A N Other

Hello. I've been given the task of costing out a proposed cabling exercise.

Is there a tried and tested method of calculating the average cost of installing CAT5 points, other than working out individual component prices? How do contractors charge? Anything else I need to consider?

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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£100 a point

SwissTony

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we have a cabling division in my company and as a rough rulke of thumb.Cost will be £60 per point with a few extras thrown in in regards to extra drilling through walls, access conduits etc
Just a guide though...I'm sure other ppl will have better advice.

Andy Hall

Blimey Puff, I wish I could get away with those costs

Give me a call Mr Other and I'll give you a budgetary price.
07976 634701

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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Thats for both ends!

tonybooth

There are many ways to skin a Cat5e point

I will happily advise you, just let me know. Alot of people will only cost for socket, cable and panel - forgetting about cabinets, containment and testing.

TONY
07803 955600

Andy Hall

Puff,

On the larger jobs, that would include the cabinet too, Ive just quoted a 3000 pointer at about £32 per cable for Cat 6

Andy

Figment

I'm soon going to need to cable up around 200 points. Anyone care to quote me for supplying materials?

Faceplates, sockets, cable (reckon on 10 boxes @ 305 metres), panels, 2 x 800x800 racks (full height) etc. (no wallboxes needed)

email details to: cat5@mdbgroup.co.uk

Thanks

David_Wallis

fookin ell I was going to say about £30 per point is better..

why not go with CAT6..

10GbaseT mmm..

David

Andy Hall

Cost is reliant on the type of building routing etc. around £28-£30 would be an open plan office with high outlet concentrations and raised floor.

There was a company around a couple of years ago who advertised £28.50 per cable, then when they got their foot in the door you discovered that all this included was about 30m of cable and a faceplate. Then they would add wall boxes, trunking, patch panels, cabinets etc and come out more expensive than the rest of us. Don't hear much about them these days

If your installing yourself I would recommend Cat 5E as Cat 6 is a lot more sensitive to bend radius and termination technique. Also Gigabit to the desk is generally enough for most offices.

You really also want to get it properly tested, not just continuity but a proper fluke tester or similar. If its not tested it's not a cable as far as I'm concerned

Andy

David_Wallis

im currently installing 10 cat 6 24 port panels.. and bought 9 boxes of cable..

putting 24 port patch panels in each server cabinet then a link to one of the many network cab's..

Other cabinets have been done but these never were..

raised floor so its a piece of ****.. and yeah we have a fluke dsp cable / fibre analyser tester..

its not the cabling thats worrying.. its the VESDA and flood detection.. I really dont want to meet intergen

Figment

Andy Hall, sent you mail 2 days ago. did you get it?

Andy Hall

Hi Figment,
Yes I did, was on the road all day yesterday, but will get prices over this morning.

Sorry
Andy