Data Cabling Case Study – 10 Manchester Street Hotel
Client: Arab Investments | Sector: Hotels / Hospitality | Duration: 11 Months
10 Manchester Street Hotel in Marylebone, Westminster, is a 45-bedroom boutique hotel.
NM Cabling was tasked with the Structured Cabling installation and main hardware installer for this Hotel in Manchester Street, London. In addition, the company was tasked with designing and installing the Audio Visual Systems. Furthermore, the WIFI and Telephone System Installations were completed during the hotel’s refurbishment.
The entire hotel was refurbished over a 12-month program and stripped back to its basic structure. Therefore, a lot of coordination was required between the data cabling, hardware and building services undertaken by others
Structured Cabling Installation
Due to the stripping back to a bare structure, all new data cabling was required throughout the hotel. The structured cabling design was required for the Guest Bedroom, Public Areas, Offices, Bar, Restaurant and Reception. The data cabling was installed for all services, hotel systems and entertainment.
Due to the nature of the old building, bespoke routes and solutions were required for the data cabling installation and terminations. Therefore, bespoke containment and routing were required by the main building contractor. The design had to be based on requirements and communications from NM cabling, and the outline of what would be needed to route the data cabling infrastructure
Although network cabling was installed for all services within the building, the types of cabling varied depending on the hotel system. Firstly, standard Cat5e and Cat6 cables were installed for the internet, telephones and WiFi. The audiovisual system would have Cat6 and coaxial cables installed. Furthermore, the AV installation would have an HDMI and USB lead to each television from the hotel room desk. In addition, the CCTV system had two Cat6 cables. One for signal and one for power. Lastly, the music throughout the hotel used a specific speaker cable. In many cases, each of these cables required separate containment.
Audio Visual Installation
NM Cabling installed large-screen televisions in every bedroom, with audiovisual links for guest connections. Furthermore, there were distributed aerial systems, data systems, and digital signage that linked back to the hotel’s management system. Each bedroom had a unique shape due to the building’s age. In essence, no two rooms were alike. Therefore, each bedroom had to have a bespoke television and bracket designed into the space. Firstly, to have the correct viewing size from the bed. Secondly,y to fit the wall space it was to hang on. In some cases, the perfect size TV for viewing would be too large for the wall it hung on. Therefore, it would be downsized to fit. Lastly, some rooms had bespoke joinery to create a separate bedroom and living area. In these rooms, specific mountings were designed to take back-to-back television positions
Distributed music systems with zonal control and inputs were installed in the public areas. Firstly, all of these fed back to a central server room. Secondly, the data cabling is then distributed to each individual area. Data cables to the controls and speaker cables to the speakers. Lastly, the music servers and services were installed in the server room. This allowed all areas to share a common source while maintaining their own channel and volume choices. The system also allowed for pre-programming of music to suit different times of the day
Wi-Fi Installation
Unlike many hotels, a free-to-access Wi-Fi system was installed throughout. This had to cover all guest bedrooms, public and hotel management areas. It also had to have separate loins for guests and staff. Due to the hotel’s design, no WiFi units were visible on-site. Therefore, careful planning of the Wi-Fi installation was required to suit the current access hatch positions. In many cases, this required an uplift in access point numbers to achieve the correct coverage. In addition, the hotel had several outdoor areas, including bedroom courtyards and a cigar terrace. Coverage here was more challenging, and once again, a specific design with the main contractor was required