Project: office structured cabling
Global Harvest Foods,
new office cabling
Global Harvest Foods was moving into a new office suite in Kent. Before the desks arrived, every workstation, printer and wall plate needed a network connection waiting for it. We cabled the whole space.
Rivas Technology Group pulled 90 Cat6 plenum network drops through the ceiling of Global Harvest Foods' new office suite in Kent and installed the wall-mount rack they all run back to. Every drop is its own run from the rack, so the office opened with a connection waiting at every desk.
- Client
- Global Harvest Foods
- City
- Kent, WA
- Scope
- 90 Cat6 plenum network drops, wall-mount rack installation, cabling for the entire office suite
- Result
- A connection at every desk before move-in
- Next
- Service poles for added cubicles, and runs to areas not yet open
What did the client need?
Global Harvest Foods was moving into a new office suite in Kent. The space was empty: carpet down, ceiling tiles in, no furniture and no network. Every desk, printer and shared space needed a working connection on the day the team moved in, and the cable had to be in before the furniture made the ceiling hard to reach.
What did we install?
Ninety network drops of Cat6 plenum cable, each a home run from its jack back to one rack. We pulled the bundles through the ceiling, along the building's steel, and down to every workstation location across the suite. At the head end we installed a wall-mount network cabinet with patch panels, where every drop lands in one place.
Why plan cabling before move-in?
Because an empty suite is the easiest it will ever be to work in. Ceiling tiles come out without moving desks, ladders go anywhere, and nobody's workday stops. Pulling cable after move-in means working around people, furniture and equipment, and usually means fewer drops than the office really needs.
What comes next?
Phase two, as the office grows into the space. We will add service poles to bring network cable down to additional cubicles in the open floor, and finish the wire runs to areas of the suite that are not yet available to work in. The rack and the cable paths were planned with that growth in mind.
Where is this project?
In Kent, a few minutes from our office at 415 Railroad Ave S. We serve businesses across south King County and Pierce County. More office, clinic and warehouse work is on the commercial hub, and the cabling service itself is on network and cabling.
Similar project?
Any office, clinic or shop moving into a new space. We walk it with you, count the drops, plan the rack, and cable it before move-in. Related projects: South Sound Law Group and Washington Pottery Company. Contact us or start below.
Questions we hear
What is a network drop?
One cable run from the network rack to a jack in the wall or floor, where a computer, printer, phone or access point plugs in. Each drop is its own home run, so a problem on one desk never takes down another.
Why Cat6 plenum cable?
Cat6 carries gigabit networking to every desk with headroom to spare. Plenum-rated cable has a jacket made for the air space above a ceiling, which is where these runs travel, so it is the cable the space calls for.
When should cabling happen in an office move?
Before the furniture and the people. An empty suite with open ceiling tiles is the fastest and cleanest time to pull cable, and the office opens on day one with every connection in place.
How many drops does an office need?
Count every desk, then add printers, wireless access points, cameras, phones and conference rooms, plus spares for growth. We count it with you on a walk-through before anything is ordered.
Where does all the cable go?
Back to one rack. Here that was a wall-mount cabinet with patch panels, so the network gear, the internet connection and every drop live in one locked, organized place.
What if we add desks later?
Plan for it. Here the next phase adds service poles that drop network cable from the ceiling to new cubicles in the open floor, back to the same rack, so growth does not mean starting over.
Can you do the same for my office?
Yes. Tell us the address, the move-in date and roughly how many people and desks there will be. We walk the space and send a written proposal priced drop by drop.
Moving offices? Cable it before move-in.
Tell us the address, the move-in date and how many desks you expect. We walk the space and send a written proposal. We call or text back within one business day.