Division 17 Organizational Model for Technology and Communication Systems

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Division 17Organizational Model for Technology
and Communication Systems

• prepared by
• Tom Rauscher
• Archi-Technology

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Agenda

• Background
• Design Process
• Current Model and History
• Division 17
• T Series Drawings
• New Process
• Next Steps

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Background

• To understand what is Division 17, you must
  first understand
• What is CSI
• That there are already Divisions 1-16
• What a Performance Specification consist of
• The role of Drawings (plot build vs. CAFM)
• Relationship between the Drawings and the
  Specifications
• Where the Construction Industry is
• Where the Telecommunication Industry is

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Background

• CSI - Construction Specifications Institute
• One of the documents that CSI produces, jointly
  with CSC - Construction Specifications Canada is
  the MasterFormat TM
• The MasterFormat TM is a master list of numbers
  and titles for organizing information about
  construction requirements, products and
  activities into a standard sequence
• The MasterFormat was introduced in 1963 and the
  current edition is the 1995 edition

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Background

• The MasterFormat consist of the following
• Front End - Intro, Bid Forms, Conditions, Etc.
• Division 1 - General Requirements
• Division 2 - Site Construction
• Division 3 - Concrete
• Division 4 - Masonry
• Division 5 - Metals
• Division 6 - Woods and Plastics
• Division 7 - Thermal and Moisture Protection

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Background

• Division 8 - Doors and Windows
• Division 9 - Finishes
• Division 10 - Specialties
• Division 11 - Equipment
• Division 12 - Furnishings
• Division 13 - Special Construction
• Division 14 - Conveying Systems
• Division 15 - Mechanical
• Division 16 - Electrical

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Background

• Architects use this MasterFormat to organize the
  requirements for a new building or renovation
• The architect is typically the lead design
  professional for a project and also manages the
  Front End and Division 1 requirements
• Here is how the process works

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Process

• First a customer identifies a need
• Who hires a lead design professional to establish
  a project scope and budget
• typically this is an architect, but does not
  always need to be
• The lead design professional then assembles a
  team of engineers and consultants who work
  together to create a schematic design and estimate

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Process

• Once this Schematic Design (SD) is reviewed,
  modified as required and approved, which includes
  being within budget, the design team then begins
  detailed design efforts
• The Design Development (DD) is also reviewed,
  typically at 50 and 90 along with the revised
  estimates

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Process

• These reviews often include individuals from the
  operations and maintenance group(s) for a given
  facility The project team prepares the
  construction documents (CD) and the project is
  put out to bid
• Addenda are issued as required to clarify the bid
  documents
• Bids are received and the contract(s) is awarded
  to the successful bidder(s) and Construction
  begins

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Process

• This is typically about the time when it becomes
  obvious that technology has not been effectively
  addressed during the design process
• Resulting in design changes and eventually change
  orders to the construction contracts and
  disruptions to the construction timelines and
  plans
• All of which are somehow the fault of the new
  technology system requirements

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Process

• Eventually the main construction project is
  completed and the contractors turn over the
  record copy drawings and manuals to the OM group
• Meanwhile, the technology systems managers wade
  through what they were given and often need to
  continue to rework, enhance or otherwise modify
  the results
• As-built drawings usually arrive 3-6 months later
  as hard copy prints, if at all

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Process

• One reason why technology requirements are not
  included in the main construction project is
  because
• Technology is not adequately included in the
  current model used by the Architects to organize
  the requirements of a building
• This is illustrated by the fact that technology
  requirements take up only 2 of the 300 plus
  pages in the 1995 CSI - Master Format

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Current Model

• Currently, the construction industry places the
  Technology and Communications requirements at the
  tail end of Division 16 - Electrical Requirements
• Not only are 2 pages insufficient, the location
  fosters the perception that telecommunications
  industry is a subset of the the electrical
  industry and therefore also a subcontract

