Sections are included for project management; cable handling, testing and equipment; overhead cable placement; underground cable placement; underground enclosures; bonding and grounding; cable preparation and connectorization; splicing; and activation and testing. The Fiber Optic Association, Inc. (FOA) was founded in 1995 to help develop the workforce to build the fiber optic networks to support a rapid expansion in communications and the Internet. NEIS® are intended to be referenced in contrac documents for electrical construction ation or liability to users of this publication. Existence of a standard shall not preclude any member or nonmember of NECA or FOA from specifying or using. The NESC National Electrical Safety Code provides guidelines concerning which portion of the fiber-optic cable network? Minimum safety clearances between different conductors of overhead and underground electric supply and communications lines. Engineers and. Assuming the design is completed, we're looking at the process of construction then physically installing, splicing and terminating cables, installing all hardware and completing the network, turning the design into an operating system. This is a more complex process than it may seem at first.
