We are writing to provide direction regarding the allocation of funds for active telecom and comput-er components on construction budgets. This pertains to items that should be included in the project budget in cost dimensions D6010 and D6020. Please note that permanent active components for telecom and data networks will no longer be included in the project budget for branch and remote translation office projects. These components, which include equipment such as switches, routers, servers, WLAN access points, laptop and desktop computers, and VOIP telephones, should be specified by the WHQ Computer Department. The master project dimension listing for Admin Project Tracking will be adjusted to indicate this clarification. Passive components, such as racking and cabling, will continue to be included in the budget for these pro-jects.
Please note that projects for Kingdom Halls, Assembly Halls, school facilities, residences for special full-time servants, and other remote nonbranch facilities are not typically connected to the branch network and thus are not handled by the WHQ Computer Department at the branch. In such cases, all of the active components should continue to be included in the project budget. Please make your Local Design/Con-struction Departments aware of this direction.