Who is responsible for the final solution?
You are building your dream house or an office building and you contact an architect and builder. Your focus is on two key items (1) your immediate needs and (2) costs. You mention that you would like to someday have a home theater and computer wiring… The builder says that is fine and they will have the electrical contractor or one of their employees “run the wire”. There is little consideration at this point in terms of the equipment you will use or other controls you may need in the future. You have now become the system integrator. Later, you realize that you would like to have a security system and call a security company. You now have 4 different structured cabling systems in your new home (the builder included the phone wiring with the initial proposal) with no central controls. Well at least you saved money or did you? Providing an internationally standardized Structured Cabling System and consolidating cable-delivery methods for all the systems can reduce initial constructio
