Structured Cabling Best Practices for Hotel New Builds

Plan Before You Pull

Structured cabling in a hotel new build requires coordination between the low-voltage contractor, the general contractor, and the MEP team from day one. The most common mistake is treating cabling as an afterthought.

Cable Pathways That Scale

Oversize your conduits by 40%. Use cable tray rather than J-hooks in main distribution paths. Every IDF should have a minimum of two 2-inch conduits to the MDF.

Cat6A for horizontal runs, OS2 single-mode for backbone, and always pull 30% more cable than the current plan calls for.