Though suspended ceilings (above, right) remain the most popular ceiling system option, facility managers report that 17% of their total building square footage still features an open plenum ...

I need to run one Ethernet cable through about 15 feet of drop ceiling which will plug into a LAN port on a router into a port on a switch. Can I just run a Cat 6 cable through that drop ceiling?

Hooks are normally attached to the structure supporting the drop ceiling (normally the steal beams, not the wire or threaded rod supporing the grid), then cabling run through them. If the drop ceiling ...

All questions and answers are based on the 2011 NEC. Q. What wiring methods are allowed by the Code in spaces above a lay-in ceiling? A. Section 300.22(C) applies to spaces used for air-handling ...