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Practices and Procedures


All new buildings and alterations of existing buildings will, as part of the project cost, include the installations of new Cat5E cabling that follows the University’s specifications and standards. Depending on the scope, the project’s costs may also include the renovations to fiber optic cabling, trunk cabling and communications rooms. The Cable Plant Office will provide expertise for the design and review of each project.

Installations or alterations that are not authorized by the Cable Plant Office and do not follow the university’s specifications or standards, or which damage the existing cabling system, will not be activated with communications services until such cabling installation is brought up to university specifications and standards under authorization by the Cable Plant Office. Such work will be charged to therelevant project or department. 

If such a department or group wishes to have an outlet installed, whether Category 5e UTP, for data/voice or Coaxial cable for CableTV, they should send email requesting an estimate to cp-estimates@andrew.cmu.edu. The following information must be included in the request for an estimate:

  • contact person
  • phone number(s)
  • building name and room number in which the outlet is being requested (e.g., Baker Hall - Room #001)

Once this information is received, a record of the request will be made and an estimate will be provided to the person listed as the contact person, whether the request is for one outlet or several. After approval, an oracle string number will be needed to charge the installation and current Cable Plant fees for administrative work. Please note that once any of the type outlets are installed, it will be necessary to activate the outlet for service. In order to do so, please note Datacom and Telecom's procedures policy for this:

Note: No unauthorized entry into communications rooms will be permitted. These rooms are restricted to the field service staff of Telecom and Data Communications. Requests for access should be directed to the Cable Plant Office who will review the request for access and if approved, will issue the appropriate keys through a sign-out procedure. In an emergency, contact the University Police department at 412-268-2323.