The culture of maintaining open and informative communication with all
stakeholders of the commissioning team members is essential to meeting the
project’s objectives. Do the installation vendors need manufacturer assistance
or training? Do they need to attend a client’s safety or security courses?
Once the cabling arrives at the construction site, it should undergo
the second stage testing of site acceptance inspection. Once accepted off
the truck, the cable needs to be inspected for shipping damage, inventoried,
and moved to a secure stage area. The practice of obtaining factory
or distributor test documentation is mandatory. This includes the
documentation affixed to the outside spools of unterminated cable.
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FIGURE 7: The cabling cut sheet or
schedule provides pre-labeling for the
manufacturer and is the essential vortex
of the cable runs for the installer. Shown
left to right: An installer labeling a patch
panel; a label for a copper trunk; labeled
cable spools of multimode optical fiber
at a site inspection.
Phase 3: Construction/
Build Phase
The ICT consultant manages the
project’s construction/build phase
to ensure cabling design criteria
and milestones, as defined in the
design/planning phase, are being
delivered accurately and on budget.