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CASE
study
KRONE Australia
2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259
Phone: 02 4388 4422
Fax: 02 4388 4499
Help Desk: 1800 801 298
Email:
Web: www.krone.com.au
APIN's Structured Cabling Solution
Reduces Complexity and Costs
The $530 million APIN project - Army Presence in the
North - is the largest construction programme in
Darwin since the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy, with
around 50 contract packages to develop working and
living facilities at Robertson Barracks nearly completed.
With different electrical contractors working across
150 buildings, there was a risk that the various cabling
systems would lack synergy, adding complexity for
operators and multiplying the design cost. The
solution was to develop a complete structured cabling
system for the entire base by incorporating set
standards into the electrical design brief.
The APIN project will relocate the Army's 1st
Brigade and its support elements to Darwin by
2001. Works include the construction of roads,
live-in accommodation for 2,300 personnel,
training and health facilities and engineering and
communication services on a greenfield site.
Three years ago KRONE Australia developed a

premium cabling solution for Package 49, the
Darwin Logistic Battalion Headquarters and One
Brigade Headquarters . Covering some 8,000
points, the Package included the Communication
Information Systems Centre, the main cross-
connect area for Robertson Barracks.
The cabling system installed for Package 49 has
since formed the foundation for the development of
a complete structured cabling system for the entire
base, covering horizontal connections and internal
and external communication links for all buildings.
Captain Ian McDonagh of APIN Facilities office has
responsibility for providing a coordinated
communications approach to base infrastructure.
"Through the tender process packages have been
awarded to different builders. Without set
standards given to electrical contractors there was a
danger that regardless of the quality, we could end
up with different designs for each package.
"Recognising the need to extend a standard
philosophy to cabinet layout, termination
equipment and cabling product, the concept of a
structured cabling system became a reality. We
worked closely with KRONE to establish the best
structure possible and then incorporated it into the
functional design brief. While we specified the
design, individual contractors had the freedom to
choose which supplier would produce the
product," said Captain McDonagh.
Based on the KRONE design, the cabling infrastructure

for Robertson Barracks spans operational and
administration buildings, accommodation of 1060
rooms and recreation facilities. The Category 5 cabling
system supports voice and data, communications
security and building management systems.
The criteria for developing APIN's cabling specifications
were reliability to withstand harsh climatic conditions,
flexibility to cater to any size building and long term
capability to adopt to future technologies. One of the
main factors influencing the decision to specify KRONE
was the provision of a 20-year warranty guaranteeing
that the installation will support voice and data,
communications and building automation protocol for
the length of the warranty period.
Jon Vause, Western Region Sales Manager for
KRONE Australia, Communications Division said:
"The cabling infrastructure at APIN has the capacity
to handle data transmission speeds well in excess of
Category 5 specifications and to support existing
and future protocols.
"One of the main advantages that KRONE brought
to the project was the ability to customise the
design of the cabling system to produce a flexible
solution for APIN. Using a standard layout, the
design can be applied to any building regardless of
size, making it easier for patching and
maintenance."
CASE
study
KRONE Australia

2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259
Phone: 02 4388 4422
Fax: 02 4388 4499
Help Desk: 1800 801 298
Email:
Web: www.krone.com.au
Captain McDonagh added: "Having the knowledge
of cabinet layout and a standard set of patch leads
has meant that the cabling design required per
package has been reduced to almost nothing. With
some 50 packages across the project, this represents
a significant saving on infrastructure design costs."
The KRONE solution for the APIN project includes its
Premis
NET
family of products comprising HIGHWAY
patch panels and outlets, HIGHBAND termination
blocks and HIGHLIGHT fibre optic cabling system,
along with 19-inch racks from Richpac Technologies
and fibre and optic cable from Belden and Brand Rex.
As the construction phase winds down, the project
is going into an operational stage with the cabling
infrastructure now experiencing significant traffic.
Last year KRONE ran a seminar for all project
partners on the APIN communications specifications
and it maintains its support on an ongoing basis.
According to Captain McDonagh, however, the
project has not had one failure of any one point in
the three years it has been operational.