TIA‐569

TIA 569 Standards Update

Pathways & Spaces

Ignacio Diaz, RCDD

April 25, 2012
 TIA‐569 Pathways & Spaces Standard

– The purpose of this Standard is to standardize specific

pathway and space design and construction practices in
support of telecommunications media and equipment within
buildings.
buildings

– Scope limited to telecommunications aspect of building

design
g but influences design
g of other buildingg services ((i.e.
HVAC, electrical power, etc)

– Define requirements for key spaces

• Building Spaces
• Access & Service Provider Spaces
• Multi‐tenant Building Spaces
• Building Pathways

•Cabling distribution should try to find a solution that will:

•Accommodate cabling changes
•Minimize occupant disruption when horizontal pathways are accessed
•Allow for future growth
 TIA‐569 Pathways & Spaces Standard

A standard established for rooms, pathways, and areas into and through which
structured cabling,
cabling components,
components and equipment are installed
installed. Applies to:
– Conduits
– Under‐floor ducts and Floor Boxes
– Access
A fl
floor (Raised
(R i d Floors)
Fl )
– Ceiling pathways (J‐Hooks & Rings)
– Cable tray systems
– Perimeter
P i t pathwaysth
• Raceways
– Telecommunications Closet & Equipment Room
• Sizes & Provisions
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Building Spaces: General Requirements

– General Requirements apply to

• Distributor Room
• Common Distributor Room
• Entrance Room
• Access Provider Space
• Service Provider Space
p

– Temperature & humidity guidelines per ASHRAE Thermal Guidelines for

Data Processing Environments
• Temperature
T & humidity
h idi ini telecommunications
l i i space shall
h ll meet
requirements for ASHRAE Class 3

– UPS larger
g than 100kVA located in separate
p room

– Bonding & grounding system shall be provided per ANSI/TIA‐607‐B

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Building Spaces: General Requirements
– Plywood backboard
• ¾ in plywood (at least one wall)
• Painted with two coats fire‐retardant paint
• No longer required to be painted white
– Ceilings
• Ceiling height ‐ min, 8 ft clear space (10ft between finished floor and lowest
point of ceiling)
• Recommend for max flexibility not to use suspended ceiling
– Floor loading
• Static & dynamic capacity shall be sufficient to bear both distributed &
concentrated loads
• Shall consult structural engineer
– Lighting
• Min 500 lux in horizontal plane
• Min 200 lux in vertical plane
• Measured 1 m ((3 ft)) above finished floor
• Powered separately from telecommunications equipment
• Should not use dimmer switches
– Doors
• Minimum of 36” 36 x 80”
80 (optional 7272”xx 90”)
90 )
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Building Spaces: Distributor Room

– Common access for cabling subsystems & building pathways

– Contains telecommunications
l equipment, cablebl terminations, &
cross‐connect
• In a commercial building it is called an equipment room or
telecommunications room depending on what is in it
– Should follow general guidelines
– Multiple distributor rooms on same floor interconnected by
minimum of one metric designator 78 (trade size 3) conduit or
equivalent pathway
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Building Spaces: Distributor Room

– Distributor B (i.e. intermediate cross‐connect (IC) in commercial

building) min. of 10 m2 (100 ft2)

– Distributor C (i.e. MC in commercial building) min. 12 m2 (120 ft2)

for building with gross area up to 50,000 m2 (500,000 ft2)
• Increase 1 m2 (10 ft2) per 10,000
10 000 m2 (100,000
(100 000 ft2) increase in
building size
– Minimum 1 distributor room per floor

– Minimum two dedicated 120 VAC /20A outlets

• 6 ft spacing;
• 6 in above floor
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Building Spaces: Entrance Room / Space

• Entrance Room /Space

– Entrance for outside plant & pathways shall meet requirements
of ANSI/TIA‐758‐B (Outside Plant ) standard
– In buildings up to 10,000 sq m (100,000 sq ft), wall mounting
terminating hardware may be suitable
– Minimum of two dedicated 120 VAC /20 A outlets

• Distributor Enclosure
– Centrally located
– Lighting, measured in distributor enclosure, minimum 500 lux
– Minimum of one dedicated 120 VAC /20 A outlet
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Access & Service Provider Spaces

– Used for the location of transmission, reception, and support

equipment

– Minimum Access & Service Provider Space :1.5 m x 2 m (4ft x 6 ft)

– Should be close to Distributor C (i.e. MC)

– At least one dedicated 120 VAC/20 A, non‐switched duplex

electrical receptacle for equipment
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Building Spaces: Racks & Cabinets

– Minimum 3 ft front clearance; 4 ft is preferable

– Minimum 2 ft rear clearance; 3 ft is preferable

– Equipment may require additional clearance
– Suggest using cabinets 6 in deeper or wider than
l
largest equipment
i

– Should have adjustable mounting rails

– Rails should have markings
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Building Spaces: Racks & Cabinets

