Inside Plant (ISP)

Inside Plant

Best-value design and installation of premise wiring and information systems

Cannon provides end-to-end design and installation of structured cabling, backbone, fiber to the desktop and the information management systems that run on them, with BICSI and FOA certified technicians working under staffed RCDDs. Clients include the Department of Defense and its prime contractors, utilities and public utility districts, city and county agencies, school districts, and carriers such as Comcast, Astound and Zayo.

TechniciansBICSI / FOAcertified installers and technicians
DesignRCDDon staff
TrainingBICSI ATFauthorized training facility in house
StandardsTIA 568 / 606-Bcertified and documented
Installation and cabling

Structured cabling from the entrance facility to the work area

Structured and backbone cabling

Category 5e through 6A premise wiring, copper and fiber backbone, riser and horizontal pathways, telecommunications rooms, racks and cabinets, labeled and administered to TIA 606-B.

Network architecture

Data, voice and video integration, LAN and WAN system implementation, and specialized high-speed data and communication networks for institutional and industrial sites.

Fiber to the desktop and MDU

Fiber to the desktop, GPON and PON MDU installation and configuration, FTTP, FTTH and FTTN solutions from the building entrance to the unit.

Splicing, termination and testing

Loose tube and ribbon splicing, hot splice, butt splice and ring cut techniques, precision termination, certification testing and troubleshooting with results delivered in the closeout package.

DAS, wireless and security

Distributed antenna systems, wireless access point deployment, secure CCTV, access control and advanced information management systems.

Data center and central office

Data center and central office construction, cable tray and ladder rack, overhead and underfloor pathways, and abandoned cable wreck-out ahead of new installation.

Federal and secure facilities

Classified and unclassified networks on the installation

Cannon installs and certifies premise cabling for secure and non-secure networks on military installations, including SIPRNet and NIPRNet installation services, Category 6 and 6A systems in occupied facilities, live cutovers and the telecommunications infrastructure upgrades that run across dozens of buildings at a time, such as the 27-building CITS upgrade at McChord Field.

Crews are badged and DBIDS credentialed where the work is, projects run to USACE EM 385-1-1, and the information security program behind the drawings and as-builts is built to NIST SP 800-171. The federal services page covers credentials, registrations and contracting paths; the quality page covers testing, documentation and information security.

Cannon technician terminating cabling in a telecommunications room
Electrical services

Electrical administrators on staff for the building side

The inside plant group works alongside Cannon's electrical administrators and electricians, so a tenant improvement or new construction scope can include electrical system installation and upgrades, routine maintenance and emergency repairs, energy-efficient lighting, power distribution and load analysis, and customized automation and control systems under one contract. High voltage and site electrical scope is on the power page.

BICSI Authorized Training Facility

Cannon operates a BICSI Authorized Training Facility staffed with an on-site Registered Communications Distribution Designer, so the technicians on a Cannon job are trained and current on the standards they install to. See BICSI training and training courses.

Cabling a building, a campus or an installation?

Send the drawings or the floor count. Cannon will come back with an RCDD-reviewed design and a certified installation plan.