1. Formal Wiring Standards
Avoid construction blunders with
Formal Wiring Standards

2. Disclaimer and other random bits
Disclaimer: I am in no way consider myself an expert in this subject. But the document I will be sharing with everyone is composed of 20+ years of experiences and the desire to not repeat some of them.
BC Wiring Standards document v4.

3. Lets air our dirty laundry

4. Lets air our dirty laundry

5. Examples of data closets post standards

6. BC Horror stories (over a 25 year period)
Where is your fiber optic?
Um…. Yea where are they?
2 X 4” does not equal 2 X 3”
7 is better than 2 right?

7. Where is your fiber optic?

8. Um…. Yeah where are they?

9. 2 X 4” does not equal 2 X 3”

10. 7 is better than 2 right?

11. What is in the document? Service Entrance cable and termination
Telecom Room and cable terminations
Communication outlets and inside wiring and raceways
Access control door and cabling specs
Protection, Grounding and Bonding
Inspection Testing and Documentation
Fire stopping
Cable specifications
Codes, Standards and Regs
BC IT Contact info

12. Spell things out in exacting details
Example: The standard jack layout used by the BC IT Center is two Cat-6 RJ-45 jacks terminated for data, 1 Cat-6 RJ-45 jack terminated for voice and 1 RG6 threaded F-type coax jack. The standard faceplate will be four port single gang stainless steel. All voice connections shall terminate on beige RJ-45 eight (8) conductor CAT 6 modular jack assemblies. The voice jack will be placed in the bottom left the wall plate. Wire color-coding and termination shall be per EIA/TIA-568-B.2 specifications. All data connections shall terminate on yellow RJ-45 eight (8) conductor CAT 6 modular jack assemblies. The data jacks will be placed in the upper left and right ports of the wall plate. Wire color-coding and termination shall be per EIA/TIA-568-B.2 specifications. All video connections shall terminate on beige F-type threaded coax jack. The video jack will be placed in the bottom right of the wall plate. All pairs shall be terminated when connecting to voice and data jacks. Terminate as”568B”.

13. Questions – Comments - Discussion
Document is free for your use. Please download and modify to fit your needs.
Full disclosure I pulled the heart of this document off the Univ of Louisville web site. Searching key sections of the document turns up slight edits of the the U of L version on several other institution sites. Seems some version of this document has been scavenged by many others so its hard to say who originated it.
We have since changed it to suite our needs and added to it to fit items we manage that the initial document did not cover.
A few copies up front for anyone that wants a paper copy.
Thank you all for your time.