...truly independent

As one of the few truly independent consulting organisations in the field of telecommunications cabling, The Cabling Partnership is able to provide services to both the supply- and client-sides of the industry.

...client-side

The Cabling Partnership is able to provide a range of services to client-side organisations such as:
premises owners;
tenants;
specialist (e.g. IT) consulting organisations;
general (e.g. M & E) consulting organisations.

...services

The Cabling Partnership is pleased to provide a wide range of services to the client-side of the industry covering the selection and specification of cabling infrastructures, the quality assurance of their installation and effective administration of their operation.

All the products and services provided are founded on direct involvement in standardisation of telecommunications (IT) cabling via both the formal standards bodies (BSI, CENELEC and ISO/IEC) and industry bodies such as the FIA and TIA-B.

..Audits

Those who do not fully and/or correctly specify their infrastructure are certainly at risk if a dispute arises as they may have no recourse open to them. However, even where the specification has been correctly defined there will be occasions when controversy arises.

The Cabling Partnership is able to undertake technical and contractual audits against its own Installation Specifications or against those produced by third parties.

Typical areas requiring audit are balanced and optical fibre cabling performance and the quality of installation procedures. Audits can also be extended to cover reliability-related issues such as cabinet design/layout and the effectiveness of operating controls in the procurement and utilization of the channel components (patch and equipment cords etc.).

...Arbitration

Trade associations including the FIA offers Arbitration Schemes to its members and their clients. Where they cannot be applied, The Cabling Partnership offers its own Arbitration Scheme to provide technical advice and support where there is a dispute relating to work undertaken or products provided to a client by a third party.

A decision to use the Arbitration Service requires prior agreement by both parties involved that they will accept the final decision of The Cabling Partnership.

...Expert Witness

This is an extension of the Arbitration Scheme and is, fortunately, only offered when a strict legal involvement is necessary. Mike Gilmore, Senior Partner, has acted as an Expert Witness for both supply- and client-side organisations.

Reports are prepared in response to legal instruction. Hopefully such matters can be settled out of court.

The Cabling Partnership is able to provide advice to users in the very early phases of installation design. This type of service includes the analysis of competing cable and connecting hardware solutions and products together with the restrictions on their use (based upon current and forthcoming standards). The proposed installation practices are reviewed with particular regard to any impact on other building services such as the architectural design and mains power installations.

Once the basic decisions have been taken, The Cabling Partnership creates highly detailed technical and operating specifications for the telecommunications cabling infrastructures. The design of such infrastructures tend to be based on standards including ISO/IEC 11801, (BS) EN 50173 series standards and ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B involving both balanced and optical fibre cabling technology.

The construction of the specifications is based upon the requirements of BS 6701:2004 ad EN 50174-1.

The Cabling Partnership is willing to undertake the adjudication of tender submissions either independently or as part of larger multi-disciplinary teams.

The adjudication of tenders is simplified by the presence of comprehensive Installation Specifications within the tender documentation. However, The Cabling Partnership is able to provide support whether or not we have been involved in the development of the Installation Specification.

TECHNICAL COMPARISON
Proposed solutions may be evaluated in great detail, if necessary. The Cabling Partnership own and operate a variety of test equipment and, where necessary, will access the principal European test houses in the UK and Denmark.
COMMERCIAL COMPARISON
The Cabling Partnership operates detailed cost modeling packages which allow the rapid evaluation of competing bids on a commercial level.
QUALITY ASSURANCE COMPARISONS
The quality assurance aspects of each bid may be reviewed against recognized and developing standards for the inspection and testing of components and installed cabling links and channels