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Current Model

• 16700 - Communications
• 710 Communication Circuits
• 720 Telephone and Intercommunication Equipment
• 740 Communication and Data Processing Equipment
• 770 Cable Transmission and Reception Equipment
• 780 Broadcast Transmission and Reception
  Equipment
• 790 Microwave Transmission and Reception
  Equipment

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Current Model

• 16800 - Sound and Video
• 810 Sound and Video Circuits
• 820 Sound Reinforcement
• 830 Broadcast Studio Audio Equipment
• 840 Broadcast Studio Video Equipment
• 850 Television Equipment
• 880 Multimedia Equipment

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Current Model

• A second reason that the telecommunication design
  is not in sync with the formal design process is
  because there is often a separate RFP for the
  telecommunication requirements which places the
  design responsibility on the contractor
• who does not start a detailed design process
  until after winning the bid

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Why Division 17

• This results in construction project designs that
  go out to bid with little or no coordination for
  technology
• other than a few outlet boxes and conduit stubs
• or a note to coordinate in field with owner

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Why Division 17

• These two reasons explain why there is often
• no space allocated in the building for Technology
  
• no money in the capital budget for the required
  Technology Infrastructure
• And typically not much time left to resolve the
  issues

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Reasons

• The reasons for this go back to the FCC break up
  of Bell System
• BICs Engineers and REA Practices were the
  resources architects depended on to provide
  requirements for telephone service inside a
  building
• With the break up of the Bell System, the
  services that these BIC engineers had
  traditionally provided became the responsibility
  of the building owners

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Reasons

• BICSI was formed to help address this issue
• Also at this time companies like IBM and ATT
  offered proprietary solutions
• These solution were then superceded by the
  standards that have evolved and exist today
• However, formal communication with the A/E/C
  design professionals has typically been limited
  to a particular system, if at all

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Division 17

• It has now become clear that we need to add a T
  to the AMEP design process
• Some have called it the 4th utility
• The goal has been to establish an effective and
  comprehensive model that can be used to plan,
  build and also manage technology infrastructures
  in a manner consistent with the design industry
• Division 17 is this model

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Division 17

• It can be used to organize a comprehensive set of
  performance specifications, cost estimates and
  series of Technology drawings
• Division 17 can completely manage a stand alone
  technology project or serve as an integrated
  component of a complete building/project design
• It does not prevent electrical engineers or
  electrical contractors from doing the work

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Division 17 Sections

• Front End
• 17000 General
• 17100 Cable Plant
• 17200 LAN
• 17300 Voice
• 17400 Audio/Video
• 17500 WAN
• 17600 Architectural, Electrical and Mechanical
• 17700 Intra Building Communication Systems
• 17800 Building Automation and Control
• 17900 Security, Access and Surveillance

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Division 17100 Summary

• Section 17100 - Cable Plant
• 17100 Cable Plant Overview
• 17110 Communication Equipment Rooms
• 17120 Main Equipment Rooms and Service Entrances
• 17130 Interior Pathways
• 17140 Exterior Pathways
• 17150 Backbone Requirements
• 17160 Horizontal Requirements
• 17170 Testing, Identification and Administration
• 17180 Cutover Training
• 17190 Support Warranty

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Division 17110 - Detail

• Section 17110 - Communication Equipment Rooms
• Equipment Racks/Cabinets/Shelves
• Cable Management Vertical horizontal
• Patch Panels
• Fiber Patch Panels
• Backboards
• Termination Blocks
• Aluminum Ladder Rack
• Tie Wraps
• D rings and T Posts
• Grounding Bars

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Division 17

• A performance specification specifies the minimum
  quality requirements for how a product shall be
  manufactured and installed
• CSI section format consists of 3 Parts
• PART 1 - GENERAL - administrative
• PART 2 - PRODUCTS - materials
• PART 3 - EXECUTION - installation

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Division 17 -Specifications

• SECTION 17110
• COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT ROOMS AND SPACES
• PART 1 - GENERAL
• 1.1 WORK INCLUDED
• A. Provide all labor, materials, tools, and
  equipment required for the complete installation
  of work called for in the Contract Documents
• PART 2 - PRODUCTS
• 2.1 FLOOR MOUNTED RACKS
• A. Racks shall meet the following physical
  specifications
• 1. 19 rack mounting space.
• 2. 7 foot high.
• PART 3 - EXECUTION
• 3.1 FLOOR MOUNTED RACKS
• A. All racks shall be anchored to the floor.
• B. Provide vertical and horizontal cable
  management in the front and back.

