Data Cabling Case Study – School Data Cabling and WiFi Installation
Client: London Borough of Barnet | Sector: Education | Duration: 2001-present
Since 2001, NM Cabling has been a preferred supplier to the London Borough of Barnet Schools’ ICT department
An average of 15-20 schools per year have been serviced for Electrical Installations, Structured Cabling Installations, Fibre Optics Installations and Audio Visual Installations
Several roll-outs have also been undertaken in this time period, involving a structured short time-scale, allowing for installations during school holiday periods
School Data Cabling Installation
The schools have the widest diversity of cabling installations, given the individual nature of each school, its location, and its age.
Structured Cabling Installations has involved a mix of external installs, high-level access installs, duct cabling installations, working on and over roofs, and working in sub-basements below the schools.
Virgin Broadband Roll Out
When the Borough swapped from BT to Virgin for its broadband, it came with a new, larger router and data switch, which wouldn’t fit into the majority of schools’ existing data cabinets
A borough-wide cabinet swap over was rolled out, with the majority of schools having the old cabinets de-racked, replaced and re-patched with no downtime to a single school during a 6-month period
Electrical Installation.
A wide range of electrical installations has been required within the schools. Ranging from new power installations within classrooms, Electrical installations to new ICT suites and electrical cabling to new portacabin classrooms
All works have been accredited under the NICEIC accreditation
Wi-Fi Installation
As the borough moved from ICT suites to Laptop trolleys and Tablets, a borough-wide rollout of new WiFi Solutions for Schools was carried out across most schools.
The structured cabling installations were in the majority out of hours, and in all cases, the Wi-Fi unitswere installed along with the data cabling
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