August 09, 2004
Floor Cables
Friday I finished half the area -- two offices and 19 desks in the open office area.
Today I am working on the other half which consists of 27 desks and a printer/fax position by the window. This is the area where there is no great movement of desks so I am mostly just checking to verify each and every desk has it's communications cables.
Each cubicle has a six inch by six inch power/communications box. Lift the lid to find four 120vac power outlets and, hopefully, the communications cables. At this originally had a desk, but it had been removed, and is now being put back.
Sometimes you run into problems. The communications cables are not in the box. 
Time to do some actual work. Pull up a section of carpet tile to expose the raised floor system. Unscrew the four corners of the floor tile, lift off, and set aside. Take a look under the floor to se if I can find any communications cables -- they should be nearby since this once was a working position, but as with anything in life, it is not guaranteed. Today I am lucky, the cables were just outside of the box.
This is just a minor matter: reach under the floor with one hand, reach over the floor and into the box with the other hand, pick up and pass the cables thru the slot and into the box.
My work for this section is almost done. All that is left is to place the cables in the boxes that should appear about where that curtain (upper left of the picture for last Friday) is. I cannot check until the construction is further along. Maybe Thursday.
Posted by at August 9, 2004 08:59 AM