The Riser as a Contract

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Who am I? Presenter Credentials

Electrical Engineer

Member of

Member firm of the IBI Group, (HQ in Canada)

Multi-disciplinary
p
y engineering
g
g and architectural consulting
gp
practice. ((3000 p
persons world wide))

Responsibilities include

BICSI, RCDD
Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) (UK), and
TIA engineering TR42 standards committees

Senior Telecommunications Consultant with Giffels Associates Limited,

Specialties in communications,
communications electronics and computer sciences
sciences,
In practice for 40 years

Design and specification of communications, life safety, security and building management systems
Systems integration for Data Centers.

Major clients include

Governments,
Nuclear power generation authorities,
International border crossing agencies,
Chartered banks,
Insurance underwriters, and
Transit authorities.

Why are we here? To think about ..

The Riser as a Contract Document

Idea
Components of a structured cabling system can be fully described on one
schematic riser diagram.

What
CAD drawing
Different from current drawing practice and focuses on the cabling, not conduit or
pathways.
CAD Library of graphic elements described in detail.

Examples
Illustrate how the symbols are used to define and specify a complete cabling
system.

I l d d are th
Included
the

type and pair count of different cables and cable types,

termination types,
termination locations
locations,
cross connections and
patch-cords

What will we learn? Objectives

Context of a construction contract
Legal nature of a contract
Establish need for clarityy and completeness
Identify key documents for structured cabling
Identifyy use of LAYOUT PLANS
Identify proper use of SPECIFICATIONS
Identify use of SCHEMATIC RISER
How to prepare a RICH DETAIL FORMAT
((RDF)) RISER SCHEMATIC

Part 2

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

Context

Owner,
O
designer
d i
and
d
contractor operate together
in a world of contract law
Owner + $$ + idea +
designer =
Contract Documents
Contract Documents+
Contractor + materials =
work results

Contract Documents
General
G
terms and
conditions
Technical specifications
Drawings

P
Purpose
and
d Proper
P
U
Use off Contract
C t
tD
Documents
t

General terms and conditions

Establishes relationship between the
Contractor and the Owner
Details the dos and donts of the work
Sets up
p contract as
Construction Management (CM) or
General Contract (GC)

CM or GC can affect way Data cabling is subcontracted

Purpose and Proper Use of Contract Documents

Specifications
p
Legally reinforces what is on the drawings
Defines scope
p of work
Defines material components

Designer will use specifications to

Expand
E
d on scope off workk
Detail desired components
Describes special execution of work

P
Purpose
and
d Proper
P
Use
U off C
Contract
t
tD
Documents
t

Specification
p
split
p by
y description
p
of Work
Does NOT separate work by trade

Specific areas of interest to this subject

Division 26 Electrical rough in
Communications pathways; supports cabling

Division 27 Communications
Structured cabling

Division 28 Security/Safety
Uses structured cabling
g

Division 27 - Communications

General description
p
of work
What is included and excluded
Look for Provide or Install or Furnish.

Definitions of
Cable type and performance
Connector type and performance
Standards for execution/installation
Testing and test reporting

Correct use of drawings- layouts

Communications layout
y
drawings
g
Outside plant
shows conduits and site routing

Inside plant
Outlets positions and jack count
Telecommunications rooms
Conduit and tray (sometimes)

Contractor responsible for

Take off - quantity

Correct use of drawings- elevations

Communications elevation drawings

g
Communications rooms
Identifies racking
Identifies wall layouts
Identifies cable routing

Correct use of drawings- riser

Communications Riser drawings

g
Describes the fixed link
Details outside and inside cabling
g
Details connector types
Copper
pp
Optical fibre

Details mounting
g locations
Rack
Wall

Three parts to the contract documents

Layout
y
Describes placement/quantity of outlets
Shows pathways
p
y

Specifications
Defines products and designers
designer s wants

Riser
Describes
D
ib th
the cabling
bli iinfrastructure
f t t

Which document is the most valuable resource?

Part 3

THE RISER SCHEMATIC

Start with TIA 568.C.0

DISTRIBUTOR A (DA)
HORIZONTAL CROSSCONNECT
FLOOR DISTRIBUTOR
DISTRIBUTOR B (DB)
( )
INTERMEDIATE CROSSCONNECT
DISTRIBUTOR C (DC)
MAIN CROSS-CONNECT

Traditional riser scheme

Simple representation of
cross connect
Works for copper voice
cabling
g
Works for optical fibre
Can not mix cable types
Does not show equipment
q p
Not good for detailing

Cross connect +
Cross-connect
equipment
New symbol needed to
separate
Backbone
Equipment
Distribution
What kind of terminations?
IDC?
Patch panel?
What kind of connections?
Cross-connect?
Interconnect?

