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BCISI Field Guide 1 General 2018

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ICT Installation Practices Field Guides: Volume 1 – General Cabling, 1st Edition

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BICSI 2018 259
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This guide focuses on the tasks and procedures for setting up the site and preparing pathways and spaces for the actual cable. Common safety practices, protective equipment and firestopping are also included to keep you, your team and the site safe from harm.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
1 ICT Installation Practices Field Guide
2 Preface
5 WARNING
6 Acknowledgments
8 Icons, Abbreviations and Acronyms
12 Table of Contents
17 Figures
23 Tables
24 Steps
26 Principles of Transmission
Frequency
27 Power, Current, and Voltage
Megahertz and Megabit
Wavelength
28 Bandwidth
Decibel
29 American Wire Gauge (AWG)
31 Physical Properties
Resistance
32 Inductive Reactance
Capacitive Reactance
33 Impedance (Z)
Characteristic Impedance
34 Insertion Loss (Attenuation)
Return Loss
35 General Safety Practices
Step – Performing an Emergency Rescue
37 Designating Work Areas
38 Tools and Equipment
40 Ladder Safety
45 Personnel Lifts (Elevating Work Platforms)
48 Step – Inspecting the Personnel Lift
50 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
51 Headgear
52 Eye Protection
53 Breathing Protection
54 Lifting Safety Precautions
55 Protective Footwear
Gloves
56 Detection Badges and Exposure Monitors
High-Visibility Vest or Jacket
Hearing Protection
57 Fall Protection
60 Clothing
Grooming
61 Hazardous Indoor Environments
Electrical Hazards
65 Lightning Hazards
Access Floor Hazards
67 Catwalk Hazards
Crawl Space Hazards
68 Suspended Ceilings
69 Confined Spaces
72 Generic Structured Cabling Systems
73 Administration of Structured Cabling Systems (SCS)
74 Identifiers
Records
Labeling
77 Pathway Types
Conduit
Conduit Fill Ratios and Capacity
79 Conduit Bends and Bodies
82 Conduit Supports
83 General Conduit Installation Guidelines
Pull String Installation
86 Step Blow Pull String through Conduitor Innerduct
88 Cable Runways (Ladder Rack) and Cable Trays
90 Surface-Mount Raceways
92 Open-Top Cable Supports
102 Space Build-Out
Space Layout
104 Entrance Facilities (EFs)
106 Equipment Rooms (ERs)
107 Telecommunications Rooms (TRs)
108 Telecommunications Enclosures (TEs)
Plywood Backboards Materials
112 Ladder Racks and Cable Trays
114 Distribution Rings (D Rings)
115 Spools
Floor-Mounted Racks
116 Floor-Mounted Cabinets
117 Wall-Mounted Cabinets and Racks
118 Cable Management
119 Design Layout
123 Cabinet and Rack Installation
Attachment
124 Bracing
125 Seismic Zone Considerations
Work Areas
Outlets and Cavity Boxes
127 Steps to Installing Telecommunications Outlet or Cavity Box in Existing Walls with Wallboard/Sheetrock
Step – Installing Outlet or Cavity Box
128 Cables and Cords
Modular Furniture
130 Poke-Thrus
131 Common Installation Practices
132 Verification of Cable Lengths
133 Tools and Equipment
Cable Bend Radius
134 Safety Procedures During Cable Pulling Activities
135 Step – Pulling Cable Setup
146 Step – Pulling Horizontal Cable in Conduit
149 Pull Horizontal Station Cable (Ceiling)
150 Step Installing Pull String in Open Ceiling
151 Step Pulling Horizontal Cable in Open Ceiling
152 Pull Backbone Cable
153 Step Installing Backbone in Vertical Pathway—From Top Down
159 Step Installing Backbone in Vertical Pathway—From Bottom Up
164 Step – Pulling Backbone—Horizontal
167 Firestopping
Qualification Testing
168 Rated Devices
Device Classifications
170 Mechanical Firestop Systems
Non-mechanical Firestop Systems
174 Firestopping Methods
175 Selection Criteria
176 Cautions
177 Sleeves and Cable Trays
178 Pathway Barrier Penetration Plates (PBPPs)
179 Core Bore Seals (CBSs)
180 Cable Trays
181 Firestop Labeling
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.® (UL®) Numbering System
183 Firestopping Decision Methods and Examples of Firestop Systems
187 Examples of Typical Installations of Firestop Systems
Step – Installing a Putty Seal
190 Step Sealing an Outlet Box with Putty (Membrane Penetration)
194 Cable Splicing
Splice Closures
197 Bonding and Grounding (Earthing) and Protection
Safety Items Related to Bonding and Grounding (Earthing)
200 Alternating Current (ac) Grounding (Earthing) Electrode System
201 Equipment Grounding (Earthing )System
202 Telecommunications Bonding Infrastructure
Small Systems
203 Large Systems
204 ICT Bonding Infrastructure Components
205 Busbars
Primary Bonding Busbar (PBB)
207 Secondary Bonding Busbar (SBB)
209 Bonding Conductors
210 Telecommunications Bonding Conductor (TBC)
Telecommunications Bonding Backbone (TBB)
Backbone Bonding Conductor (BBC)
211 Telecommunications Equipment Bonding Conductor (TEBC)
Connectors
212 Supplemental Bonding Network
Installing Bonding Connections
213 Bonding Pathways
Bonding Equipment Cabinets and Racks
215 Example A
216 Example B
217 Example C
218 Inspection of Bonding Connections
219 Bonding and Grounding (Earthing) Testing Procedures
220 Two-Point Bonding Measurements
221 True Root Mean Square Alternating Current (ac) Amperage Measurements
222 Direct Current (dc) Amperage Measurements
Alternating Current (ac) Wiring Polarity/Ground Impedance
224 Retrofits and Upgrades
Gathering Information
226 Site Evaluation
228 Verifying Existing Infrastructure
230 Locating Copper Cables
236 Evaluating Existing Infrastructure
239 Step – Evaluating ExistingInfrastructure
240 Site Coordination
242 Verifying Codes and Structural Integrity
243 Job Plan
246 System Cutover
250 Removing Abandoned Cable andEquipment
252 Step Post-cutover Cable Removal
253 Specific Survey Tasks for ActiveCircuits and Equipment
254 Index
A
B
C
255 D
E
F
256 G
H
I
J
257 L
M
O
P
258 R
S
259 T
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BCISI Field Guide 1 General 2018
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