Specifications include, but are not limited to: • Contractor shall have necessary certifications to provide for Guarantees as specified herein. o Contractor shall be an active participant in Installers Program operated by Manufacturer of Cabling or Termination Components used. Contractor shall be a participant in this program at time of Bidding and remain so throughout project. o Contractor shall have on the project team at a minimum one (1) certified Installer trained by the manufacturer(s) of the cabling, hardware and accessories installed under this project. o At least (1) member of each test team shall be factory trained/certified in use of the test equipment. The project foreman shall have been factory trained in the use of the test equipment. • Test Data - Fiber Optic Media o Test results shall include a record of test wavelengths, cable type, cable and fiber I.D., measurement direction, test equipment type, model and serial number, calibration date, test date, reference setup, and crew member name(s). o Use United States customary units (e.g., “feet”) rather than International System units (SI; metric) unless otherwise instructed. o Submit Attenuation (Insertion Loss) Test Results for each fiber in electronic form as follows: In the native format of the test instrument. Summarized to include a list of all fibers and the corresponding attenuation values. The Summary shall be in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format and include all records. Attenuation values documents should be actual measured Loss and not “Headroom” relative to the Pass/Fail limit. • Submit OTDR in electronic form in the native format of the test instrument. • Cable Jacket: o Material: Polyethylene (PE). PE shall be compounded to provide protection against the effects of ultraviolet light and limit the growth of fungus. o Cable jacket shall be free of holes, splits, and blisters. o The cable jacket shall be marked with the manufacturer’s name, words identifying the cable type (e.g., “Optical Cable” or “Fiber Optic Cable”), year of manufacture, and sequential length markings in feet. The marking shall be in a contrasting color to the cable jacket. • Temperature Range: o Storage: -40o to +70oC (no irreversible change in attenuation) o Operating 0o to +70oC o Installation 0o to +60oC o Humidity Range: 0 to 100 • Max. Tensile Load o ≥ 12-fibers During Installation: 1332 Newton’s (300 lb. force) (no irreversible change in attenuation) Long Term:600 N (135 lb. force) o < 12-fibers During Installation: 1000 Newton’s (225 lb. force) (no irreversible change in attenuation) Long Term:300 N (67 lb. force) • Bending Radius: o During Installation: 20 times cable diameter o No Load: 10 times cable diameter • This cable shall be suitable for installation in building riser systems, in conduit, in cable tray or in innerduct. • Cable shall be a Tight Buffer design. • Cable materials shall be all dielectric (no conductive material). o Exception: Where armored cable is specified, that cable element may be metallic. • Cable jacket color shall indicate fiber type per TIA-598. o OM4 (50/125 LASER-optimized Multimode) AQUA o OS2 (Single-mode) YELLOW
