The cableplant of Mount Holyoke College includes a large number of components.

• Fiber optic
• Electrical
• Video
• Data
• HVAC
• Telephone
• Alarm systems: intrusion, fire, door
• Mechanical components
  • Manholes
  • Conduits
  • Wire raceways
  • Wall jacks
  • Wall outlets
  • Racks
  • Shelving for wire closets
  • Fiber termination boxes
  • Locks
  • Alarms

• Interbuilding runs
• Wiring closets, multipurpose
• Wiring closets, data only
• Telephone terminals
• Wiring cabinets
• Within-building runs
• Data and phone jacks on walls and other surfaces in buildings

• Carpenters
• Locksmith
• HVAC
• Electricians
• Telephone office
• Electronic Services
• Networking
• Public Safety

Unambiguous areas

• Interbuilding runs

  Russ Boudreau is the individual responsible for the underground conduit and cable system. While others may have significant parts to play, such as the electricians or the telephone office, Russ needs to know about anything having to do with the underground system.

• Wiring closets, multipurpose

  Susan Perry has suggested that Bill Farrington be the one responsible for the wiring closets that contain multiple kinds of equipment: voice, data, video, etc. Any changes to a closet layout by those whose materials are contained in such closets should go though Bill. This includes networking and the telephone office.

• Wiring closets, data only; wiring cabinets

  There are a number of closets in which there is only data equipment. Networking will deal with these.

• Telephone terminals

  Telephone terminals are scattered throughout many buildings and are best left to the telephone office.

Ambiguous areas

• Within-building runs

  Cabling within buildings consists of:
  • Electrical
  • Telephone
  • Data, wire and fiber
  It is clear that the electricians should be responsible for electrical. The ambiguity is in the data and telephone systems.

  We need to differentiate the design of the system from the installation of the system. Networking has designed the data layout and, to some degree, the telephone cable layout in the residential hall networking project. The telephone office has for the most part designed the telephone cable layout. There has been, and should continue to be, close collaboration in this design between networking and the telephone office.

  Insofar as the installation goes, the electricians have pulled all the data cable for the academic and administrative buildings. This suggests that the Electrical Department should remain responsible for the cable in the walls.

  In the past, the intrabuilding phone cable has been pulled by the telephone technicians. With the merging of the data and phone cable systems, it is not clear that this division remains a good one. I think there needs to be more discussion about how telephone and data cables are to be installed.

• Data and phone jacks on walls and other surfaces in buildings

  This is something that needs to be kept a bit porous. If the dataport is ripped off the wall Buildings & Grounds needs to become involved. If the problem is in the dataport itself, a new connector might need to be installed and perhaps the wiring might need reconnecting, then the job could be done by networking, telephone, or electrical shop personnel. In all cases, networking or telephone personnel should be informed of the event.

• Alarm systems

  • Fire
    Traditionally done by the Electrical Department
  • Intrusion
    Installation has been done by Electronic Services.
    Design is a joint effort of Electronic Services and Public Safety.
  • Door
    Perhaps this should be the responsibility of Electronic Services with design consultation with both Public Safety and Buildings & Grounds.

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