Traditional +
equipment
Drawing becomes crowded
No space to add detail
Suitable only for one cable
type.

Better approach needed

Part 4

DEVELOPING A NEW RISER SCHEMATIC

DISTRIBUTOR A:
THE CROSS-CONNECT

1. Refine the symbol

Vertical lines become
generic termination
strips
Identify with
B Backbone
E Equipment
D Distribution
Cross lines eliminated
Horizontal lines
represent cables

2. Show cabling

Back bone cables

Distribution cables
Indicate outlet jack

3. Add cabling terminations

Open symbols
representt RJ45
jacks

4. Add patch cords

Solid symbols
representt RJ45
plugs

5. Add fibre

Round symbols
representt fibre
fib
Open symbol = jack
jack
Solid symbol
y
= plug
p g

So far..
Horizontal copper cable
terminated on RJ45 p
patch p
panel
Backbone copper terminated on
RJ45 patch panel
Backbone fibre terminated on
patch panel
Copper patch cords between
horizontal and backbone
Copper equipment cords
between horizontal and
equipment
i
t
Fibre equipment cords between
equipment and backbone

6. Copper terminations at 110/BIX

ARROW symbol for
110/BIX punch-down
Terminate TELEPHONE
at 110/BIX IDC strip
Terminate TELEPHONE
backbone on 110/BIX
IDC strip
Show cross-connect
between 110/BIX IDC
strips

7. Separating termination locations

Separate WALL and

RACK tterminations
i ti
BW=Backbone/Wall
BR=Backbone/Rack
DW=Distribution/Wall
DR=Distribution/Rack

8. Converged services

Crossover copper
connection
ti
Link between RACK
and WALL for
backbone copper

9. Common outlet

ONE outlet for two

services
i
RED path for voice
path for data
BLUE p

Summary: In the Telecom Room

Symbolic
y
representation
p
for
Copper cabling and terminations
110/BIX AND patch panel

Optical fibre cabling and terminations

Wall and rack mounting
g
Equipment
Patch/cross
Patch/cross-connect
connect cords

BACKBONE CONNECTIONS

Revisit TIA 568.C.0

Backbone
connections
between
distributors

Distributor connections

This is our new

starting
t ti point
i t

Distributor connections

Expand the bubble

Distributors B and A

Backbone cables between distributors

Step 1: Replace OLD symbol with NEW

Note: Distributor B has equipment but no horizontal distribution

Step 2: Extend the backbone between

Distributor A and Distributor B

Cable terminations are detailed

Shift elements to prevent symbol interference

Clean up: tighten symbols

Group backbone cables together

Add fibre to backbone and equipment

(Symbols are exaggerated for clarity)

Add legend: Component details and room locations

Contract document
Cable:
types, quantity

Termination;
types, locations

Quantities and formats defined

Special
p
conditions:
overvoltage protection

Special
p
conditions: Equipment
q p
plug
p g in (PBX)
(
)

Special
p
conditions: Equipment
q p
plug
p g in (PBX)
(
)

Symbols used

Part 5

EXAMPLES

Sample: full riser schematic

Focus area: Entrance and backbones

Building entrance
Copper backbone 110 terminations - diverse routing

Building
entrance

Diverse
backbone
pathways

Focus: distribution terminations

Focus: distribution terminations

Outlets in two work

areas to common
patch panel

Pay phones run back

to 110 in entrance
room

Data Centre:
Sample: 2 rows x 6 racks + 2 core
Copper: Ethernet Cat 6A
End rack to end of row
End of row to core

End of row
to core

End rack to
end of row

Data Centre:
Sample: 2 rows x 6 racks + 2 core

Admin
point 1

Fibre Channel + Ethernet

Two administration points
End of row to core

End of row
to core

Admin
point 2

Data centre:
All cables + terminations: One diagram

Data centre:
Context

Data centre: 4000 sf

One drawing
100 Cabinets
3 levels of hierarchy
Core
Distribution
g
Edge
Parallel redundant backbone
Ethernet fibre and Cat 6A
distribution
Fibre channel
Two FC administration points

Part 6

CONCLUSION

Conclusion
One drawing CAN represent entire system
Cables AND terminations
Rooms
R
and
d enclosures
l
Cross-connections and patch cords
Equipment connections
No duplications, no ambiguity

Essential member of contract documents

The Riser as a Contract

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