Delivering a Scalable, High-Performing Cabling System in Mission Critical Environments

In the fast-paced world of global finance, a resilient and scalable IT infrastructure is essential to ensure uptime and seamless connectivity in mission-critical operations. Discover how PTS delivered a robust and concurrently maintainable cabling system that is designed to adapt to client's evolving needs. Location: Singapore

Sector: Banking, Financial Services & Insurance

Completion Date: 2021

Service Scope:

• IT Structured Cabling System (IT SCS) Design

• Tender Support

• Implementation Management

Project Summary

PTS was engaged to provide Structured Cabling System Consultancy for a Global Investment & Financial Services Bank’s new 400,000 sqft Headquarters (HQ).

The scope included the design, procurement & implementation of a concurrently maintainable Structured Cabling System with a total of 2 Technology Equipment Rooms (TER) & 21 Technology Rooms (TR) on 10 floors across 2 towers.

Challenges

• The project involved numerous business departments, which resulted in evolving end-user requirements during the Design, up to the Construction phase.

  
  

• The headquarters served over 400 traders and 2,000 back-office users. The design of the cabling system needs to be resilient & concurrently maintainable, minimising network downtime.

Solution & Outcomes

• PTS designed a grid-pattern cabling system for both low- and high- level installations with variable GOP densities to accommodate different business setups and layouts. The grid design provided the flexibility that was needed to accommodate the change requests.

  
  

• “Salt & Pepper” cabling system design was implemented on the trading floor to to avoid single points of failure & a resilient network with minimised downtime.

  
  

PTS successfully implemented a resilient and concurrently maintainable cabling system that met the client's evolving needs, demonstrating its expertise in delivering scalable and reliable solutions for complex, mission-critical environments. A total of over 20,000 runs of CAT6A cables & 150 km of OM4 Fibre Optics was installed to provide seamless network connectivity to 3,000 over staff.