Quick Answer
What drives the cost of structured cabling?
The short answer
Cost for structured cabling is driven by pathways, cable type, testing, labeling, racks, records, and future capacity, and above all by how much existing infrastructure is reusable. Labor, phasing, and after-hours access usually move the number more than hardware list price does.
Answered by Jim Mazzarella, CEO & Managing Partner
Where the money actually goes
Hardware is the visible line item, but on most structured cabling projects the labor, pathway, and coordination effort dominate. A site survey is what turns a range into a number you can budget against.
Cost drivers to price explicitly
- Reusable versus replaced infrastructure
- Labor, access windows, and occupied-space phasing
- Integration and commissioning effort
- Ongoing support, licensing, and lifecycle replacement
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