Canfield Family Independence Agency
In April of 1998, the design team at WTC submitted a Design Win for the Canfield Family Independence Agency in Detroit. It offered some interesting as well as challenging engineering problems, with over 400 1 voice/2 data locations terminating in 1 central Telecommunications Closet. It all began with the design and installation of 300 feet of B-Line Center-rail. leading out from 5 equipment racks. The Western Tel-Com team coordinated directly with facilities management to insure that our design did not interfere with any HVAC or Electrical installation.
The building required over 300,000 feet of cable, sixteen 48 port patch panels, and totaled over 2,400 terminations. The project required over 150 hours of testing, with a report of individual results provided at completion. The inspection for the Systimax Certification was done in November of 1998. The 20 year Warranty certificate was presented to the Canfield FIA administrative supervisor on the day of the buildings grand opening.