BICSI Standards Program History

BICSI Standards Program Milestones

• 2019

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  May:

  • Publication of revision of ANSI/BICSI 02-2019, Data Center Design and Implementation Best Practices
  • Publication of BICSI 09-2019, Data Center Operations and Maintenance Best Practices
  • Publication of Essentials of Data Center Projects, 1st Edition, Specialty Manual

• 2018

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  April: Publication of revision of ANSI/BICSI 004-2018, Information Technology Systems Design and Implementation Best Practices for Healthcare Institutions and Facilities.

• 2017

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  • 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.

  
  

• 2016

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  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).

  
  

• 2015

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  • Publication of ANSI/BICSI 006 in English and Spanish
    
    
  • Publication of ANSI/BICSI 002 in Spanish and Japanese

  
  

• 2014

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  • 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.

  
  

• 2013

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  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.

  
  

• 2012

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  • September: BICSI established the Wireless Subcommittee, and OSP Construction & Implementation Subcommittee
    
    
  • December: Publication of BICSI 004-2012.

  
  

• 2011

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  • 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.

  
  

• 2010

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  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.

  
  

• 2009

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  • 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. 

• The Early Years: 1992-2008

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  • 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.