MAJOR FOURWAYS SHOPPING CENTRE

CT Communications replaced the aging copper backbone at this major Fourways shopping centre with a new single-mode fiber distribution network connecting the centre management office, all major plant rooms, tenant communication rooms on each level, and the security and CCTV control room. The project required routing new fiber through occupied service corridors and riser shafts without disruption to the 300-plus trading tenants, and was executed in four phases scheduled across six weeks of after-hours work.

The new fiber backbone delivered a tenfold increase in available bandwidth for tenant services and centre management systems, and the structured cabling documentation produced during the project gave the facilities team a current and accurate record of all active network paths for the first time in the building's history. A preventive maintenance contract established at project completion has maintained the fiber plant in verified condition since installation.