– Cabinets shall be selected & configured to provide

adequate cooling (some suggestions listed below)
– Forced airflow usingg fans
– Natural airflow between hot & cold aisles
– Hot aisle/cold aisle cabinet arrangement
– Use of blanking panels and baffles
– Sealing air leaks around cable ingress points
– Vertical cable manager shall be installed between racks and
at both ends of every row (at least 3.25 in wide)
– Horizontal management sufficient to provide strategic
growth of up to 100% but not impair cooling
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Building Pathways

– Consider q
quantity,
y, size & bend radius requirements
q of cable
when determining size of pathway
• Allow for growth

– Not
N t llocated
t d iin elevator
l t shafts
h ft

– Areas above ceilings may be used as pathway for

telecommunications cables & for connecting hardware

– Co‐installation of telecommunications cable & typical branch

circuit (120/240 VAC/ 20A) must meet requirements of NFPA 70
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Building Pathways

– Zero pathway separation permitted when

telecommunications cables & power cables both enclosed in
metallic pathways
• (min wall thickness of 1 mm (0,04 in) of steel or 1.5 mm
(0,06 in)aluminum)

– Provides table with guidelines for separation of

telecommunications pathways for balanced twisted‐pair
cabling from adjacent power wiring

– Balanced TP cabling separated from fluorescent

lamps/fixtures by minimum of 125 mm (5 in)
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Building Pathways

Pathway separation from sources of electromagnetic energy:

Condition <2KVA 2-5KVA >5KVA

Unshielded Power Lines 5 in 12 in 24 in

in proximity to open PVC
Pathways

Unshielded Power Lines 2.5

2 5 6 i
in 12 i
in
in proximity to Grounded in
Metallic Pathways

Power Lines enclosed in <1 in 3 in 6 in

Metal Grounded Pathways
in proximity to Grounded
Metallic Pathways
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Building Pathways

– Minimum 75 mm (3 in) clear vertical space available

above ceiling tiles if using as pathway

– Min. 300 mm (12 in) clearance above cable tray

system or runway

– Trays may be divided with barrier for physical

separation between power & TP cable

– Non‐continuous supports
pp located at intervals not to
exceed 1.5 m (5 ft)
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Building Pathways

– Cable Trays
• Planned for initial max calculated fill ratio of 25%
Note A calculated fill ratio of 50% for 4
Note: 4‐pair
pair & similar
cable will physically fill entire tray due to spaces between
cables

– Cable Runway
• Stacked no higher than 150 mm (6 in)

– Pathways free from burrs, sharp edges or projections

• Trays and wireways may be divided with a barrier to allow for

physical separation of different types of services.

• If nonmetallic trays and wireways are located in the plenum, they

shall be plenum rated.
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Building Pathways

• Ceiling Pathway (J‐Hooks & Bridle Rings)

‐ Spacing 48” to 60”off‐center (eliminate copper degradation)
‐ Maximum of Q(75) 4Pair UTP
‐ Over Q(75) ‐ add another J‐Hook or migrate to Cable Tray
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Building Pathways

– Conduit
 Sections between pull points shall not exceed 30 m (100 ft)
 in runs that total more than 30m (100
(100’)), insert pull boxes so that no
segment between pull points exceeds the 30m (100’) limit.
 No section shall contain more than two 90 degree bends
 Conduits with internal diameter of 50 mm (2 in) or less, inside
bend radius of a bend in conduit shall be at least 6 times the
internal diameter
 Conduits with an internal diameter of more than 50 mm (2 in),
the inside radius of a bend in conduit shall be at least 10 times
the internal diameter.

 Bonded to ground, in accordance to national or local

requirements
i t

 Has reference table for pull box sizes

 Maximum fill
f ll ffor ffurniture pathways
h is 40%
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Building Pathways

• Conduit (RIGID, EMT, ENT, PVC, HDPE)

‐ Must be a minimum of 3/4”/
‐ 40% Fill‐Ratio (NEC) applies
‐ Fire Codes apply and must be respected regarding the use of polymers
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Pull Boxes and Splices

Pull Box Installation

Locate pull boxes in easily accessible locations
locations. Horizontal cable boxes should be installed
above suspended ceilings. Should be used when installing a pull string or cable, fishing the
conduit’s run, and pulling and looping the cable in the next length of conduit.

Pull boxes should be used when:

•Conduits runs are more than 30m (100’)
•Contain more than two 90º bends.
•Pull
P ll boxes
bo es shall not be used
sed for splicing cable.
cable

Splice boxes
Intended to be used for splicing in addition to pulling cable. A slip sleeve is a conduit sleeve
that is larger than the main conduit, and slipped over an opening in a conduit run after the
cable is in place. A gutter is a square, sheet-metal housing, which is placed over an
opening in a conduit. Slip sleeves or gutters cannot be used for splices, but can be used in
place of a pull box, are more economical to install, and will provide more space for pulling.
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Other Pathway Types

