ICT DESIGN PARTNERS TELECOM INSTALLATION MAKE-READY CHECKLIST Version: 2026-08-26 Purpose ------- Use this record before a defined telecom installation work package mobilizes. It is a coordination aid, not a safety plan, code review, site survey, installation standard, or substitute for approved construction documents. Project: ________________________________________________ Building / floor / area: _________________________________ System / work package: ___________________________________ Planned mobilization: ____________________________________ Review date: _____________________________________________ Current drawing issue: ___________________________________ Current specification issue: _____________________________ Release authority: _______________________________________ Status key ---------- [ ] OPEN Evidence or decision is still required. [ ] READY Evidence is attached or linked. [ ] N/A Not applicable, with a reason recorded. [ ] HOLD A no-go condition blocks the affected work. For every OPEN or HOLD item record: - exact condition - affected area/work - evidence or decision required - accountable owner - due date - RFI/submittal/issue reference 1. WORK PACKAGE AND DOCUMENT CONTROL ------------------------------------ [ ] Building, floor, area, system, phase, and limits are defined. [ ] Current-for-construction drawing index is recorded. [ ] Specification issue, addenda, bulletins, RFIs, and sketches are recorded. [ ] Owner standards and approved design criteria are available. [ ] Plans, risers, elevations, schedules, details, and specifications agree. [ ] Inclusions, exclusions, alternates, allowances, and work by others are clear. [ ] Owner-furnished and contractor-furnished equipment are separated. [ ] Delegated-design and shop-drawing responsibilities are identified. [ ] Required permit, AHJ, PE, RCDD, owner, and other approvals are recorded. [ ] Superseded paper and digital documents have a removal/replacement process. [ ] Field-change and RFI paths are known to the crew. [ ] One person is authorized to release this work package. 2. SITE, ACCESS, AND SEQUENCE ----------------------------- [ ] Released areas were walked against current drawings. [ ] Photographs, measurements, and markups are in the approved project record. [ ] Site access, badging, escorts, keys, and working hours are confirmed. [ ] Shutdown, outage, occupied-area, noise, dust, and protection limits are set. [ ] Secure, clinical, hazardous, or controlled-area methods are approved. [ ] Predecessor walls, ceilings, paint, doors, and finishes are ready. [ ] Required sleeves, tray, conduit, backboards, pads, and supports are ready. [ ] Architectural, electrical, mechanical, fire protection, security, AV, DAS, controls, and other trade sequences are coordinated where applicable. [ ] Staging, unloading, secure storage, lifts, elevators, parking, and waste are set. [ ] Finished work and active systems have an approved protection method. 3. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPACES ---------------------------- [ ] Each EF/ER/TR/TE/cabinet/enclosure is released individually. [ ] Space identity, serving area, and approved layout match the field. [ ] Rack, cabinet, wall field, door, access route, and service zones are clear. [ ] Room is weather-tight, secure, clean, illuminated, and environmentally ready. [ ] Backboards, finishes, pads, anchors, sleeves, and tray entries are complete. [ ] Power, lighting, UPS/emergency interfaces, and bonding points are available. [ ] Cooling, ventilation, filtration, leak risk, and monitoring are resolved. [ ] No unrelated piping, storage, or unapproved equipment blocks the space. [ ] Installation, patching, testing, maintenance, and replacement access remains. [ ] Open telecom-room decisions are assigned in the project record. 4. PATHWAYS, SUPPORTS, AND PENETRATIONS --------------------------------------- [ ] Representative routes were traced end to end. [ ] Pathway route, size, count, fill basis, and pull plan match the release. [ ] Conduit, sleeves, tray, J-hooks, pull points, and transitions are continuous. [ ] Pathways are accessible, clean, dry, undamaged, and free of sharp edges. [ ] Bushings, fittings, covers, pull strings, and pathway bonding are complete. [ ] Supports use approved structure/support systems and have known capacity. [ ] Shared pathways and supports have an identified capacity and owner. [ ] Separation/crossings with power and interference sources are coordinated. [ ] Wet, hot, hazardous, corrosive, and exterior conditions are addressed. [ ] Rated penetrations have an approved firestop system and responsible installer. [ ] Temporary and final firestopping sequence and inspection are defined. 