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SALINE WATER CONVERSION CORPORATION

KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Projects Engineering Department

SWCC WATER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS

CONSTRUCTION WORKS

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YANBU SPECIFICATION S08

FIBRE OPTIC CABLE CONDUIT AND FOC INSTALLATION

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LIST OF CONTENTS
1 SCOPE.........................................................................................................................4
2 GENERAL ....................................................................................................................4
3 CODES AND STANDARDS ......................................................................................... 4
4 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ................................................................................ 5
5 TRANSPORT, UNLOADING AND STORAGE .............................................................. 5
6 MATERIALS .................................................................................................................5
6.1 Cable Conduit ...............................................................................................................5
6.2 Enclosures....................................................................................................................5
6.3 Concrete shafts ............................................................................................................6
6.4 Optical Distribution Frame ............................................................................................ 6
6.5 Marker ..........................................................................................................................6
6.6 Warning Tape ...............................................................................................................6
6.7 Patch Cords, Pigtails, Optical Plug Connection ............................................................. 7
7 CABLE LAYING............................................................................................................7
7.1 General ........................................................................................................................7
7.2 Laying procedure .......................................................................................................... 8
7.3 Cable laying inside buildings......................................................................................... 8
7.4 Cable splicing ...............................................................................................................8
7.5 Connectors ...................................................................................................................9
8 TESTS..........................................................................................................................9
8.1 Installation Test ............................................................................................................ 9
8.2 Splice Test....................................................................................................................9
8.3 Acceptance Test ........................................................................................................... 9
8.4 Test protocols ...............................................................................................................9
9 DOCUMENTATION .................................................................................................... 10
9.1 Design Documents ..................................................................................................... 10
9.2 Documents for FOC Installation .................................................................................. 10
9.3 As-built documents ..................................................................................................... 10
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ABBREVIATION

EMS Electronic Marker System

FAT Factory Acceptance Test

FOC Fibre Optic Cable

ODF Optical Distribution Frame

OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometry

PE Polyethylene

RoC Receipt of Cable

SAT Site Acceptance Test

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1 SCOPE

This specification defines the general requirements for the fibre optic cable conduit for
the Water Transmission Pipelines, the several accessories and the FOC installation
including splicing. The cable conduit shall be used for blowing in the fibre optic cable
connecting the pipeline stations.

2 GENERAL

The fibre optic cable shall be laid in parallel to the pipeline in buried cable ducts. The
fibre optic cable system shall be terminated in each station.

3 CODES AND STANDARDS

The manufacturing, delivery, installation and testing of the cable conduit shall meet the
requirements established in the following codes and standards:

- ISO 161-1 Thermoplastics Pipes – Nominal Diameters; Nominal

Pressures
- ISO/DIS 1167 Thermoplastics Pipes – Resistance to Internal Pressure – Test
Method

- ISO/DIS 2505-1 Thermoplastics Pipes – Longitudinal Reversion –

Determination Methods
- ISO/DIS 2505-2 Thermoplastics Pipes – Longitudinal Reversion –
Determination Parameters
- ISO/TR 10358 Plastics Pipes and Fittings – Combined Chemical Resistance
Classification Table
- DIN 8074 Polyethylene (PE) – Pipes PE 63, PE 80, PE 100, PE-HD-
Dimensions
- DIN 8075 Polyethylene (PE) Pipes General Quality Requirements
Wherever codes, standards and recommendations are mentioned, the latest published
revision or issue shall be applicable.
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4 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

The environmental data are summarised in the specification S01 “Design and
Construction of I&C System” and in the General Specification G02 ”Description of Project
and Works”.

The cable conduit and all other accessories shall be suitable to function properly and
faultlessly under the specified conditions.

5 TRANSPORT, UNLOADING AND STORAGE

All of this material shall be brought on site, unloaded and stored (if necessary) in such a
way that damages are avoided.

Storage supports and stacking heights must be selected in such a way that steady
deformations of the cable conduits are avoided.

