The installation should be installed, tested and documented as per the following standards –
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC)
EN 50173 Information Technology – Generic Cabling Systems
EN 50173-1:2011 General requirements
EN 50173-2:2007 + A1:2010 Office Premises
EN 50173-3:2007 + A1:2010 Industrial Premises
EN 50173-4:2007 + A1:2010 Residential Premises
EN 50173-5:2007 + A1:2010 Data Centers
EN50173-6: Distributed Building Services
CENELEC also produce the EN50174 series of standards that are concerned with the way in which cabling
systems are designed and installed –
EN 50174-1:2009 + A2:2004
Specification and Quality Assurance
EN 50174-2:2009 + A2:2004 Installation planning & practices inside buildings
EN 50174-3:2013 Installation planning & practices outside buildings
Another relevant CENELEC standard is –
EN 50310:2010 Application of equipotential bonding and earthing in
buildings with information technology equipment
British Standards Institute (BSI)
BSI adopts all CENELEC standards and prefix them with their authority code, i.e. EN 50174-1:2009 +
A2:2004 becomes BS EN 50174-1:2009 + A2:2004
BSI also produces its own national standards –
BS 6701:2010 Telecommunications equipment and telecommunications cabling.
Specification for installation, operation and maintenance.
BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations. IET Wiring
Regulations (18th Edition).
BS6701:2010 states: All telecommunications cabling and telecommunications equipment shall meet the
requirements of the BS EN 50174 series of standards. This relates to both owners of premises (Clause 4)
and installers of telecommunications cabling and telecommunications equipment (Clause 5). Note that
the use of the word ‘shall’ is prescriptive and as such, is a legal requirement.
Urmet recommends adherence to the BS EN 50173 and BS 50174 series of standards, together with the
relevent parts of BS 6701 and BS7671 to ensure a fully compliant installation that conforms to UK legal
requirements. It is the responsibility of the installer to ensure that their practices are in accordance with
the latest published editions of the relevant standards.
Network installation and configuration requirements
