TCs, conduits, wireways, etc.) of the Facility. The specifying engineer shall at a minimum design and install the System using the Pathway Design Handbook H-088C3, TIA/EIA Telecommunications Building Wiring Standards, and VA’s Facility Chief of Information Technologies (IT) instructions, as approved in writing by the VA. 13. Design a new system conforming to current and accepted digital industrial/commercial cable and RF distribution standards. The distribution cable installation shall be fully coordinated with the VA prior to the start of installation. 14. Specify cable in this system (i.e. backbone, outside plant, inside plant, and station cabling) to conform to this Section and to accepted industry and OEM standards with regards to size, color code, and insulation. The pair twists of any pair shall not be exactly the same as any other pair within any unit or sub-unit of cables that are bundled in twenty-five (25) pairs or less. 15. The System cables shall be protected conduit. The specifying engineer shall include Section 26 05 33, RACEWAYS AND BOXES FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS in the specifications for the work. Some areas of this Facility may be considered “plenum”. If any of wire and cable used in support of the installation in those areas is not in conduit (this guidance does not grant relief from the protection): then the cabling must comply with national and relevant codes pertaining to plenum environments. Review the VA’s cable and wire requirements with the VA prior to installation to confirm the type of environment present at each location. 16. Design outside plant and inside plant cables that furnish the number of cable pairs required in accordance with the System requirements described herein. Fully coordinate and obtain approval of the design with the original equipment manufacturer and the VA prior to installation. 17. Addition of advanced meters shall in no way affect any existing utility meter or its components. This meter
TCs, conduits, wireways, etc.) of the Facility. The specifying engineer shall at a minimum design and install the System using the Pathway Design Handbook H-088C3, TIA/EIA Telecommunications Building Wiring Standards, and VA’s Facility Chief of Information Technologies (IT) instructions, as approved in writing by the VA. 13. Design a new system conforming to current and accepted digital industrial/commercial cable and RF distribution standards. The distribution cable installation shall be fully coordinated with the VA prior to the start of installation. 14. Specify cable in this system (i.e. backbone, outside plant, inside plant, and station cabling) to conform to this Section and to accepted industry and OEM standards with regards to size, color code, and insulation. The pair twists of any pair shall not be exactly the same as any other pair within any unit or sub-unit of cables that are bundled in twenty-five (25) pairs or less. 15. The System cables shall be protected conduit. The specifying engineer shall include Section 26 05 33, RACEWAYS AND BOXES FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS in the specifications for the work. Some areas of this Facility may be considered “plenum”. If any of wire and cable used in support of the installation in those areas is not in conduit (this guidance does not grant relief from the protection): then the cabling must comply with national and relevant codes pertaining to plenum environments. Review the VA’s cable and wire requirements with the VA prior to installation to confirm the type of environment present at each location. 16. Design outside plant and inside plant cables that furnish the number of cable pairs required in accordance with the System requirements described herein. Fully coordinate and obtain approval of the design with the original equipment manufacturer and the VA prior to installation. 17. Addition of advanced meters shall in no way affect any existing utility meter or its components. This meter
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