JLS Middle School

September 9, 2024480 East Meadow Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94306

Rough-in focused AV and cable-infrastructure work for the JLS Middle School addition, including pathway planning, cable pulls, support layout, and terminations.

This project supported an addition at JLS Middle School and was another straightforward rough-in job completed with Jeff, but it was also one of the first times he let me take more of the lead in working through the layout and execution decisions in the field.

Using the drawings on Jeff's iPad, I worked through location planning, identified the paths we needed to take, and determined how many cables were required at each location and what type of cable needed to land there. That included planning a longer run where path selection mattered and working through the most appropriate route before the pull was made.

The rough-in itself involved shooting supports into the ceiling for speakers and cable support, pulling cable through the addition, and keeping the runs organized so the work could be landed cleanly afterward. Once the pulls were complete, we terminated the cables and landed them into CORA, while Jeff handled the rack work on the back end.

The job itself was not unusually complex, but it was a meaningful step for me because it gave me more ownership over pathway planning, field decision-making, and the organization required to carry a rough-in cleanly from layout through termination.

Rough-in and cable organization

Labeled cable runs prepared during the rough-in, reflecting the need to track run counts and destinations accurately before final landing.

Long hallway pull through the JLS addition during rough-in, showing the type of pathway planning and cable management required on the job.

Cable bundle staged and organized near one of the room entries before final termination and landing.