5. POWER, BONDING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERFACES ------------------------------------------------ [ ] Telecom bonding points, busbars, conductors, racks, and pathways are identified. [ ] Upstream electrical grounding interface is available and accepted. [ ] Power circuits, receptacles, identification, surge protection, and cords match. [ ] UPS or emergency-power interfaces are coordinated where required. [ ] Required room environmental condition exists before storage/energization. [ ] Cross-discipline inspection/test evidence is attached or linked. [ ] Responsibility boundaries remain with the appropriate discipline. 6. MATERIALS, SUBMITTALS, TOOLS, AND LOGISTICS ---------------------------------------------- [ ] Material list traces to approved submittals and the released work package. [ ] Cable, hardware, racks, pathways, supports, firestop, bonding, and labels match. [ ] Manufacturer, product family, category/media, rating, and compatibility match. [ ] Approved substitutions and warranty/system conditions are recorded. [ ] Quantities include visible spare, scrap, pull-length, and lead-time assumptions. [ ] Deliveries were inspected for damage, moisture, exposure, and identification. [ ] Storage conditions and quarantine process are ready. [ ] Specialty tools and suitable access equipment are available. [ ] Test instruments are capable, current, calibrated, and have correct adapters. [ ] Cleaning, termination, fusion, launch/receive, and reference materials are ready. [ ] Owner-furnished equipment has delivery, configuration, security, and acceptance owners. 7. CREW, SAFETY, AND COMMUNICATION --------------------------------- [ ] Staffing, supervision, required credentials, licenses, and permits are confirmed. [ ] Site orientation and task-specific training are complete. [ ] Approved safety plan and hazard assessment were reviewed by the responsible authority. [ ] Fall protection, lift, hot-work, confined-space, and energized-work rules are set. [ ] Pre-installation briefing covers scope, documents, sequence, workmanship, and stops. [ ] Field lead, designer/RCDD, GC, owner, discipline, witness, and escalation contacts are named. [ ] Crew knows how to report conflicts and obtain documented direction. [ ] Stop-work triggers and emergency process are understood. 8. LABELING, TESTING, AND CLOSEOUT ---------------------------------- [ ] Labeling scheme, identifiers, material, format, placement, and records are approved. [ ] Test limits and link/channel configuration are defined for each media type. [ ] Instrument, adapters, reference method, file naming, and retest rules are set. [ ] Witness and acceptance requirements are identified. [ ] Test and administration records use the same identifiers as drawings and labels. [ ] Redline frequency, photographs, daily reports, and concealed-work records are set. [ ] Field changes have an incorporation owner for record documents. [ ] Closeout list includes formats, naming, folders, warranties, training, and spares. [ ] As-builts, test exports, records, forms, and turnover dates are defined. [ ] First-work sample covers routing, support, termination, labels, firestop, bonding, testing, and records before production is released. 9. NO-GO CONDITIONS -------------------- Mark HOLD for the affected work when any condition below is true. [ ] No current released document basis or superseded-document control. [ ] Unresolved scope, permit, AHJ, licensed-discipline, or owner approval. [ ] Unsafe/unauthorized access or incomplete predecessor work. [ ] Space, pathway, support, firestop, power, bonding, or environment prevents work. [ ] Material is unapproved, incompatible, damaged, or missing. [ ] Required tools or calibrated test equipment are missing. [ ] No accepted label/test/record method or no escalation/approval authority. [ ] Other project no-go condition: _________________________________ 10. RELEASE RECORD ------------------ Overall status (choose one): [ ] RELEASED [ ] RELEASED WITH NAMED CONDITIONS [ ] HELD Released area/work: ________________________________________________ Conditions/exclusions: _____________________________________________ Open-item log reference: ___________________________________________ Next review date/trigger: __________________________________________ Installing contractor field lead: __________________ Date: __________ General contractor coordinator: ____________________ Date: __________ ICT designer / RCDD input: _________________________ Date: __________ Owner input: _______________________________________ Date: __________ Other responsible discipline(s): __________________ Date: __________ Release authority: _________________________________ Date: __________ Responsibility note ------------------- Signatures document inputs and release authority only within each party's contracted responsibility. They do not transfer safety, code, design, licensure, means-and-methods, inspection, or installation obligations. Source guide: https://ictdesignpartners.com/insights/telecom-installation-make-ready-checklist Free to use and adapt. No warranty. Verify against current standards, adopted code, safety requirements, manufacturer instructions, project specifications, approved submittals, and responsible-professional direction.