6 MATERIALS

6.1 Cable Conduit

The cable conduits shall especially be suitable for blowing in fibre optic cables and shall
reduce the friction and abrasion of the fibre optic cable to a minimum during the
installation process.

Twin-tube conduits shall be used.

The inner surface of the cable conduit shall therefore provide optimum sliding
characteristics achieved by longitudinal groves.

The conduit, including the connection sleeves shall be designed to withstand the
pressure and forces during the blowing process, the minimum pressure rating is 10 bar.

Markings shall be printed on the conduits. The markings shall be permanent, insoluble in
water and be legible for the duration of conduit life. The markings shall be printed at
intervals of not more than 2 meters. The text has to be approved by the employer.

The technical parameters of the cable conduits shall be according to the data sheet
“Fibre Optic Cable Accessories”.

6.2 Enclosures

Splice enclosures suitable for direct buried application shall be used for straight through
splicing and branch splicing of single mode fibre cables. The splice enclosures shall be
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suitable for fibre optic cable according to the specification S07 “Fibre Optic Cable for
Pipeline” and the appropriate data sheet “Fiber Optic Cable Accessories”. In general the
enclosures shall be used to splice two (2) fibre cables but shall have the capability of
splicing additional branch cables whenever the need arises.

The following minimum functional requirements shall be provided:

- mechanical protection of the splice

- accommodation for redundant fibres
- termination of the Fibre Optic Cable
The minimum service life for splice closures for over ground and underground
applications shall be of 30 years.

All splice enclosures shall be installed in concrete shafts.

6.3 Concrete shafts

The dimension of the prefabricated concrete shaft shall be designed in this way that the
cable loop and/or the splicing enclosures at splicing points and pulling pits can be laid
under consideration of the minimum bending radius of the fibre optic cable.

6.4 Optical Distribution Frame

The termination of each fibre in transmit and receive direction shall be provided on an
optical distribution frame (ODF) for access to the transmission equipment. The ODF for
receive and transmit direction shall be dimensioned in accordance to the specified
number of fibres referring to the specification S07 “Fibre Optic Cable for Pipeline” plus
additionally 20% of spare capacity.

The ODFs are to be installed in termination cabinets, which may be combined with the
communication system cabinet.

6.5 Marker

Buried passive markers (ball EMS) shall be used for each concrete shaft. In addition
above ground concrete markers shall be provided.

One mobile detector for the applied buried passive markers shall be provided within
scope of work.

6.6 Warning Tape

A detectable reinforced underground marking and warning tape shall be laid in the
ground 300 mm above the protection conduit.
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The text to be printed on the tape and to be repeated at a maximum distance of 2m has
to be approved by the employer and shall contain the name of the owner, the pipeline
system name, a telephone number (if available) and the words “Fibre Optic Cable” in
English and Arabic language.

One mobile detector for the applied detectable marking and warning tape shall be
provided within scope of work.

6.7 Patch Cords, Pigtails, Optical Plug Connection

The patch cord consists of a single mode fibre optic cable with plug connections on both
ends.

Pigtails are fibre cables pre-assembled with a connector at one end.

The optical plug connection consists of a plug and an adapter for the connection with a
further plug.

All connectors must be from the same type as the connectors of the communication
system (see S09 “Communication System”).

The fibres of the patch cords and pigtails shall be according the specified fibres in the
specification S07 “Fibre Optic Cable for Pipeline”.

All components shall have a service life of more than 15 years with a minimum of contact
durability of 1000.

7 CABLE LAYING

7.1 General
The cable shall be laid with a minimum of splicing joints. The number of the joints shall
be minimized taking into account the location of the stations along the pipeline.

The cable laying shall be started after the cable conduit has been installed and tested
(calibration and pressure test) successfully between two points of cable termination
(pipeline stations).

After the cable conduit has been tested successfully and the trench surfaces have been
reinstated, the fibre optic cable shall be blown in (pulled in at difficult sections).
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7.2 Laying procedure

The cable shall be laid in buried conduits. The laying process has to be in compliance
with cable manufacturer’s recommendation (tensile load rating, pulling force, crushing
force, minimum allowed bending ratings, minimum outdoor laying temperature, etc.).

