Wound Care Center

The wound care center occupies a different address on the ground floor of the same parking structure as the imaging center. It's a smaller space — about 60 CommScope Systimax Cat6A drops — but it required the same level of infrastructure as the larger facilities on campus.

TSS was hired directly by the customer, with Amsys coordinating trades across the campus. We built the TDR from scratch: rack, ladder rack, cable managers, patch panels, fiber enclosure, all terminations. Same approach as every other space on this campus. The EC installed cable tray on main routes, and we continued with Arlington loops where tray didn't extend.

The challenges here were identical to the imaging center next door. Parking garage environment means water in conduits, lift work for overhead runs, and a construction site being used as a storage yard. Licensed lift operators for all elevated work. Indoor/outdoor rated cable for between-building ties. Underground-rated cable where the path went below grade.

Sixty drops is a small project by count, but the infrastructure still needs redundant fiber, phone backbone, coax distribution, access control, and wireless coverage. There's no shortcut version of a medical facility cabling system just because the drop count is lower.

About 60 CommScope Systimax Cat6A drops cover this wound care center. Redundant singlemode fiber backbone connects to the campus network. 25-pair copper phone backbone, RG11/RG6 coax distribution to displays, composite access control cable to all doors, and WAP coverage throughout the space.

Every cable in this facility is the same Systimax product used across the rest of the campus. When you're building a multi-facility medical campus, consistency across all spaces matters for the customer's long-term maintenance and warranty coverage. One cable brand, one warranty, one set of documentation standards.

Between-building ties are indoor/outdoor rated. Underground segments use underground-rated cable. The TDR buildout matches the standard set on the MOB and imaging center — same rack hardware, same cable management approach, same labeling conventions.

This space was built out as part of the overall campus timeline, so our access was dictated by construction sequencing across all three buildings. Amsys kept the schedule. We coordinated directly with the EC on cable tray installation and followed behind with Arlington loops.

Working in the parking structure presented the same obstacles as the imaging center. Construction equipment and materials were stored in the garage throughout the build. Every overhead run required a licensed lift operator. Water collected in underground conduits between buildings. These aren't unique problems — they're standard for this kind of environment — but they require crews who know how to handle them.

The smaller drop count meant this space could be roughed in and trimmed out faster than the imaging center, but the TDR build and testing required the same attention to detail. Sixty drops still produce sixty test results that go into a Systimax warranty package.

Every Cat6A drop was tested with a Fluke DSX-8000 to CommScope Systimax channel specs. Fiber tested with CertiFiber Pro in both directions. Full PDF test results delivered to the customer as part of the warranty certification package.

As-built documentation included cable schedules, termination records, and TDR layout drawings. The package was submitted to CommScope alongside the imaging center and MOB documentation as part of the campus-wide warranty application.

Same crew, same campus. The team that cabled the MOB and imaging center handled the wound care center as well. That's by design. When one crew does every space on a campus, the consistency shows in the cable dress, the labeling, and the TDR organization.

All W2 employees. OSHA trained. CommScope-certified lead installer on every shift. No temps brought in for the smaller space just because it had fewer drops.

CommScope Systimax 25-year extended warranty covers this project. On-site CommScope inspection verified installation quality. The certification package — Fluke test results, fiber tests, cable schedules, as-builts — was submitted and approved. Warranty issued directly to the customer.

Even on a 60-drop project, the warranty process is identical. CommScope doesn't give you a lighter inspection just because the space is smaller. Every termination, every cable route, every support point gets the same scrutiny.

ANSI/TIA-568 on all copper and fiber installations. BICSI best practices for cable support, dress, and termination. NEC compliance including firestopping at all rated penetrations. OSHA safety requirements for all work areas, with additional builder safety protocols in the parking structure.

CommScope Systimax installation methods on every termination. Indoor/outdoor and underground cable ratings matched to the actual environmental conditions of each pathway segment.