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Division 17 -Specifications

• The Division 17 Organizational Model provides the
  framework for preparing the specifications, but
  it is not the source
• The origin of specifications arose from drawing
  notes that became too numerous to fit on a
  drawing and have evolved into the Project Manuals
  present today
• So a new series of drawings for the
  Telecommunication requirements was developed

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T Series Drawings

• To prepare these drawings, the technology
  industry must be able to obtain accurate base
  files (floor plans) to prepare a set of
  Technology Drawings to plan and communicate the
  technology requirements with clients and other
  design professionals
• The following is a summary of the types of
  drawings that should be created

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T Series Drawings

• T0 Campus or Site Plans (SAMPLES )
• Exterior Pathways and Inter-Building Backbones
• T1 Layout of complete building per floor
• Serving Zone Boundaries and Backbone Systems
• T2 Serving Zones Drawings
• Drop Locations and Cable IDs
• T3 Communication Equipment Rooms
• Plan Views - Tech and AMEP and Elevations - Racks
  and Walls
• T4 Typical Drawings
• Faceplate Labeling, Firestopping, ADA, Safety,
  DOT, etc..
• T5 Schedules (spreadsheets) for cutovers

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Review

• Review
• We have identified that there is a gap between
  the Technology and Construction Industry
• We understand some of the history of how it has
  happened
• We have an organizational model for the
  performance specifications
• and We have a Drawing Series that is dedicated to
  Technology

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New Process

• The key now is for telecommunication consultants
  to become part of the established design and
  construction process
• This is not always easy and is often challenged
• One method is for the customer to include
  telecommunication requirements in the project
  scope when selecting an architect or lead design
  professional

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New Process

• A second step is to have the architect
  incorporate the Division 17 requirements from the
  earliest stages of planning through the design
  and construction stages by including a Technology
  Engineer or Consultant in the process

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New Process

• For this to happen, Telecommunication Consultants
  must prepare the project requirements using
• Performance Specifications based on
• The proposed Division 17 Organizational model
• The existing CSI master format, section format
  and page format documents
• Organized Series of CAD Drawings

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New Process

• Then Telecommunication Contractors, Installers
  and Integrators must learn to interpret and work
  from
• Performance Specifications based on
• The proposed Division 17 Organizational model
• The existing CSI master format, section format
  and page format documents
• Organized Series of CAD Drawings.

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Next Steps

• Support Division 17 as it evolves into an
  industry standard organizational model for
  Technology Infrastructures
• Use Division 17 as a basis for establishing
  communication with the existing design industry
  (A/E/C)
• Use Division 17 to create time, space and money
  on new construction projects

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Next Steps
SECTION DESIGN BUILD
CUTOVER

• D 1-16 Scope SD DD CD BID CA/CM
  CO Manage
• D 17

CO Manage
Scope SD DD CD BID CA/CM
This will enable D17 to provide input to the
D1-16 designs during the design phase and not as
Change Orders During Construction
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Next Steps

• BICSI has submitted proposal to CSI
• Review of MasterFormat begins this fall with next
  edition out 2002
• Join your local CSI Chapter and give the
  telecommunication industry a voice and a face
• The CSI Manuals of Practice will help you learn
  first hand how the design and construction
  industries work

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Next Steps

• Download, review and comment on the information
  from the Division 17 web site located at
  www.division17.net
• Contribute to Division 17 and make it work for
  you
• The burden is on the telecommunications industry
  to learn how the design and construction industry
  works

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Next Steps