Paragon Mall
A retail ICT and ELV installation package built on a 48-core fiber backbone — 3,200 OTDR-tested splices, 1,192 patched ports, 162 cameras and 19 controlled doors, delivered as specialist subcontractor to the main systems integrator.
Paragon Mall, Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi
- Project
- Paragon Mall
- Sector
- Retail & Commercial
- Location
- Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi
- Delivered
- 2020
- Role
- ELV & ICT subcontractor to the main systems integrator
The scale of the delivery
A working retail mall needs its optical backbone, tenant connectivity, cameras and door hardware installed and certified around trading hours, with every core traceable when a shop unit is handed over.
A 48-core single-mode backbone from the floor telecom rooms to the main telecom room, 8-core drops to retail units, 162-camera CCTV, Cat6A data and voice points, and access control on 19 doors.
Every fiber core spliced and OTDR-tested, every copper link Fluke-tested, and every FTR room patched, labeled and handed over with completed patching schedules.
Real delivery, real engineers
The work at Paragon Mall, discipline by discipline — every system specified, installed, tested and commissioned on the ground by one accountable IP Care team.
Fiber Backbone & Splicing
The mall runs on a 48-core single-mode backbone from the floor telecom rooms to the main telecom room, with 8-core drops out to the retail units. Every one of 3,200 cores was spliced and OTDR-tested — not sampled, tested.
- 2,592 splices on the 48-core FTR to MTR backbone, all OTDR tested
- 240 further 48-core splices on the main telecom room side, OTDR tested
- 336 splices on 8-core drops to retail units, OTDR tested
- 32 splices on 4-core links
- 27 × 48-core single-mode pulls, dressed and labeled FTR to MTR
- 21 × 8-core pulls from FTR out to retail shop ONUs
- 5 × 48-core terminations and labeling inside the main telecom room
- 82 indoor cameras fixed and labeled
- 80 further cameras fixed and labeled
- 98 Cat6A camera runs pulled, terminated, dressed and labeled
- Fluke testing and labeling on camera links as part of the scope
CCTV Systems
One hundred and sixty-two cameras mounted, aligned and labeled across the retail floors, back-of-house and circulation areas, each on a Cat6A run pulled, dressed, terminated and Fluke-tested before commissioning.
Optical Distribution & Patching
Nearly twelve hundred ports patched across every floor telecom room, each one labeled and written into the patching schedule — the difference between a mall that can hand over a shop unit in an hour and one that spends a day tracing cores.
- 1,192 ports patched across all FTR rooms
- Labeling and completed patching schedules for every room
- Optical distribution frames built out and dressed
- 115 Cat6A data and voice points pulled, installed, terminated, tested and labeled
- 36 further Cat6A points pulled, installed, terminated and Fluke tested
- 48 additional data and voice points Fluke tested and labeled
Data & Voice Cabling
Cat6A data and voice points pulled, terminated and certified through the retail and back-of-house areas, with a further set of existing points tested and labeled to bring the whole installation onto one record.
- 19 doors: Cat6 pulling, installation and termination of ACP devices
- Door contact, maglock, push button, break glass and card reader per door
- Terminated into pre-installed access control panels
Access Control
Nineteen doors cabled from panel to hardware — door contact, magnetic lock, push button, break glass and card reader on each — installed and terminated into access control panels already positioned on site.
The work, item by item
The installation scope delivered at Paragon Mall, discipline by discipline. Equipment was supplied by the main contractor; every quantity below is work carried out, terminated and tested by IP Care.
Fiber Backbone
| Work item | Qty |
|---|---|
| 48-core single-mode pulling, dressing and labeling, FTR to MTR | 27 |
| 48-core termination (splicing) and OTDR testing, backbone | 2,592 |
| 48-core termination and labeling inside MTR | 5 |
| 48-core termination (splicing) and OTDR testing, MTR side | 240 |
| 8-core pulling, dressing and labeling, FTR to retail shops | 21 |
| 8-core termination (splicing) and OTDR testing | 336 |
| 4-core pulling, termination, dressing and labeling | 8 |
| 4-core termination (splicing) | 32 |
CCTV
| Work item | Qty |
|---|---|
| Cat6A pulling, termination, dressing and labeling for cameras | 74 |
| Cat6A pulling, termination, dressing, Fluke testing and labeling | 24 |
| Indoor camera fixing and labeling | 82 |
| Camera fixing and labeling | 80 |
Data & Voice
| Work item | Qty |
|---|---|
| Cat6A pulling, installation, termination, testing and labeling | 115 |
| Cat6A pulling, installation, termination and Fluke testing | 36 |
| Cat6A Fluke testing and labeling of data/voice points | 48 |
| Patching all FTR rooms, labeling and filling patching schedules | 1,192 |
Access Control
| Work item | Qty |
|---|---|
| Cat6 pulling, installation and termination of ACP devices per door | 19 |
Finished means documented
Every core OTDR tested
All 3,200 fiber splices tested with an OTDR rather than sampled, so each core on the backbone and the retail drops has a trace behind it.
Patching schedules completed
1,192 ports patched, labeled and written into the schedule for every floor telecom room, so tenant fit-outs start from a known record.
Copper Fluke tested
Camera runs and data and voice points pulled, terminated and Fluke-tested, with labeling applied to the project standard.
Delivered around trading
Work staged with the main contractor across cabling, installation, termination, testing and final snagging to suit a live retail environment.
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