Building and Backbone Includes:
Pathway Types:
- Ceiling
- Open environment above accessible ceiling tiles and frame work.
- Access Floor
- Raised modular floor tile supported by pedestals, with or without lateral bracing or stringers.
- Tray & Runway
- Prefabricated rigid structures for pulling or placing cable.
- Conduit
- Metallic and nonmetallic tubing of rigid or flexible construction permitted by applicable electrical code.
- Furniture
- Modular systems of furniture containing pathways/raceways for concealing cable and terminating outlets.
- In-Floor
- Network of raceways embedded in concrete consisting of distribution and header ducts, trenches, and cellular systems.
- Perimeter
- Surface, recessed, molding, and multi-channel raceway systems for wall mounting around rooms or along hallways.
- Vertical Pathways
- Sleeve or conduit and slot penetrations for access to other floors.
- Utility Columns
- Vertical channel for cable access to work area locations.
- Partition Cabling
- Where demountable partitions are used to conceal cables.
- In-Wall Cabling
- Where cables pass through stud openings.
Space Types:
- Entrance Facilities
- Telecommunications service entrance to the building including entrance through the wall.
- Access Provider/Service Provide
- Spaces location of transmission, reception and support equipment.
- Multi-Tenant Building Spaces
- Includes common Equipment Room and column Telecommunications Room.
- Building Spaces
- Outlet box/bracket/poke-thru
- Multi-user telecommunications outlet assembly
- Consolidation Point
- Splice box/zone box
- Telecommunications Enclosure
- Telecommunications Room
- Equipment Room
- Entrance Room
Design Considerations:
- Grounded per code and ANSI-J-STD-607-A ('607-A)
- Designed to handle recognized media as specified in ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B series
- Not allowed in elevator shafts
- Accommodate seismic zone requirements
- Installed in dry locations





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