| If you are deciding the best possible fit
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| | with voice and data systems, and should
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| for your office, chances are that you
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| | be available for positioning either above
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| have spoken to many vendors whom may ask
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| | or below the work surfaces.
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| you for a request for proposal.
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| | Manufacturers of modular office furniture
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| Responding to an RFP is an expensive and
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| | systems may claim to have addressed cable
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| time-consuming piece of work, too. If you
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| | management in their designs. Here's a
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| craft your RFP in too general a fashion,
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| | sample of what managers should look for:
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| you'll create a formidable challenge for
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| | - Certified conformance to TIA/EIA TSB 75
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| unfortunate vendors who will have to go
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| | and TIA/EIA -568-A
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| back and forth asking you to make the
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| | - Dedicated power and dedicated voice
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| questions more specific and then
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| | data cable pathways
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| answering these questions. Even thought
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| | - Consolidation points supporting a zoned
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| this may be a bulky task to undergo it is
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| | cable infrastructure
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| in your best interest that you become as
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| | - An internal structural design that
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| familiarized with the products'
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| | supports the concept of "fanned out cable
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| specifications as you are with the
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| | management" behind easily removed and
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| business whom will be handling it for
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| | replaced panel tile segments
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| you. Only a really in-depth,
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| | - Disconnect blocks that connect
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| comprehensive RFP will make it easy for
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| | horizontal cabling from the
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| potential vendors to draw up their
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| | telecommunications closet to the
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| proposals and save your own time in the
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| | workstation cabling to permit isolating
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| long run.
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| | and testing circuits without removing
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| A lot of consideration should go into
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| | cable terminations
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| crafting an RFP (Request for Proposals)
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| | - A simple "plug-and-play" design
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| to office furniture dealers and
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| | allowing personnel equipped with a
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| distributors supplying
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| | minimum of training to add, remove or
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| technology-compatible modular office
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| | reposition workspaces or cabling without
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| systems. Some managers may place more
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| | disrupting the entire office
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| weight on certain considerations over
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| | - Lay-in cabling runs outside structural
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| others, but should insist that their
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| | framing but behind modular removable
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| vendors strive to meet all of the
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| | office wall tiles. This provides more
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| following desirable features.
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| | cabling capacity, pathway options and
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| 1. Panel Considerations
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| | easier access
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| You should focus on the strength and
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| | - Concealed cable management anchor
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| rigidity when in use and the factors that
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| | points for slack cable storage
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| enables the systems to remain
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| | - Easily installed data ports in several
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| distortion-free during MACs. A new
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| | work area options
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| approach called off-modular design allows
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| | 3. Data Throughput
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| much greater freedom in locating bins,
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| | Data throughput, otherwise phrased as the
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| shelves and divider panels.
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| | data handling capacity of the office
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| Newer technologies such as knockdown and
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| | network, is a subject of its own.
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| ready-to-assemble structural elements
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| | Companies will continue to wrestle with
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| overcome traditional restrictions and, as
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| | the tradeoff between costs and the
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| a bonus, add flexibility while reducing
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| | efficiencies gained with high-capacity
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| production and erection costs. These new
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| | networks.
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| features give designers and installers
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| | These throughputs are required to
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| virtually unlimited options in task
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| | accommodate massive file transfers or
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| tailoring today's office and workspace
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| | download, lighting speed Internet access
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| layouts. Another benefit of this new
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| | and full-motion video to the workplace. A
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| construction technology is the stackable
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| | companion decision, also a subject of its
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| panel frame - an innovation taking office
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| | own, is what medium to use for office
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| furniture systems literally to the next
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| | data cabling.
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| level. Load-bearing walls 30 inches to
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| | However, analyzing your needs in detail
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| ceiling high can be constructed, moved
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| | and making sure all your requirements are
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| and reconfigured quickly and efficiently
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| | included in the document isn't enough
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| to create spaces in harmony with the work
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| | either. Here are a few main things that
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| being performed or support a wholesale
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| | should be included in your proposal:
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| job change.
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| | 1. Information About Your Company
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| 2. Cable Management
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| | 2. IT Standards
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| Cable management for power and voice/data
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| | 3. Reasons for Requesting a Proposal
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| video is a major challenge to be
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| | 4. Project Description
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| addressed in technology-intensive
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| | 5. Time Limit
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| workplaces. Vendors should confirm that
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| | 6. Proposal Description
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| their cabling installers are trained and
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| | 7. Requested Information About a Vendor
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| certified for power and data
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| | 8. Perfect Vendor's Image
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| installations, and that all wiring and
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| | 9. Criteria for Proposal Evaluation
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| cabling conform to local codes. Power
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| | 10.
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| systems should not share channel space
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