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Cabling

The quiet infrastructure under managed IT, security, and AV. If the cable plant is wrong, every system above it argues with you.

A dark cable bundle in a black metal J-hook, with the industrial ceiling soft behind it.

For any site where the cable plant under the systems has to be right the first time.

Every managed network, camera system, and conference room depends on a cable plant that was planned — not improvised. FM designs, pulls, and terminates copper and fiber so the systems above it stay reliable for the life of the building.

Pathways, rack elevation, labeling, and test results are part of the deliverable. When you add a wing, an IDF, or a wireless refresh years later, the documentation still makes sense.

Where a trench is not an option, point-to-point wireless links extend the plant without pretending copper can do the impossible.

How we approach it

  • Right the first time

    Routes, drop counts, and rack space planned before the drywall closes. Rework is expensive; we design to avoid it.

  • Copper & fiber standards

    Category cabling and fiber terminated, tested, and labeled to a standard your next technician can follow without a scavenger hunt.

  • Built for what sits on top

    IT, security, wireless, and AV share one plant. PoE budgets, pathway fill, and separation are considered together — not as four competing vendors.

  • Campus & distance options

    Between buildings or across a lot, fiber or licensed/unlicensed wireless links keep sites connected when trenching is not realistic.

This solution includes

Ethernet

Copper that carries voice, video, data, and PoE with the reliability those signals actually require. Drops are planned for density and growth, terminated cleanly, and tested so the switch port you need is the one that works.

How we support it

  • As-builts, labels, and test results are part of handoff — not an afterthought.
  • Plant design accounts for PoE, wireless, security, and AV on the same pathways.
  • Adds and moves follow the same standard so the closet stays readable.

Tell us about your environment and what you need supported. We reply with a clear next step.

support@fm.net

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