Structured Cabling in Menikhinna

Usually, yes. Surface-mounted trunking fixed with minimal drilling carries cables neatly along walls and can be removed if you move out, with the landlord's agreement. A compact wall cabinet holds the switch and patch panel. Routes are agreed with you and the owner beforehand and everything is documented, so the installation can be extended or handed back cleanly when the lease ends.

Each workstation needs its own tested point, plus points for the teacher's desk, a projector or smart board, and a printer. Cables are best run in trunking along the walls or through floor boxes rather than across walkways. A small locked rack in the lab or a nearby office holds the switch, and every point is labelled so a fault at one desk can be traced without guesswork.

Cat5e is the budget option and fine for basic needs; Cat6 is the sensible default for most modern offices; and Cat6a supports 10-gigabit speeds, worth it for server rooms and backbone runs but rarely necessary for individual desks. For most offices we run Cat6 to workstations and Cat6a only on the backbone.

We recommend two data points per desk — one for a computer and one spare for a phone, printer, or future need — rather than exactly one per person. Retrofitting a single missed point after the finishes are complete costs far more than including it upfront.

Cabling during construction, before walls close up, is significantly cheaper per point than retrofitting into a finished space, where cables must be routed around existing finishes. If you're planning a new fit-out, involve your cabling provider at the same stage as your electrician.

Yes. Every structured cabling installation includes termination, testing, and certification documentation. Untested cabling can look fine on day one and cause intermittent faults months later that are far more expensive to diagnose — so certification is standard, not an optional extra.

For a typical 20-person office in the Kandy area, professional structured cabling runs between LKR 150,000 and LKR 300,000 depending on cable type and layout complexity, including data points at each workstation, patch panels, a network cabinet, and testing certification. We provide a detailed quotation after a free site survey.