Executive Summary

Project Rearrangement of Lab 184 consisted of rearranging the lab so that all the student
workstations were set up along three walls of the room to form a U-shape. The project took
approximately one hour to complete. First, we drew a diagram of the room to familiarize
ourselves with the resources and restrictions that we had to work with. Then we designed the
most feasible and efficient method to rearrange the room. We successfully rearranged the room
into the U-shape and made all the necessary connections for the computers to be functional and
we also reorganized the computer desks in the room. Should there be a need for a similar
rearrange to be made in the future, the team addressing the issues should approach it with a
similar method: draw a diagram, form a plan, and divide the work evenly amongst the team
members. They should also take into account the dimensions of the room and the approximate
sizes of the equipment that they are working with. It is also helpful if the seating arrangements
for the students are taken into account during the planning stage so that conflicts within the
classroom do not arise as the work is being done.


Introduction
The administration required the student workstations in Room 184 to line the edges of the room
to form a U-shape. The room was previously arranged with the desks facing towards the front of
the room, and we needed to move the desks to meet the requirements. This required mapping out
the drops in the room, locating what computers connected to which switches, and manual labor.


Analysis and Design
Upon entering Lab 184, each person drew a diagram of where the drops, computers, tables, and
switches were located. As seen in diagram A, there were four pairs of tables on each side with
two computers on each table. We then proceeded to test the drops and found that all but one of
them worked. From this, we concluded that there would be enough drops for everything.

As we were testing the drops, we drew up a diagram to reflect the position the tables and
computers were to take. We determined that the student desks in the center of the room and the
computer tables, along with their chairs, needed to be moved; the teachers workstation, the
Promethean board, shelves, and filing cabinets did not need to be moved and could stay where
they were originally placed. We also determined that we did not need to rearrange the
connections between the computers and switches. We decided that it would be more efficient to
first move the chairs out of the way toward the center of the room, next disconnect the wires
connecting the computers to the walls, then have a few people move each pair of tables, and
finally reconnect the wires to their new locations and move the chairs back.

First we unplugged the surge protectors and Ethernet cables from the wall. Since we did not need
to modify the connections from the computer to each switch, we did not change any of them. The
computers also stayed connected to their original surge protectors. We started moving tables in
the back left corner shown in diagram A and moved toward the front of the room on that side
because we werent able to place as many tables there due to the shelves that were in the way.
We then proceeded to move tables at the back of the room and moved counterclockwise to the
right side of the room. In order to move the tables, starting from their original positions, we
turned them so the front of the computer faced forwards and pushed them against the walls. Once
the tables were all set in place as shown in diagram B, we plugged all the wires back into the
wall. Because the tables were placed into a new arrangement, we had to change a bit of the
wiring. We cut the cables that held the wires in place, plugged them into their new locations, and
used new cables to secure them in place.

Diagram A







Table Computer