June 2020 LANtech were awarded a sizable contract by Dodd Group a large nationwide M&E Contractor to supply and install a new Ultima CAT6A U/FTP LSZH network within the new 120 place Glendinning House SEN School in Newton Abbot, Devon.

 In June 2020 LANtech were awarded a sizable contract by Dodd Group a large nationwide M&E Contractor to supply and install a new Ultima CAT6A U/FTP LSZH network within the new 120 place Glendinning House SEN School in Newton Abbot, Devon.

The new school has been constructed by Interserve at a cost of £7.6million and is made up of a main two-storey teaching space building with a separate Animal Husbandry Building within the school grounds. The new school is a special free school for children aged 7 to 19 years, with social communication and interaction needs including Autism Spectrum Condition and benefits from a special school environment because of barriers to learning, which include sensory processing needs and anxiety.

The school has the latest in IT technology to support mobile IT devices across the school. The grounds have been designed to support an outdoor and nature-based curriculum with areas for horticulture, wildlife including a woodland “Forest School” and pond, and areas suitable for keeping animals, documents with the application state.

 LANtech Communications provided a complete Ultima CAT6A U/FTP LSZH data cabling solution for the entire project. The data cabling incorporated 310 new Ultima CAT6A U/FTP data outlets for use as Desktop/CCTV/Access Control/WIFI/BMS data outlets. The dedicated main Server Room is housed centrally on the ground floor of the school.

LANtech have also supplied and installed dual 16core OM4 multimode fibre optic link cables between the Main School Building and the Animal Husbandry Building and between the two new cabinets in the Main Server Room.

Within the Main Server Room LANtech have provided 2x Excel 42u 800x1000mm server comms cabinets complete with ancillaries including PDU’s, internal cable trays, rack mounted fan trays, and cable management. One cabinet houses the internal network cabling with the second housing all the active equipment.  Within the Animal Husbandry Building a new Ultima 12u 600x500mm wall mounted comms cabinet has been installed within the Storeroom.

LANtech have provided an Ultima 25year Warranty, along with the necessary test certification and as fitted drawings for the installation. All work was completed on time and to budget.