Case Study

Cambridge University Calls on KTS to Move

The Situation

A university in Cambridge, MA needed a data cabinet moved from a hallway into a room in one of their labs. While it was a move of only about 15 feet the move involved disconnecting, moving and reconnecting a large number of cables. The university reached out to KTS, who had done previous work elsewhere on the campus, to undertake the work.

The Work

The work required moving the cabinet away from the wall in the hallway, then disconnecting the fiber optic cabling and 130 copper cables. Once the cabinet was moved to its new location – a room off the hallway– KTS needed to reinstall the fiber optic and copper cabling to the cabinet.

The reinstallation of the fiber optic cabling involved using a crawl space in the ceiling to relocate the fiber optic cabling, running the cabling through a sleeve and down through a wall and into the room where the cabinet was moved, then reconnecting it into the cabinet.

The copper cabling was moved by drilling through the floor where the cabinet had previously been and bringing the cabling up through the floor on the other side of the wall, to where the cabinet was now located.

Once the cabinet and all the cabling were in place, KTS re-terminated all the copper cabling in the cabinet and tested the system to ensure everything was up and running.

Challenges

Disconnecting the cabling meant that the lab’s network would be down while the work was completed. The lab needed to limit the amount of time they were down, so KTS was given three days to complete the work.

Benefits/Impact

The data cabinet has been moved to its new location, the system is up and running smoothly. The work was completed in less than the allotted time, allowing the university’s lab to be operational more quickly than anticipated.