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Wiring costs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (McHugh, Noel)
Fri Feb 24 14:12:07 2017
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Does anyone have a back of the envelope/SWAG formula to estimate CAT6a wiri=
ng costs?
We are planning for new residence hall construction and trying to put toget=
her a realistic budget before we have floorplans. At this point we are est=
imating around 1000 jacks for a 480 bed building (480 jacks @ one port per =
pillow, 240 jacks to support 120 APs, 100 jacks for our office, and another=
180 for various social spaces and building control systems).
Our main campus network folks tell me to expect to pay around $600 per Cat6=
a drop. I've been told this is for wiring, termination labor, a jack on on=
e end and a patch panel; but that we'll need to add more $ for conduit, box=
es, and racks for patch panels. That seems a little high to me, but I know=
we use high quality materials (CommScope SYSTIMAX) that aren't cheap.
I'm assuming this number could also be used to estimate the cost of upgradi=
ng older Cat5e to Cat6a wiring. This project is making me realize that the=
17 year old Cat5e wiring in many of our buildings is nearing end of life (=
along with the fiber that feeds it) and we're about to have a huge sticker =
shock to maintain our existing buildings ability to support resident's dema=
nd for bandwidth.
Is $600/Cat6a drop in the ballpark for what others are experiencing in wiri=
ng installation costs? Do you have a similar number for fiber?
Thanks,
Noel McHugh
Residential IT Manager
The Evergreen State College
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<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">Does anyone have=
a back of the envelope/SWAG formula to estimate CAT6a wiring costs?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p=
></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">We are planning =
for new residence hall construction and trying to put together a realistic =
budget before we have floorplans. At this point we are estimating aro=
und 1000 jacks for a 480 bed building (480
jacks @ one port per pillow, 240 jacks to support 120 APs, 100 jacks for o=
ur office, and another 180 for various social spaces and building control s=
ystems).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p=
></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">Our main campus =
network folks tell me to expect to pay around $600 per Cat6a drop. I&=
#8217;ve been told this is for wiring, termination labor, a jack on one end=
and a patch panel; but that we’ll need to add
more $ for conduit, boxes, and racks for patch panels. That seems a =
little high to me, but I know we use high quality materials (</span><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:#252525;background:white">CommScope SYSTIMAX=
</span>) that aren’t cheap.<span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:=
p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p=
></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">I’m assumi=
ng this number could also be used to estimate the cost of upgrading older C=
at5e to Cat6a wiring. This project is making me realize that the 17 y=
ear old Cat5e wiring in many of our buildings is
nearing end of life (along with the fiber that feeds it) and we’re a=
bout to have a huge sticker shock to maintain our existing buildings abilit=
y to support resident’s demand for bandwidth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p=
></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">Is $600/Cat6a=
drop in the ballpark for what others are experiencing in wiring installati=
on costs? Do you have a similar number for fiber?<o:p></o:p></span></=
b></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </=
o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:=
p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">Noel McHugh<o:p>=
</o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">Residential IT M=
anager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">The Evergreen St=
ate College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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