Power pole specifications

Power poles standard sizes accommodate 3m (10’), 3.7m (12’), and 4.6m (15’)
ceiling heights
heights.
Power pole installation
Mount rigidly between the ceiling support channel grid and carpeted or tiled
floor. Utility columns may be attached to the cross rails only if the rails are
securely
l anchored
h d to the
h maini ceiling
ili support channel.
h l
Poke‐thru specification
Poke‐thru distribution is usually implemented by installing cable from the
ceiling of the floor below, to a point where service is desired on that same
floor, then “poking‐thru” the floor to allow the cable to be attached to
telecommunications device.
Poke‐thru installation
Poke‐thru installation should be done in accordance to all local and national
codes, in strict accordance with the Underwriters Laboratories procedures
found in the Fire Resistance Directory, and the poke‐thru addendum 4 to
ANSI/TIA/EIA ‐569‐A.
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Building Pathways

The NEC and local codes take precedence

when installing conduit, choices in
conduit type shall be of the type
permitted under the appropriate
electrical codes.
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Backbone

• Backbone pathways consist of:

– Interbuilding backbone pathways which extend between buildings

– Intrabuilding backbone pathways which are contained within a
building
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Backbone

Intrabuilding pathways consist of:

• Ceiling pathways
• Conduits
• Sleeves
• Slots
• Trays
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Backbone

• Slots
• Sleeves
• Trays
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Backbone

Sleeves –
An opening, usually circular, through the wall, ceiling, or floor to allow the
passage of cables and wires.

Slots –
An opening through a wall,
wall floor,
floor or ceiling , usually rectangular
rectangular, to allow
the passage of cables and wires.
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Firestopping
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New Version!

– New revision work has been going on for past year

• Reference for all premise standards
• No longer specific to commercial buildings
– N
New revision
i i jjustt approved
d for
f publication
bli ti as ANSI/TIA‐
ANSI/TIA
569‐C

– Other Changes include

• Removed 60% fill max limit for furniture pathways for
growth; only recommends initially designing to 40% fill
• Power & noise separation apply to all applications; no
new recommendations
d ti f 10Gb/s
for 10Gb/ applications
li ti
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Accommodating New ASHRAE Guidelines

– TIA‐569‐C draft was almost complete when ASHRAE changed

guidelines

– Two phase approach to including changes

1 Added new class names editorially to TIA‐569‐C
1. TIA 569 C
– No change to requirements for TIA‐569‐C
2. Working on addendum to harmonize
– Will be TIA‐569‐C
TIA 569 C.1
1
– May be complete by end of year

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– ASHRAE changes to Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments

• Class 1 & 2 now A1 & A2

• Two new classes, A3 & A4
• A1, A2, A3 & A4 have allowable & recommended ranges
– No change with A1 & A2
– Expanded
E d d allowable
ll bl range for
f A3 & A4
• Class 3 & 4 replaced by Class B & C with no changes

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TIA‐569
Pathways & Spaces Standard

ASHRAE changes to Thermal

Guidelines for Data Processing
Environments
Other Standards and TIA‐569

Because ANSI/TIA-569-C is now a generic reference for

pathways,
p y specific
p requirements
q unique
q to an application
pp will
be specified in the application standard.

For example, specific pathway and spaces requirements for

commercial buildings will be specified in ANSI/TIA-568-C.1.

Specific pathway and spaces requirements for healthcare

facilities will
ill be specified in ANSI/TIA-1179.
ANSI/TIA 1179

Let’s take a look!

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 TIA‐1179 Healthcare Facilities Standard

Healthcare vs. Premises

 Broader scope of application‐specific IP devices

 Sensitive installation environment

 Larger pathways

 Larger Telecom Rooms

 Greater Workstation densities

TIA‐1179 Healthcare Facilities Standard
Unique Cabling Challenges

 Redundant and high‐density pathways (conduits,

(conduits cable
tray)
 High‐levels of EMI, high temperature, chemicals and
gasses may be present
 Cable selection dependent on attributes to comply with
atmospheric conditions
 Cable selection affects pathways

 Application‐specific, high termination work area

densities
 Stringent codes and regulations
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Pathway Guidelines

 P
Pathways
th should
h ld nott compromise
i operation
ti off
the facility
 Enclosed pathway systems ‐‐ in air handling
spaces to
t meett Infection
I f ti Control
C t lR Requirements
i t
(ICR)
 Segregation of cables for different networks &
applications
li ti (due
(d tot safety
f t protocols)
t l)
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E t
Entrance FFacilities
iliti (EF)
(EF)&E i t Rooms
& Equipment R (ER)

• Route diversity ‐ two separate pathways from the entrance facility

to the equipment room
• Demarcation point of outside access providers may be determined
by federal or local regulations.
• Accommodation of other systems may increase size (BAS, nurse
call security,
call, security CATV,
CATV biomedical systems)
• Twice the size of a data/telecommunications closet (allowing for
future double growth rate)
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Telecommunications Rooms(TR) andTelecom
Rooms (TR) and Telecom Enclosures (TE)

 Non‐telecommunications services (i.e. gasses, fluids)

not allowed

 Larger TR than office building ‐‐ 12m2 (130

( ft2 ) or
larger

 TE serves smaller floor area or where TR is not

allowed (be aware of exposure of magnetic fields,
radiation, chemicals, etc)