Hopefully some of you laugh at this I'm sure it's funny but not to me since I'm living it.
----The Backstory----
My organization is getting a new building. We will have two cubicle areas for 30 users. The electrical blue print calls for 25 data / power poles to be dropped from the ceiling in these areas. I've dealt with distribution poles before and have no problem with them.
----The Problem----
Nobody pre planned where the cubicles would be going in these two rooms or bought the cubicles. I won't have the final dimensions of what cubicles will be going in until after the power and data poles have already been run. My solution is simply to have them not do the final mounting of the poles and leave them with 3 feet of slack in the cables. I can adjust them to fit the cubicles because we have a decent idea of where everything will end up going.
----The Monkey Wrench-----
Someone above me figured out a different solution, have the electric and network drops put on the ceiling instead and just run patch cables and extension cords down to the cubicles where ever they may end up.
I think aside from looking bad and being plagued with issues from cables getting pulled this is dangerous. I have never seen this done in an office environment and I'm guessing there is a reason why. Are there building codes or standards agencies like HIPPA or OSHA that ban this kind of practice? If not are there any best practices guides out there that say this isn't the best idea? Sorry the post was so long thanks for any help.
----The Backstory----
My organization is getting a new building. We will have two cubicle areas for 30 users. The electrical blue print calls for 25 data / power poles to be dropped from the ceiling in these areas. I've dealt with distribution poles before and have no problem with them.
----The Problem----
Nobody pre planned where the cubicles would be going in these two rooms or bought the cubicles. I won't have the final dimensions of what cubicles will be going in until after the power and data poles have already been run. My solution is simply to have them not do the final mounting of the poles and leave them with 3 feet of slack in the cables. I can adjust them to fit the cubicles because we have a decent idea of where everything will end up going.
----The Monkey Wrench-----
Someone above me figured out a different solution, have the electric and network drops put on the ceiling instead and just run patch cables and extension cords down to the cubicles where ever they may end up.
I think aside from looking bad and being plagued with issues from cables getting pulled this is dangerous. I have never seen this done in an office environment and I'm guessing there is a reason why. Are there building codes or standards agencies like HIPPA or OSHA that ban this kind of practice? If not are there any best practices guides out there that say this isn't the best idea? Sorry the post was so long thanks for any help.