Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
That Gets Tested,Labeled and Documented.

Cat6, Cat6A and fiber for offices, warehouses and medical suites across metro Atlanta. Installed by the same company that configures the network riding on it.

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The Difference

Most Cabling Companies Stop at the Patch Panel.

That handoff is where the finger pointing starts.

A cabling-only contractor pulls the runs, terminates both ends, and leaves. If the network misbehaves afterward, you are between two vendors: the cabling company says the cable tested clean, the IT company says the cable must be bad. You get to referee a dispute about your own building.

We are an IT company that installs cable. The same team that pulls the run configures the switch port it lands on, the VLAN it belongs to, the access point or camera at the far end, and the firewall policy that governs it. When something is wrong, there is no one to point at, which is a useful property in a vendor. We have been doing this work in Gwinnett and the surrounding counties since 2005.

Structured cabling installation with tested and labeled patch panel

What We Install

Copper, Fiber and Everything Riding On It

Specified for what the building will need, not for the cheapest line item today.

Cat6 and Cat6A Copper

Cat6 for standard gigabit desk drops. Cat6A where 10 gigabit at full distance matters or where high-power devices over Ethernet will generate heat inside a bundle. We size the choice to the device at the far end and the life you expect from the building.

Fiber Backbone

Multimode fiber between closets and floors, single-mode where distance or future bandwidth calls for it. Fusion spliced and terminated properly, tested with a loss budget you can actually read.

Server Closets and Racks

Wall-mount or floor racks, patch panels, horizontal and vertical cable management, rack-mounted power, and proper grounding and bonding. A closet you can work in at two in the morning without pulling the wrong cable.

Wireless Access Point Drops

Access points placed where coverage requires them rather than where the cable happened to be convenient. We walk the space, account for the walls you actually have, and pull to those locations.

Camera and Access Control Runs

Low voltage for cameras, readers, door strikes, request-to-exit devices and position switches. Because we install those systems too, the cable stops exactly where the hardware needs it.

Labeling and As-Builts

Every run labeled at both ends on a consistent scheme, patch panel documented, and a floor plan showing what lands where. You should be able to hand this to a new employee, or to us, and have it make sense.

Standards

The Parts Nobody Sees, and Why They Matter

This is where cheap cabling quietly costs more.
Fire Code

Plenum vs
Riser Rating

In most commercial buildings the space above the ceiling tiles is used to return air to the HVAC system. Cable run through that space has to be plenum-rated, because of how the jacket behaves in a fire and what it puts into air that is being circulated through the building. Riser-rated cable belongs in vertical shafts between floors. This is a code requirement, not a preference, and it is one of the most common things we find wrong in existing installations.

The risk: Correcting a jacket rating after the fact means pulling out cable that is already in the ceiling. It is the cheapest thing to get right on day one and among the most expensive to fix later.
Distance

The 90 Meter
Rule

A copper run is limited to 90 meters of horizontal cable, with the patch cords at each end bringing the total channel to 100 meters. That sounds generous until you measure a real path, which goes up a wall, across a ceiling, around ductwork and back down. Warehouses and long floor plates run out of distance more often than people expect, and the answer is usually an intermediate closet with a fiber backbone rather than a heroic single run that will never quite work.

The risk: A run that is over distance does not fail cleanly. It works, mostly, and then drops packets under load in ways that take weeks to diagnose.
Power

Power Over
Ethernet and Heat

Modern cameras, access points and door hardware draw power over the same cable that carries their data, and the current standard delivers up to 90 watts at the switch port, several times what earlier generations did. That power becomes heat, and heat inside a tightly packed bundle raises resistance and degrades performance across every cable in the bundle. The fix is heavier cable, smaller bundles and sensible pathway design.

The risk: This is the failure mode people do not anticipate. Everything tests fine in a cool building in February and starts misbehaving in a warm ceiling in July.
Proof

Certification,
Not Continuity

Every run we install is certified with a proper tester and you get the report. Wire map, length, insertion loss, near end crosstalk and return loss, measured against the standard for the category installed, pass or fail per run. A cheap continuity tester confirms the wires are connected to the right pins. It says nothing about whether the link will carry the traffic you bought it for.

The risk: The report is your evidence. When something breaks in year three, you can prove the cable was good on day one and spend your time looking somewhere useful.
Where We Work

Spaces We Cable Regularly

Different buildings, different problems.

Professional Offices

Suites and open-plan floors. Desk drops, conference rooms, wireless coverage and a closet that is not a coat closet with a switch in it.

Warehouses and Light Industrial

Long runs, high ceilings, forklifts and metal racking that ruins wireless coverage. Usually a fiber backbone to intermediate closets rather than fighting the distance limit.

Medical and Dental Suites

Operatories, imaging equipment and a network that carries patient data, which means the cabling plan and the security design have to be built together.

Structured Cabling Questions

What businesses ask before they let anyone into the ceiling.
Should we run Cat6 or Cat6A?
It depends on what will ride on the cable. Cat6 handles gigabit to 100 meters and is fine for ordinary desk drops. Cat6A is what you want for 10 gigabit at full distance, and it is the better choice for high-power devices over Ethernet, because the heavier construction handles the heat that builds up inside a tightly bundled run. For cameras, high-density wireless access points and anything you expect to still be in service in ten years, the incremental cost of Cat6A is small compared to opening the ceiling again.
Do we need plenum-rated cable?
If the cable runs through a space used to move return air, which in most commercial buildings means the open ceiling above the tiles, then yes, and it is a code issue rather than a preference. Plenum-rated cable is required there because of how it behaves in a fire. Riser-rated cable is for vertical shafts between floors. Using the wrong jacket is one of the most common findings in an inspection, and it is expensive to correct because the cable is already in the ceiling.
What does testing and certification actually mean?
It means every run is tested with a certification tester and you get a report. Wire map, length, insertion loss, near end crosstalk and return loss, measured against the standard for the category installed, with a pass or fail per run. A continuity check with a cheap tester is not certification. It tells you the wires are connected. It does not tell you the link will carry 10 gigabit or support a camera over Ethernet in August.
How long is a typical install?
A 20 to 30 drop office in an open space is usually a day or two. Occupied space, hard ceilings, long runs across a warehouse, or coring between floors pushes that out. The honest answer comes from walking the site, which is why we do that before quoting rather than pricing from a floor plan and a phone call.
Can you take over a cable plant somebody else installed?
Yes, and we do it regularly. We will test what is there, document what is usable, label the patch panel properly, and give you a written picture of what you actually have. Sometimes the existing plant is fine and just undocumented. Sometimes it is not, and it is better to know which before you build on top of it.
Do you only do cabling, or the equipment too?
Both, and that is the difference. Most cabling contractors terminate the cable, hand you a patch panel and leave. We configure the switches, the VLANs, the wireless, the firewall and the cameras that ride on that cable, because we are an IT company that does cabling rather than a cabling company alone.
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