Codes and Standards for Telecommunication systems

    -          Fire Alarm System

·           The application shall be according to the (Fire Protection Requirements for buildings)

·           Detailed design shall follow NFPA 72 (National Fire Alarm Code) and/or the BS 5839 latest edition latest edition

·           Fire alarm shall comply with the requirement of the local branch of the general civil defense administration.

·           All Fire Alarm devices and equipment shall be UL listed.

-          Telecommunications

all applicable local building code, safety, environmental and other requirements will be met In addition to the below listed standards :

·           Requirements of the service provider

·           ISO/IEC 11801:2002 - Information technology - Generic cabling for customer premises

·           ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B - Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard, with addendums.

·           ANSI/TIA/EIA 569-A - Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunication Pathways and Spaces

·           ANSI/TIA/EIA 598-A - Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding

·           ANSI/TIA/EIA 606 - Administration Standard for the Telecommunications Infrastructure of Commercial Buildings

·           ANSI/TIA/EIA 607 - Commercial Building Grounding and Bonding Requirements for Telecommunications

·           ANSI/TIA/EIA-TSB-67 - Transmission Performance Specifications for Field Testing of Twisted Pair Cabling System

·           EIA/TIA-526-7 “Optical Power Loss Measurements of Installed Single Mode Fiber Cable Plant

·           EIA/TIA-526-14 - Optical Power Loss Measurements of Installed Multimode Fiber Cable Plant

·           TIA/EIA-854 Full Duplex Ethernet Specification for 1000Mbps Operating Over Category 6 Balanced Twisted Pair Cabling.

·           Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Sixteenth Edition

·           IEEE 802.1 - LAN/MAN Bridging and Management.

·           IEEE 802.3 - CSMA/CD Access Methods.

·           IEEE 802.11 -Wireless LAN’s.

·           Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI) recommendations.

·           Requirements of Civil Defense

The following codes will also be applied to IP-PBX equipment and characteristics:

·           ISO               International Organization for Standardization

·           ITU               International Telecommunication Union

-          Security Systems

Work shall be performed in accordance with applicable local building code, safety, environmental and other requirements at the commencement of installation. The following list summarizes applicable standards:

·           UL 294, UL 1076, ULC

·           CE

·           FCC – Part 15, Part 68

·           NFPA 70, NEC

·           IEEE, RS 170 variable standard

·           IEEE, NTSC (color camera broadcast)

·           PAL (color camera broadcast, Europe)

·           CCIR (monochrome standard, Europe)

·           Microsoft® Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) interface)

·           ISO Software Coding Standards for C++ and C#

·           RoHS

-          Public Address and Voice Evacuation System

·           BS 5839 Part 8: Code for Practice for the design, installation and servicing of voice alarm system

·           EN 60849: International Standards Sound System for Emergency Purposes.

·           IEC - International Electrical Commission

-        IEC 149              Sockets and Accessories for Electronic   Plug In Devices

-        IEC 268              Sound System Equipment

-        IEC 297              Dimensions of Panels and Racks

-        IEC 574              Audio-Visual, videoand Television            Equipment and System

-        IEC 60849Sound System for Emergency Purposes

·           NFPA 72: Interfacing with Fire alarm system