Darke & Taylor’s Structured Cabling department employs a workforce highly skilled in the installation, termination and testing of specialist network and systems integration cabling including fibre-optic, Cat5e, Cat6, Cat7, telecoms, wireless networks and AV.
AVDC Gateway Office Council Chambers LAN
- Client : Aylesbury Vale District Council
- Project Manager : Morgan Sindall
- Design & Consultancy : Darke & Taylor Structured Cabling
- Installation & Commissioning : Darke & Taylor Structured Cabling
Darke & Taylor Structured Cabling managed the supply, installation and commissioning of a Cat 6 UTP structured cabling and fibre optic cabling infrastructure including communications cabinets for the new AVDC Council Chambers Local Area Network.
Golden Lane Campus – Telecoms, Data & Wireless System
- Client : Golden Lane School, London Borough of Islington
- Project Manager : Willmott Dixon
- Design & Consultancy : Darke & Taylor Structured Cabling
- Installation & Commissioning : Darke & Taylor Structured Cabling
- Supply Chain Partner : Connectix Cabling Systems
Darke & Taylor Structured Cabling designed and installed a data and telecoms solution utilising two communications rooms; the first supporting 279 data and telecoms outlets to support the administration and teaching staff in the school; the second supporting a further 181users and 28 wireless access points. Technologies installed included Cat5E data infrastructure, 50 pair voice links and 24 core OM3 50/125 fibre links.
Air Accidents Investigation Branch Structured Cabling Solution
- Client : Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)
- Design & Consultancy : Darke & Taylor Structured Cabling
- Installation & Commissioning : Darke & Taylor Structured Cabling
- Approved Component Partner : Connectix Cabling Systems
Darke & Taylor Structured Cabling in conjunction with supply chain partner Connectix Cabling Systems were responsible for the installation of a 268 outlet Category 6 structured cabling solution that would support AAIB’s administrative network and the high security, therefore isolated, Flight Data Recorder (FDR) network. This is one of the Department for Transport’s flagship developments.
Thames Valley Police HQ – Cat5E Network
- Client : Thames Valley Police
- Project Manager : Willmott Dixon
- Design & Consultancy : Darke & Taylor Structured Cabling
- Installation & Commissioning : Darke & Taylor Structured Cabling
- Specification : Krone TrueNet
The design for the new Headquarters for Thames Valley Police South in Kidlington required the installation of 858 Cat 5e data outlets in both faceplates and floor boxes over the three floors of the building. Darke & Taylor Structured Cabling installed the entire LAN, a key enabler to ensure the police can operate effectively from this purpose built HQ.
Royal Holloway University of London – Structured Cabling work
Royal Holloway University of London ‘RHUL’ is the result of the merger of two colleges in 1985. These colleges were founded by social pioneers in the mid 1800s and were amongst the first places in Britain where women could access higher education.
These days, Royal Holloway remains as committed as ever to providing first-class education and research facilities for both students and academics and, with D&T’s assistance over the past 15 years, has been constantly improving and upgrading its data network and telephone systems.
University of Brighton – City Campus refurbishment
From small beginnings in the 1850s, the University of Brighton (UB) has grown into a complex and diverse institution of more than 20,000 students and 2,600 staff, based across four campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne.
D&T was engaged as a Data Network Supplier (DNS) for a Cat 6 network installation during a refurbishment of the City Campus.
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