One of the ways NACS works behind the scenes to improve the quality of the technology infrastructure at UCI is to foster intercampus communication and cooperation.
NACS’s Todd Strand conceived of the idea of bringing together the Cable Infrastructure Engineers from all of the UC campuses (including UC Merced). He started these discussions via email and this later lead to several telephone conference calls. Eventually, the “UC Layer One” discussion group decided to meet together, in person.
The first UC Cable Engineering Forum was held at UC Davis in October. Todd spoke at the conference about “firestopping” methodology (the methods used to seal cable and conduit penetrations in buildings in a fire-safe way that meets fire codes.) Other presentations discussed seismic planning, disaster recovery, and inventory control.
Those interested can review Todd’s and the other presentations at http://www.engineeringlayerone.com/index.html