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KRONE (Australia) Holdings Pty Limited
2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259
Phone: 02 4389 5000
Fax: 02 4388 4499
Tech Support: 1800 801 298
Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au
Web: krone.com.au
Job No 6205 06/04
NEW NETWORK KICKS A GOAL FOR
CLUB MARCONI
KRONE cable upgrade connects Australia’s most
cosmopolitan club community.
Club Marconi was established in 1958 in the Sydney
suburb of Bossley Park, near Fairfield. Contrary to its
origin of simply serving an Italian community, the Club
Marconi of 2004 provides sporting, entertainment,
educational and social facilities for a whole community
of varying cultures and origins.
Located on 31 acres of parkland and playing fields, Club
Marconi is considered to be the most cosmopolitan club
in Australia. It has over 23,000 members representing
18 nationalities and over 24 different languages plus a
team of 430 staff.
Club Marconi had long outgrown its existing structured
cabling system and in an effort to keep up with the
needs of both club and community, it became apparent
that an upgrade would be required. On initial
investigation it was discovered that the Club had no real
structured wiring solution, more a hash of different
cabling products that had been installed over a long
period of time. This existing system had not been
supported in anyway and was frequently running
parallel with power cables.
According to HHDI, the Club’s IT consultants, this
previous method of installation was not only messy, but
was responsible for poor network performance and a
system experiencing continual problems. As a result,
Club Marconi commissioned KRONE endorsed installer,
The Faraday Group, to design and implement a
structured cabling system that would suit both their
current and future needs. Club Marconi’s new system
would need to be future proof, flexible to change and
cost effective.
Faraday detailed a KRONE PremisNET
®
Category 5 cabling
solution for Club Marconi, comprising HIGHWAY patch
panels, patch cord minders, HIGHWAY SMK2 surface
mounted outlets and PremisNET Category 5 cable.
Faraday chose the KRONE solution predominantly based
on ease of installation, Chris Carman, Faraday’s Project
Manager commented “We have used other brands of
UTP cable, patch panels and outlets before but have
always found KRONE Category 5 and Category 6
components to be the most user-friendly.” Mr Carman
also commented that KRONE’s reputation as a reliable
supplier of structured wiring components proved an
important factor when pitching the solution to Club
Marconi management.
Led by Faraday’s Project Manager, Chris Carman, the
installation was carried out in collaboration with HHDI.
With over eight years experience in the telecommunications
industry, Kris Vant, was chosen by Faraday to oversee
the installation on site as Project Engineer. The
installation comprised of many intricate networks all
running across the same structured wiring system. Due
to distance limitations, a solution of four individual
cabinet locations was devised in the main club area.
The total installation encompassed approximately 500
Category 5 outlets spread over three separate buildings
including the main club area, stadium and preschool. As
well as fibre optic backbone connections and multi-core
Category 3 link cables between the main
communications room and the three sub cabinets within
the club area and the cabinets located within the
stadium, media box and preschool.
On completion, ClubMarconi commented on the high-
level of commitment shown by KRONE. In particular
KRONE’s 15-year guarantee and the support provided
during the planning and installation stages.
Marconi’s social and soccer clubs are now experiencing
the benefits of the new KRONE cabling infrastructure.
The system is responsible for supplying both voice and
network applications to administration, reception,
ATMs, bars, social rooms, soccer administration, bocce
courts, tennis courts, preschool, the stadium’s press
areas and corporate boxes.
. 06/04
NEW NETWORK KICKS A GOAL FOR
CLUB MARCONI
KRONE cable upgrade connects Australia’s most
cosmopolitan club community.
Club Marconi was established in 1958. and preschool.
On completion, Club Marconi commented on the high-
level of commitment shown by KRONE. In particular
KRONE’s 15-year guarantee and the support