The University of Queensland UQ awarded an $800,000 contract for a Cat6 solution for the joint UQ/CSIRO biotechnology building to KRONE Australia.. The new joint UQ/CSIRO building where
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KRONE (Australia) Holdings Pty Limited
2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259
Phone: 02 4389 5000
Fax: 02 4388 4499
Help Desk: 1800 801 298
Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au
Web: www.krone.com.au
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It's KRONE Cat 6 for University
of Queensland
Product performance and reliability and competitive pricing ensure
KRONE w ins large contract.
The University of Queensland (UQ) awarded an
$800,000 contract for a Cat6 solution for the joint
UQ/CSIRO biotechnology building to KRONE Australia
Of necessity, universities lead the way as adopters
of new technologies and UQ is no different It was
among the first Australian educational institutions
to offer courses on biotechnology, the applied
science that studies the cells of plants, animals and
microbes to develop products and processes to
improve our daily lives
At present, UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience
(IMB) - its courses, staff and students - are spread
across a number of buildings on St Lucia Campus It
is UQ's aim to house them in the one building by
the end of 2002
The new joint UQ/CSIRO building where the IMB
will be located requires a communications network
infrastructure with the highest possible bandwidth
to enable new and emerging technologies such as
videoconferencing, video streaming, and the
sophisticated imaging and data processing systems
used in this rapidly advancing science
" We've been working towards this goal for almost
two years now," said Derek Browning, Supervisor
Network Installation and Maintenance, University of
Queensland
" It has taken 18 months to construct the two,
eight-storey buildings, which include lecture
theatres, an auditorium and facilities for distance
learning The project is a joint venture between the
University and the CSIRO who will share our
facilities to conduct its own biotechnical research
" When the first designs for the building were
developed several years ago, Cat5e was the next
proposed standard and we were already running
100 Megabit to the desktop over a Gigabit Ethernet
backbone It is imperative that we provide the best cabling infrastructure for our future needs
" CSIRO has contributed a significant portion of the funding for the project as well as providing its cabling infrastructure specifications to use as a basis for our own network design," said Mr Browning KRONE Australia won the tender for the UQ cabling infrastructure project from strong competition from two other vendors
" We're using KRONE's PremisNET®
Cat 6 solution
of cable, connectors and patch panels as well as KRONE fibre pigtails, connectors and patch panels," said Mr Browning " The value of this part of the project is estimated to be around $800,000."
Construction of the UQ/ CSIRO building at the UQ
St Lucia Campus, w here the Institute for M olecular Bioscience w ill be located
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KRONE (Australia) Holdings Pty Limited
2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259
Phone: 02 4389 5000
Fax: 02 4388 4499
Help Desk: 1800 801 298
Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au
Web: www.krone.com.au
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The KRONE endorsed installer, ABB, has commenced
laying 450 kilometres of cable throughout the
building providing voice and data to 5,300 outlets
" KRONE's Queensland team worked closely with us
to ensure we gain the maximum benefit from our
PremisNET®
solution," said Mr Browning " They
have been extremely helpful in responding to our
queries on a number of occasions."
Glen Johnston, KRONE's Manager, Marketing and
Product Development said: " The University of
Queensland has been a long-time customer of
KRONE, through many tender processes We are
particularly excited that they have chosen us again,
against all comers In fact, the new biotechnology
building is the second University of Queensland
building to adopt a PremisNET Cat 6 solution The
General Purpose North 3 building was completed
earlier this year
" In choosing our PremisNET structured cabling
solution, the University receives the industry's most
extensive standards-compliant warranty program
that guarantees the system's performance for up to
20 years It is a fully comprehensive product, system
and applications warranty that includes all parts,
labour and service."
The redevelopment of the site at St Lucia is an ongoing
process, demanded by the age of some of the older
buildings but restricted by the size of the site
" Over the years, we have used KRONE solutions in
other areas of the St Lucia campus and, as existing
buildings are refurbished or rebuilt, we will certainly
be asking the KRONE team to tender for major
projects," said Mr Browning " To date they have
won our business because of product performance
and reliability and competitive pricing."
About t he Universit y of Queensland
Founded in 1909, the University of Queensland is the State's oldest higher education institution with approximately 4,500 staff, 30,000 students and 5,500 courses across three campuses - at St Lucia, Gatton and Ipswich
Established as the primary campus in 1948, St Lucia
is located on a 115-hectare site in the picturesque inner-city suburb of St Lucia, bounded by the Brisbane River on three sides As well as Queensland's most extensive multimedia library, state-of-the-art laboratories and lecture theatres, the campus houses 2,000 students in ten residential colleges On-campus facilities include extensive world-class sporting venues, a shopping arcade, banks, post office, cinema, theatre, restaurants, refectories and recreation precincts Many of the gracious sandstone buildings are more than 50 years old
KRONE PremisNET product s used by t he Universit y of Queensland are:
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