Laserfiche WebLink
2.8.8.8.Cables egressing from columns, walls, or floor monuments to service <br />the modular furniture raceway systems or other cable housings shall be <br />bundled and placed in split duct from point of egress to modular <br />furniture cable raceway or other housing entrance point. <br />2.8.8.9.Route cable neatly through raceways, ceilings, telephone rooms, <br />equipment rooms, and control rooms. Provide cable management and <br />strain relief hardware as required to provide a neat and secure cable <br />installation. <br />2.8.8.10. Service loops: For all backbone copper cable segments, provide <br />10 ft. (3 meters) of cable slack to both termination end points. For all <br />horizontal copper cable segments, provide 1 ft. (.3 meters) of cable <br />slack at the work area outlet and 10 ft. (3 meters) of cable slack at the <br />Telecommunications Closet. <br />2.8.9. Optical fiber backbone cable: Optical fiber backbone cable shall be <br />installed in innerduct for full length of all ladder rack, cable tray or conduit <br />segment runs from start of run at equipment rack, cabinet or pull box to end <br />of run segment at pull box or patch panel. When required for strain relief, <br />cable support, or service loops, gaps in innerduct run are allowed to permit <br />optical cable tie off and management. <br />2.8.9.1.Do not place cable in innerduct through/in pull boxes. Place minimum <br />(2) "Caution: Fiber Optics" labels on exposed cable in pull boxes or <br />gaps used for cable tie off. <br />2.8.9.2.Service loops: For all optical fiber backbone cable segments, provide <br />10 ft. (3 meters) of cable slack to both termination end points. <br />2.8.10. Cable shield bonding and continuity: <br />2.8.10.1. Bond cable shielding following the manufacturer's guidelines <br />with #6 AWG Green solid copper wire to the nearest approved <br />telecommunications ground at each end of the cable run. <br />2.8.10.2. Maintain continuity of cable shielding through splices and for <br />entire length of cable run. <br />2.8.11. Fire stopping: Firestop all communications penetrations of fire barriers. <br />2.8.12. Seal all communication entrance conduits with sealing compound <br />approved for its intended use. <br />2.8.13. Label cables according to the specifications noted herein and/or as per <br />Page 15 of 24 <br />