CablePro Example #1

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CablePro started in 2002 to quickly bid horizontal communications cabling projects (voice-data-fiber). By determining the average cable run distance, the configuration and count of each faceplate coupled with installation manhours we are able to present a sophisticated bid showing material and labor quantity, material/labor costs, profit, gross margin and ROI.

Typical Horizontal Cabling example:

Quantity	Layout	CablePro Descriptor	Faceplate
32	1 fiber, 2 voice, 2 data	F2V2D	6-plex faceplate, 1 blank
15	1 voice, 3 data	V3D	5-plex faceplate, 1 blank
5	1 voice, 3 data	V3D	6-plex faceplate, 2 banks
26	2 voice, 2 data	2V2D	4-plex faceplate, 0 blanks
5	1 fiber	F	simplex faceplate, 0 blanks
47	1 voice, 1 data	VD	duplex faceplate, 0 blanks
total = 130	total = 37 fiber, 183 voice, 223 data		total = 130 plates

Average cable length = 180 feet (longest 1 data cable length 225', shortest 2 data cables 55' each, longest 2 voice cable 275' each), want 20% expansion capability at the panels and blocks, 5 split voice cable locations

Costs: CAT5e Voice Cable $0.10/foot, CAT6 Data Cable $0.19/foot, Multimode 62.5/125 Duplex Fiber Cable $0.35/foot

CAT6 Data jack $4.95, CAT5e Voice jack $3.95, Duplex fiber jack $25, Innerduct $0.40/ft, Wire Hangers $2.10, Faceplate $1.89

48 port fiber patch panel (couplers, jacks,terminated, tested & documented) $1,838.16, 96 port CAT6 patch panel (w/jacks, terminated, tested and documented) $1,017.88, 900 pair CAT5e block $1,799, 50 pair $141.50 (terminated, tested & documented)

1-19 Univeral rack $180, $30 clear shelf, 50ft cable runway $2.25/foot, $60 wall support, Subcontractor Old Cable Removal $625

Material Markup 40%, Labor Burden Rate $26.20/hr, Labor Sell Rate $45/hr, Subcontractor Markup 15%

What is the cost, sell price and material list? What is the cost per faceplate? What is the profit & Return-on Investment?

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