Republic of the Philippines

Biliran Province State University

(formerly NAVAL STATE UNIVERSITY)
ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED

Jesica Myka B. Quijano

BSCE-3A
Engineering Utilities 1
Engr. Joel Dalumpines

ASSIGNMENT 2.3

ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A (CSA T530)

COMMERCIAL BUILDING STANDARDS FOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PATHWAYS AND SPACES

The primary focus of this standard is to provide design

specifications and guidance for all building facilities relating to
telecommunications cabling systems and components. This
standard identifies and addresses six prominent components of
the building infrastructure: building entrance facility, equipment
room(s), Backbone Pathways, Telecommunications rooms,
horizontal pathways and work areas.
ENTRANCE FACILITY
ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A (CSA T530) defines an entrance facility
as any location where telecommunications service enters into a
building and/or where backbone pathways linking to other
buildings in a campus environment are located.
EQUIPMENT ROOM
An equipment room is defined as any space where
telecommunications equipment common to the occupants of a
building resides. The minimum recommended size for this room is
14 m2 (150 ft.2)
INTER-BUILDING PATHWAYS
In a campus environment, inter-building pathways are
required to connect separate buildings.
 UNDERGROUND INTER-BUILDING BACKBONE PATHWAYS -
An underground pathway is considered to be a component of
the entrance facility. All conduit and duct are to have a
diameter of 100 mm (4”). Bends are not recommended; if
required there should be no more than two 90° bends
 DIRECT BURIED INTER-BUILDING BACKBONE PATHWAYS -
A direct buried pathway is considered to be a component of
the entrance facility. Direct burial of telecommunications
cables is achieved by trenching, augering or boring [pipe-
pushing].
 AERIAL INTER-BUILDING BACKBONE PATHWAYS - An aerial
pathway is considered to be a component of the entrance
facility. In such cases, the facility consists or poles, cable-
support strand and support system.
 TUNNEL INTER-BUILDING BACKBONE PATHWAYS Tunnels
provide pathways for conduit, trays, wireways or support
strand. The location of pathways within a tunnel should be
planned to allow for accessibility as well as for separation
from other services.
 INTRA-BUILDING (IN-BUILDING) PATHWAYS - Intra-building
backbone pathways are used to place backbone cables
between the equipment room and the entrance facility, the
entrance facility and the telecommunications room or the
equipment room and the telecommunications room.
Pathways can be either conduit, sleeves, slots or cable trays.
It is very important to ensure that all backbone pathways
are properly firestopped as required by applicable codes.
  VERTICAL BACKBONE PATHWAYS Made up of vertically
aligned telecommunications rooms. Rooms located on
separate floors are connected with sleeves or slots.
 HORIZONTAL BACKBONE PATHWAYS - If a
telecommunications room cannot be vertically aligned with
the one above or below, or if a room cannot be vertically
aligned with the entrance facility room, a horizontal
backbone pathway is used to connect them.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROOM
The telecommunications room (TR) formally known as
telecommunications closet (TC) is defined as the space that acts
as the common access point between backbone and horizontal
distribution pathways. TR’s contain telecommunications
equipment, control equipment, cable terminations and cross-
connect wiring.
The location of the telecommunications room should be as
close as practical to the center of the floor area to be served. It is
preferable to locate the TR in the core area. Room space should
not be shared with electrical equipment. It is recommended to
have at least one TR per floor.
HORIZONTAL PATHWAYS
Horizontal pathways are facilities used in the installation of
horizontal cabling from the work area outlet to the
telecommunications room.
 UNDERFLOOR DUCT - Underfloor ducts may be a system
of rectangular distribution and feeder ducts or a network
of raceways embedded in concrete. For general office use,
the practice is to provide 650 mm2 (1 in2) of cross-
sectional underfloor duct area per 10 m2 (100 ft2) of
usable floor space. This applies to both distribution and
feeder ducts.
  ACCESS FLOOR The access floor is made up of modular
floor panels supported by pedestals with or without lateral
bracing. Used in computer and equipment rooms as well
as general office areas.
 CONDUIT - Conduit types include electrical metallic
tubing, rigid metal conduit and rigid PVC. The type of
conduit used must meet local building and electrical
codes. No section of conduit can be longer than 30 m
(100 ft.). No section of conduit can contain more than two
90° bends between pull points or pull boxes
 CABLE TRAYS AND WIREWAYS - These are rigid
structures for the containment of telecommunications
cables. For general office use, the practice is to provide
650 mm2 (1 in2) of cross-sectional tray or wireway area
per 10 m2 (100 ft2) of usable floor space.
 CEILING PATHWAYS – There should be adequate and
suitable space available in the ceiling area for the
recommended distribution layout. A minimum of 75 mm
(3 in) of clear vertical space above the ceiling tiles must
be available.
 PERIMETER RACEWAYS - Used to serve work areas where
telecommunications devices can be reached from walls at
convenient levels. Practical capacity for perimeter
raceways is 30% to 60% fill depending on cable-bending
radius.
WORK AREA Work areas are generally described as locations
where building occupants interact with telecommunications
devices. Work areas should have sufficient room for the occupant
and required equipment. Typical work area is 10 m2 (100 ft2) in
size.

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