A Study of Design Guidance for Prewiring Air Force Facilities
Abstract
Because of a lack of guidance and documentation defining standard communications prewiring requirements and/or design criteria for Air Force facilities, Headquarters Air Force Communications Command (HQAFCC) tasked the U. S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL) to help prepare documentation to fill this void. The objective of this study was to evaluate draft guidance on a standard methodology of planning, designing, and installing distribution cabling within a facility for communication/computer systems. Research findings include: The Electronics Industry Association (EIA) and Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) have been working on three new wiring standards that are scheduled for publication during 1991; Engineers believe the EIA/TIA standards will provide the guidance needed to design prewired buildings; Existing military documents take precedence over commercial standards unless an Engineering Technical Letter is issued stating otherwise; HQAFCC should initiate a proposal to determine if the new standards should be used throughout the Air Force. In that process, design engineers can determine the appropriateness of existing documents used by the Air Force to design prewired buildings.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA233660
Entities
People
- Angelo A. Trapani
- Julie A. Testa
- L. M. Golish
- Todd R. Blain
Organizations
- Construction Engineering Research Laboratory