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BuildingDesign 2020 provides the latest news, developments and issues in the cabling industry with an emphasis on cabling infrastructure management.
Headline News
ACUTA Offering Hurricane Preparation
Just in time for the beginning of the 2008 hurricane season, ACUTA, the Association for Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education, is making available a communications- and networking-focused hurricane preparation checklist to all higher education institutions. [Full Article]
Communications Technology in Higher Education 2008
Since mid 2006, we have followed the "Technology Team" at the University of South Florida (Tampa, FL).[USF is a member of ACUTA] This IT group has not received the great headlines of their football team has, but it should have gotten rave reviews for their accomplishments. The pace of change has been overwhelming for many universities. However, the IT/communications group at USF made huge strides to meet the pace of change and to build in more values for the Students, Faculty, and Administration through improved information systems. [Full Article]
DWT - Driving While Texting is a definite No-No!
Please don’t end up as a statistic. [Full Article]
A new cabling system that promotes safety and performance at home and work
Across the country, computer and Internet communications are extending tentacles into every space that we occupy. The residential and small office frontier is being swept up in the need for speed and the power to connect. FTTH (Fiber To The Home) is rushing into the communities across the land. With the BIG PIPE comes a host of valuable and convenient services: On-line banking, security with video surveillance, fire alarm and emergency alert services, video (Television), telephone, Internet access, voice mail, e-mail, medical – accounting - legal and smart home services not even dreamed of yet. [Full Article]
NECA 2007 San Francisco Is Finally Here
We want you to make the most of all the educational opportunities, inspiring guest speakers, show floor business opportunities and excitement this event offers! October 4 - 9, 2007. [Full Article]
Abandoned Cable Revisited With Solutions
Cabling contractors, service providers, managers, tenants and building owners need to work cooperatively to ensure that all parties understand their responsibilities to comply with the National Electrical Code (NEC) provisions on removing or tagging abandoned or unused communications cabling in buildings. [Full Article]
ElectricTV.net Takes IBEW-NECA Teamwork into the Streaming Video Age
ElectricTV.net is as informative as it is entertaining and is one more way the IBEW-NECA team is demonstrating its leadership in the electrical construction industry. [Full Article]
Cabling Business Magazine Revamps Web Site for the Low Voltage Industry
For the first time ever, Cabling Business Magazine is offering a downloadable version of it's magazine available for readers when they sign up for a free subscription. [Full Article]
Graybar VIP Design Online Is A Success
For the first time within a Web-based design and budgeting tool, users have access to a centralized repository of more than 8,000 data communications products and their prices. Included in the database are 15 interoperable cabling and connectivity product lines proven to exceed industry standards by the Graybar VIP testing program. Users have the ability to manage multiple projects through the interface. [Full Article]
New Service For Abandoned Cable Requirements
Communication Planning Corporation (www.communicationplanning.com), Jacksonville FL, is pleased to announce the addition of Abandoned Cable Removal Services. With the focus on safety in the workplace and the changes in the building safety codes and standards staying in compliance can be expensive and confusing. CPC's service has been designed to help building owners and tenants navigate through the process. [Full Article]
NECA in the spotlight
New Look for the Ultimate Electrical Connection. [Full Article]
Getting Down to the Wire
Lights, computers, phone systems—the wires that power our buildings are made of a tangle of materials that raise environmental and health questions. [Full Article]
2014: A Building Space Odyssey
What will communications requirements and systems be like 10 years from now?
Certainly more streamlined and productive than they are today. [Full Article]
Building Designs must change if we hope to escape a toxic
tomb
With the breaking news on serious problems in the realm of IAQ and IEQ, many designers are wishing they could have a "do over" when it comes to cabling in the return air plenum spaces. [Full Article]
Building Fire Concern: Teflon on Cabling Can Be Toxic When Heated
Teflon, a long-used material in frying pans and cable cladding, has been pointed out to me to be harmful in a different way in office fires. While it may be flame retardant, the tradeoff is that it can emit a toxic gas when it’s heated. [Full Article]
The Ultimate Cable Management System
HHRobertson Floor Systems manufactures the Q-Floor/Taproute® System - the premier cable management system for office buildings, libraries, schools and casinos. [Full Article]
Structured Health Risks
In thousands of office buildings in Canada and the U.S. reside millions of miles of telecommunications cable that is stamped plenum-rated, but that might not necessarily mean that workers sitting at their workstations are safe if a fire takes place. [Full Article]
Houston, We Still Have a Problem
Scientists and environmental groups warn that a critical mass of cable sitting unused in buildings multiplies the risk of fires and associated health problems to office employees. Once the cable deteriorates, it can release a witch's brew of nasty toxins. [Full Article]
ACUTA Spring Seminar and 34th Annual Conference & Exhibition 2005
ACUTA seeking applications of presenters for the ACUTA Spring Seminar and invites proposals for presentations at the 34th Annual ACUTA Conference & Exhibition. [Full Article]
Superior Modular Products Announces New 15th Anniversary Product Catalog
60 full color pages that detail all of the SMP product lines including A5E, Axcess 6, Fiber Opticx, Home Axcess and Rack Technologies. [Full Article]
RoHS Directive
Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, will be enforced in European July 1st 2006. [Full Article]
Fluke Networks announces NetDSL Bulk Qualification System
The only portable bulk pair test system designed to fully test, pre-qualify and document the copper distribution network (F2 plant) for ADSL2+ service. [Full Article]
CABA Releases Winter 2004 Edition of iHomes & Buildings Magazine
The Winter 2004 edition of iHomes & Buildings focuses on consumer-friendly networking, intelligent building technologies and the evolution of smart homes. [Full Article]
UL Finds the LEAD in Cabling
UL announces new Restricted Substances Compliance Solutions (RSCS) - designed to help organizations meet strict 2006 European Union Directives. [Full Article]
The Light Brigade Announces its New 2005 Training Schedule
The new schedule lists the locations for all of The Light Brigade's one-, two-, and four-day courses, including both classroom and hands-on options. [Full Article]
NECA Publishes Updated Fiber Optic Standard
Fiber optic entrepreneur and author Jim Hayes, also president of the Fiber Optic Association (FOA), was principal author of this new second edition of NECA/FOA 301. [Full Article]
NAED Releases Findings of Procurement Chain Study
In the study, "Procurement Chain Management in the Construction Industry," researchers assessed the strengths and weaknesses of various procurement models commonly used in the construction industry. [Full Article]
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