LOW-VOLTAGE AND DATA
Low-voltage and data cabling contractor for tenant improvements
READY ON DAY ONE
Low-voltage that is planned with the electrical, not after it
Low-voltage is often treated as an afterthought, bought late from a separate vendor who shows up after the ceiling is closed. The result is cable pulled through finished walls, missing backboxes and a network that is not ready when the tenant moves in.
We plan it with the electrical from the beginning. Backboxes and conduit stubs go in during rough-in, cable tray and J-hooks are coordinated in the ceiling with the other trades, and the telecom room gets the dedicated power, grounding and cooling it needs.
Whether we install the complete structured cabling system or only the pathways for the tenant’s own IT vendor, the point is the same: every outlet, camera, card reader and display has a route and a box before the drywall goes up.
What we coordinate with IT
- Outlet counts and locations per workstation and room
- Telecom room layout, power and grounding
- Cabling category and fiber backbone requirements
- Wireless access point locations
- Access control and camera positions
- Conference room and display AV requirements
SCOPE OF WORK
Low-voltage systems we install
Structured cabling
Copper horizontal cabling to every outlet and access point, terminated, labeled and tested, with a fiber or copper backbone where the space needs it.
Telecom rooms
Racks, cable management, dedicated circuits and grounding for the IT room, with the space planned around the equipment going into it.
Pathways
Conduit, cable tray, J-hooks and sleeves through rated walls, installed and firestopped so cable can be added later without opening walls.
Access control
Backboxes, door hardware power and cabling for card readers and electrified locks, coordinated with the door hardware supplier.
Security cameras
Camera locations, cabling and power over Ethernet planned for coverage, with the network switch sized for the cameras.
Audio-visual
Floor boxes, wall boxes, conduit and power for displays, conference systems and sound, placed to the AV designer’s layout.
HOW THE JOB RUNS
How low-voltage fits the build-out
01
Collect the IT requirements
02
Rough-in with the electrical
03
Pull and terminate
04
Test, label and document
COMMON QUESTIONS
Low-voltage questions
We install the cabling, racks and pathways. Switches, firewalls and wireless controllers are usually supplied and configured by the tenant’s IT provider, and we coordinate the handoff.
It depends on the tenant’s standards and expected equipment life. We install to the category the IT team specifies and test to that standard.
Sometimes, if it is a current category, tests clean and runs to the right locations. Old cable that will not be used is generally required to be removed, and we price that separately.
Yes. We can provide pathways, boxes and power for their devices, or install the cabling ourselves to their specifications.
Because boxes and pathways have to be installed before the walls and ceiling close. Adding them later means cutting finished drywall, which costs time and money.