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Division 27: Communications

Division 27 covers communications: structured cabling, data and voice systems, audio-visual systems and paging.

MasterFormat group: Facility services

What Division 27 includes

  • Structured cabling
  • Communications rooms and racks
  • Data and voice outlets
  • Audio-visual systems
  • Paging and intercom

Who bids Division 27

Low voltage contractors.

What an estimator should check

  1. 01Who provides conduit, boxes and cable tray.
  2. 02Outlet counts on technology sheets against the electrical sheets.
  3. 03Owner furnished active equipment.

Takeoffs in Division 27

Takeoff Tool reads one spec section, counts the items on the plans and flags where the spec and the drawings disagree. Each trade page says if the trade is live or opening.

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