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Summer Punch List Mania
7/31/2006
Item 32: “Signal cables entwined in AC power above ceiling.” The contractor had a low-voltage cabling bundle running above the ceiling. When the installer came to a high-voltage flexible whip, he ran some of the wires to the left, some to the right. In addition to less-than-optimal cable placement, we noted that there were few cable hangers used. The installer used hangers already in the ceiling from other contractors, as well as laying cables across ducting and red-iron structure.
Item 37: “Balancing for microphone and program audio.” Testing the program audio sounded fine, and testing the microphone sounded fine, but running them both together, as if an instructor were talking over a program source such as dialog from a movie, showed that there needed to be changes made in order for the system to function optimally.
As you punchlist your own projects over the next month, keep in mind that small details will affect the usability and robustness of your rooms. Enforcing your specification in a reasonable fashion ensures that contractors will give you what you are paying for.
Will Craig CTS-D CDT, is a Multimedia Systems Consultant with Elert & Associates, a nationwide multidisciplinary technology consulting firm.Cite this Site
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