NAS Whidbey Island Squadron Hangar Recabling

Working with Alutiiq, Cannon rebuilt the horizontal cabling and communication rooms in a four-squadron hangar at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island while two squadrons stayed active. Crews removed the existing fiber and copper to the desktop, built new pathway to every user location and recabled to NMCI and secure network specifications without interrupting service: 1,114 NMCI voice cables, 62 secure network locations, 654,000 feet of category cable and 25,500 feet of EMT, with two communication rooms redesigned and relocated and a third rebuilt.

Services Employed:

• Two communication rooms redesigned and relocated, one rebuilt in place
• 1,114 NMCI voice cables and 62 secure network locations with secure pathway
• 654,000 feet of category cabling placed
• 1,030 feet of new cable tray in the main runs and 25,500 feet of EMT from tray to outlet
• 2,000 feet of RG cabling for televisions and a public address system for each squadron
• Six 7 foot cabinets set in three communication rooms while the existing cabinets stayed active
• Uninterrupted service in an occupied, working hangar