-way double back boxes. All cables
and outlets shall be individually identified by means of appropriate cable markers.

The UTP cabling systems including all components shall be based on a four pair
Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cable that meets the transmission performance requirements
for a Category 6A as defined by the Commercial Building

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Telecommunications Wiring Standards ANSI/EINTIA-568A, Technical Systems Bulletin 36

(TSB-36) and EN 50173.

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.01 INSTALLATION

DATA/VOICE SYSTEM WIRING OVERVIEW

A. Data cables should ideally be run through the floor; if they must be in ceiling spaces they
should be laid in conduits or cable trays at right angles to any electrical wiring and not
closer than 500mm to fluorescent lighting to reduce ‘noise’ and interference.

B. Where data cabling has to run in parallel to electrical wiring, it should be installed no
closer than 250mm to the electric cables. Particular attention must be paid to
earth continuity when using metallic conduit systems.

C. Data conduits and cable trays should have 50% excess capacity and draw wires
for future use left in place. Where data cable conduit is installed in concrete or is
otherwise inaccessible, additional spare conduit runs shall be provided with draw wires.

D. CAT6 cables must terminate either at the computer room or in a separate patch
panel, depending on locations and lengths of run, which is limited to 90 meters.
Longer runs will dictate the use of fiber optic cable systems.

3.02 LAYING THE CABLES (CAT6A)

A. Cable trunking shall conform to the EIA 586 standards. These specify type of material
distance from lights and power separation.

B. Each cable should be installed without any break or interruption from the associated data
cabinets to the outlet.

C. All cables from patching frames to network equipment must be provided with adequate
strain relief. All cables will be fixed and supported in an appropriate manner.

D. All internal cables will be sheathed with uPVC or a similar internal grade insulant,
except where installed exposed or on trunking it shall be LSOH type.
E. Where cables pass through holes in any part of the Cable Distribution System the
edges of the hole shall be protected with a grommet or similar protective edge to
prevent damage to the cable.

F. Where cables pass through a natural fire barrier, such as a floor slap or wall, the cable
entry hole shall be filled in with a suitable fire retardant material such as Rockwool or an
intumescent compound.

G. Cable shall not be compressed, crushed, stretched, or bent during installation. Minor
chafing of the outer insulator must be sealed against the ingress of moisture.
The curvature should never exceed the recommended angle as per vendor
specification, and sharp bends should be avoided.

H. Plans should be provided at conclusion of installation, with accurate indications of cable

runs, terminations, connectors, and earthing points.
I. All cables shall be supported and secured to prevent damage, ideally at a
maximum interval of one meter if not installed in trunking.

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3.03 LABELING STANDARDS

A. Labeling standards are applicable to both voice and data cabling systems.

B. B.All cables will be labeled, including data patch cords and power leads for all
equipment.

C. All telecommunication outlets and patch panel sockets will be labeled.

D. Labels must not be fixed solely to removable panels of equipment. Where

necessary, a duplicate label must be fitted on a fixed, adjacent part of the equipment or
on a local part of the building structure as appropriate.

E. Cables will be labeled adjacent to every termination point, these include plugs,
sockets, patch panels, jumper fields, and anywhere that connections or access to the
cable can be made.

F. Cables at point of entry and exit between floors in the risers must be identifiable.

G. The label and attachment or fixing to the cable will be durable and the
legibility of identification characters will not deteriorate in long term use under typical
conditions.

H. Equipment, cabinet, and rack-mounted labels will be such as to produce black lettering
on a white background.

3.04 PATCH CABLING

Patch leads are lengths of cable that connect the network communications devices (routers,
hubs, and switches) to each other and to patch panel ports servicing data jacks throughout
the building.

A. Copper cable to be used for patch leads shall be 4 pair 100 ohm high performance,
stranded Conductor, unshielded twisted pair cable, meeting or exceeding the
Category
5/6/7 specifications.

B. All cables should be labeled at each end.

C. Cables that are not terminated shall be labeled at 100 mm and 1000 mm from each
end of the cable.

END OF SECTION

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