Sunday, August 11, 2019

New classroom build, physical build problems - terminology?

We're an Australian organisation, with USA classrooms with the majority of IT based in Australia. We built a brand new classroom recently, new walls, new everything - great! an opportunity to get cabling done right.

Here's a picture of the final build of a classroom: https://i.imgur.com/wij46Dl.jpg - is this OK? I am livid, I can't figure out how something so easy gets done so badly.

Here's the plan and approved flag notes:

We were told that rough in was scheduled to be completed before dry-wall installations, admittedly we didn't get the rough in remotely checked at this point.

The plan & notes clearly shows:

  • 1 network termination per workstation, not some double-data double-sided to the wall monstrosity
  • "Provide wall data outlet..." - Did I need to actually specify "Provide wall data outlet with structured cabling in the inside of the wall"

This has now happened twice. Are we getting stiched up by electricians? are our plans ambiguous? or are we using the wrong terminology with USA contractors?



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