Along the pipeline the cable jet method shall be used for cable laying.

The use of additional lubricants during the cable installation shall be avoided.

At station sites or in difficult sections it shall be allowed to pull the cable.

At cable joint points a surplus cable of approx. 10 m shall be provided for splicing. After
splicing the surplus cable shall be coiled up. The surplus cable and the enclosure shall
be installed in a prefabricated concrete shaft.

Markers shall be used to locate the position of the concrete shafts.

7.3 Cable laying inside buildings

Inside buildings the fibre optic cable shall be laid on cable trays or inside ducts.

The fibre optic cable shall be tied-in, laid, terminated and relieved from strain applying all
applicable regulations.

Grommets through walls and floors required in course of the cable laying shall be
opened and closed under consideration of fire safety regulations.

7.4 Cable splicing

The splices shall be produced by use of fully automatic splicing devices applying fusion
splicing technology.

The splicing shall be conducted with the procedure outlined by the manufacturer of the
equipment with a particular emphasis on cleanliness.

For fibre optic cable connection only electric-arc fusion splicing is acceptable. Only for
test purposes (e.g. receipt of cable testing) mechanical splicing is allowed.

Each single splice shall not introduce to the fibre an attenuation exceeding 0.1 dB.

The splices shall be accommodated in splicing enclosures. At cable joint points, all fibres
of the fibre optic cable shall be connected through by splices.

All fibres of the cable tied-in to a station shall be spliced in a fibre optic terminal box with
splicing modules. All fibres shall be spliced to pigtails which shall be terminated on an
optical distribution frame with optical connectors providing access for a data transmission
system to the optical fibres. The fibre optic terminal box and the optical distribution frame
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shall be housed in the termination cabinet, which may be combined with the
communication system cabinet.

All spare and standby fibres terminated at the optical distribution frame shall be
connected through by patch cords.

7.5 Connectors

The connector loss shall not exceed 0.5 dB per connector.

8 TESTS

8.1 Installation Test

Immediately after a cable is installed an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) test
has to be performed to verify, if cable damage has occurred during the installation.

8.2 Splice Test

An unidirectional OTDR-testing shall be performed after a splice is done.

8.3 Acceptance Test

The following tests shall be performed on each fibre after laying, installation, splicing and
termination of each cable section:

- Attenuation tests of each fibre at 1.300 +30/-15 nm and at 1.550 +30/-70 nm with
(OTDR) IEC 60793 double-sided.

- Attenuation tests of each fibre at 1.300 nm and at 1.550 nm with optical power
meters single-sided.
Having identified which splices have a loss exceeding the criteria, the next step is to re-
burn these splices to reduce the loss.

Only if the measurements confirm that all splices, terminations and attenuations of the
several cable sections are according to the cable/termination specification of
manufacture and to this specification a cable section can be completed.

8.4 Test protocols

Test protocols shall be provided for all activities conducted in course of tests.
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9 DOCUMENTATION

9.1 Design Documents

Following approved design documents are necessary for the installation of the cable
conduit and the fibre optic cable:

- general documents
- cable laying method statement

- cable installation procedure

- cable splicing method statement
- drawing and document schedule (or part of an overall schedule)
- time schedule (or part of an overall schedule)
- power budget calculation
- data sheets and sketches
- enclosures data sheet

- concrete shaft data and sketch

- ODF data sheet
- marker data sheet and sketch
- Pigtails and patch cord data sheets
- optical plug connection data sheet

- drawings
- interconnection diagram, terminal block diagram, distribution board schedule
(ODF)
- splicing location sheet
- cable routing

9.2 Documents for FOC Installation

Following documents are necessary for the laying of the FOC:

- results of RoC test

- results of the calibration test

9.3 As-built documents

The as-built documents to be provided comprise the:

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- latest revision of all design documents

- laying records
- splicing table and drawings with the coordinates of the splices
- test reports