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BICSI Standards Program History
About Standards
In January 1995, BICSI President Wes Summers and the BICSI Board of Directors appointed Boyd Uppman as the founding Chairman of the BICSI Standards Committee (BSC).
The first BSC meeting took place at the 1995 BICSI Spring Conference in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Theron (TJ) Roe, RCDD was appointed Secretary at the BICSI Fall Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, that same year.
The original mission of the BSC:
- Monitor standards-making bodies and advise the BICSI membership of standards proposals
- Influence standards-making bodies with proposals that serve the interest of telecommunications performance
In 1996, Ed Phillips, RCDD/INSTF was appointed Chairman of the BSC with TJ Roe serving as Secretary.
The first BSC subcommittee was established to propose edits for the standard known as ANSI/EIA-310-C; Cabinets, Racks, Panels, and Associated Equipment.
In 1998, TJ Roe, RCDD was appointed Chair of the BSC with George Thorning, RCDD, serving as Secretary. They would provide a decade of leadership for the BSC.
BICSI Standards Program Milestones
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2018
April: Publication of revision of ANSI/BICSI 004-2018, Information Technology Systems Design and Implementation Best Practices for Healthcare Institutions and Facilities. -
2017
- January: Publication of completely revised ANSI/BICSI 001-2017, Information and Communication Technology Systems Design and Implementation Best Practices for Educational Institutions and Facilities.
- August: Publication of ANSI/BICSI 007-2017, Information Communication Technology Design and Implementation Practices for Intelligent Buildings and Premises.
- September: Re-accredited by ANSI as an American Standards Developer.
- December:
- Publication of ANSI/BICSI 008-2018, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Systems Design and Implementation Best Practices.
- Publication of ANSI/BICSI N2-17, Practices for the Installation of Telecommunications and ICT Cabling Intended to Support Remote Power Applications.
- Publication of BICSI G1-17, ICT Outside Plant Construction and Installation: General Practices.
- January: Publication of completely revised ANSI/BICSI 001-2017, Information and Communication Technology Systems Design and Implementation Best Practices for Educational Institutions and Facilities.
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2016
January: New Leadership: John Kacperski – Chair, Ray Emplit - Vice Chair.
May: Publication of revised ANSI/BICSI 005-2016, Electronic Safety and Security (ESS) System Design and Implementation Best Practices.
May: Program Membership exceeded 500 members.
May: Incorporation of ANSI/BICSI 002 into EIT 022012-16 (Thailand).
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2015
- Publication of ANSI/BICSI 006 in English and Spanish
- Publication of ANSI/BICSI 002 in Spanish and Japanese
- Publication of ANSI/BICSI 006 in English and Spanish
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2014
- January: Publication of ANSI/BICSI 003-2014, Building Information Modeling (BIM) Practices for Information Technology Systems.
- September: BICSI established Intelligent Building Subcommittee.
- December: Publication of revision to ANSI/BICSI 002-2014, Data Center Design and Implementation Best Practices.
- January: Publication of ANSI/BICSI 003-2014, Building Information Modeling (BIM) Practices for Information Technology Systems.
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2013
April: BICSI received American National Standards designation for BICSI 004, Information Technology Systems Design and Implementation Best Practices for Healthcare Institutions and Facilities
May: Publication of BICSI 005, Electronic Safety and Security (ESS) System Design and Implementation Best Practices
June: Publication of ANSI/NECA/BICSI 607 and ANSI/BICSI 005 in Spanish.
September: Assigned management of BICSI’s code making efforts within the Codes Subcommittee.
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2012
- September: BICSI established the Wireless Subcommittee, and OSP Construction & Implementation Subcommittee
- December: Publication of BICSI 004-2012.
- September: BICSI established the Wireless Subcommittee, and OSP Construction & Implementation Subcommittee
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2011
- January: BICSI established the Building Information Modeling (BIM) Subcommittee.
- March: ANSI/BICSI 002-2011 was published, providing the foundation of the Data Center Design Consultant (DCDC) credential.
- May: BICSI received its first re-accreditation by ANSI as an American Standards Developer.
- November: ANSI/NECA/BICSI 607-2011, Standard for Telecommunications Bonding and Grounding Planning and Installation Methods for Commercial Buildings was published.
- January: BICSI established the Building Information Modeling (BIM) Subcommittee.
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2010
On the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the BICSI Standards Committee, the BSC became the foundation of BICSI International Standards Program.
February: BICSI established the ESS subcommittee. Todd Taylor was the Chair, John Kacperski was Vice-Chair, and Terry Hochbein, Secretary.
June: BICSI-002, Data Center Design and Implementation Best Practices was published, completing seven years of development activity.
September: Program membership exceeded 200 members.
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2009
- April: BICSI published its first independent standard, ANSI/BICSI-001-2009, Information Transport Systems Design Standard for K-12 Educational Institutions.
- May: Jeff Silveira was hired as the first Director of Standards within BICSI.
- September: BCS Established the Healthcare subcommittee.
- October: BICSI established standards liaison activities with the Infocom Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore.
- April: BICSI published its first independent standard, ANSI/BICSI-001-2009, Information Transport Systems Design Standard for K-12 Educational Institutions.
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The Early Years: 1992-2008
- 1992 – BICSI appointed Donna Ballast as BICSI's Standards Representative to the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA).
- 1998 – BICSI applied for American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accreditation and appointed Donna Ballast as its Standards Secretariat.
- 1998 – BICSI began its first joint standards development with National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) on Commercial Building Telecommunications Installation (ANSI/NECA/BICSI-568).
- 1999 – BSC Chair TJ Roe addressed a technology session at the United Nations.
- 1999 – BICSI became ANSI-accredited allowing BICSI to publish standards on our own as a standards development organization (SDO).
- 2000 – First BSC meeting was held outside of the United States in Brighton, England.
- 2001 – BICSI offered amendments and additions to the ANSI/EIA-310-C standard.
- 2001 – BICSI jointly published ANSI/NECA/BICSI-568 with NECA.
- 2006 – ANSI/NECA/BICSI-568 was revised and jointly published by BICSI and NECA.
- 2008 – In January 2008, Bob Faber, RCDD, NTS, was appointed Chair of the BSC with Stephen Banks, RCDD, appointed as Vice Chair and Todd Taylor, RCDD, NTS, OSP, appointed Secretary.
- 1992 – BICSI appointed Donna Ballast as BICSI's Standards Representative to the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA).