Structured Cabling Plans & Design WA 2026 – Professional Cabling Design for WA Offices

The Structured Cabling Design Process for Western Australian Businesses

A structured cabling design for a Western Australian commercial premises begins with a site assessment that collects the information needed to produce an accurate and buildable design. The site assessment involves walking the premises with an accurate floor plan, identifying every location where a data outlet is required, confirming the construction type of all walls and ceilings, identifying the proposed communications room location, assessing ceiling space access routes from the communications room to each outlet zone, and noting any fire-rated elements, heritage features, or other constraints that will affect cable routing. For premises that are not yet fitted out, the assessment works from architect's drawings rather than a physical walkthrough, which is why working from accurate and current drawings is essential.

The design documentation is produced from the site assessment data and covers the outlet schedule (a list of every cable run with its assigned cable identifier, outlet position, and patch panel port), a scaled floor plan with all outlet positions and the communications room location marked, a communications room rack elevation showing the patch panel layout and equipment positions, a cable routing diagram showing the proposed routes from the communications room to each outlet zone, and a materials specification listing the cable category, outlet type, patch panel specification, and cable management hardware. Together, these documents give the installation contractor everything needed to quote accurately, order materials, and install the system according to the design without making ad-hoc decisions in the field.

For Western Australian premises where a building management system (BMS) or integrated services cabling approach is required, the structured cabling design may also cover the integration of IP CCTV cameras, access control readers, building automation sensors, and audio-visual systems into the common data cabling infrastructure. A unified cabling approach where all these systems share the same Cat6 infrastructure reduces installation cost, simplifies management, and creates a single, documented cable plant rather than separate cabling systems for each service. The design must in these cases account for Power over Ethernet (PoE) budget requirements at the switch, VLAN segmentation between different service types, and the cable run length limits for specific PoE-powered device types.

Design Standards and Codes for Western Australian Commercial Cabling

Structured cabling design for Western Australian commercial premises references several key standards and codes that define performance requirements, installation practices, and documentation standards. The primary standard for all customer-side telecommunications cabling in Western Australia is AS/CA S009 (Customer Cabling Requirements for Telecommunications Networks), published by the Standards Australia organisation and adopted as the mandatory compliance framework for all ACMA-registered cablers. AS/CA S009 sets minimum performance requirements for cable categories, specifies the maximum cable run lengths, defines separation requirements from power infrastructure, and establishes testing and documentation requirements.

For larger Western Australian commercial installations, the TIA-568 Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications Cabling and Components Standard provides the detailed technical specification for horizontal cabling systems, communications room design, and component performance at each cable category. TIA-568 is a US-published standard but is widely referenced in Australian enterprise cabling design because it provides more detailed design guidance than AS/CA S009 alone. A structured cabling designer for a large Perth CBD fitout or a multi-floor Kalgoorlie mining services office may reference both AS/CA S009 for compliance purposes and TIA-568 for design methodology, producing a design that meets the more stringent requirements of both.

The National Construction Code, which applies in Western Australia through the State's adoption of the NCC, governs the fire safety requirements for cable penetrations through fire-rated building elements as discussed in our Commercial Data Cabling Fitouts Western Australia guide. The structured cabling design must identify all fire-rated penetrations in the cable routing plan and specify the appropriate fire-stop system for each penetration type. Building regulations administered by the Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety through its Building and Energy division apply to any penetrations through structural or fire-rated building elements.

For Western Australian commercial premises undergoing a significant fitout or refurbishment in 2026, the design process should begin well before the fitout construction commences. Coordination between the cabling designer, the fitout builder, the building services engineer, and the landlord's representative is essential to ensure that the cabling infrastructure is installed at the optimal point in the construction sequence, that cable conduit is placed in concrete slabs and walls before they are poured or plastered, and that ceiling heights and access configurations are confirmed before the cabling design is finalised. Perth CBD commercial fitouts in particular, where the construction management of multiple trades within an occupied building requires careful sequencing, benefit from having a confirmed cabling design and materials list before the fitout programme is finalised, so that the telecommunications trade can be scheduled at the point in the programme where ceiling access, wall cavities, and riser access are all available simultaneously.

Outlet Planning and Positioning for Western Australian Offices

Perth's commercial office market in 2026 has a higher proportion of activity-based working (ABW) fitouts than any previous period, driven by the post-pandemic shift in how WA professional services, government, and technology sector organisations use their office space. In an ABW fitout, no staff member has a permanently assigned desk, and any workstation in the premises may be used by any person on any given day. This model requires full data cabling infrastructure at every workstation position regardless of the daily occupancy rate. For a Perth CBD law firm designing an ABW fitout across two floors of a St Georges Terrace building, the outlet count is based on the total number of touchdown positions and dedicated workstations in the design, which in a densely planned ABW environment may be 30 to 40 percent higher than the headcount of the team using the space. For WA government agencies in the Perth CBD that have adopted ABW under the State Government's workplace design guidelines, the telecommunications cabling infrastructure must support the full workstation count specified in the approved fitout design.

Outlet planning is the most user-facing element of structured cabling design, translating the business's technology requirements into specific outlet positions on the floor plan. The outlet count and positioning affect the daily work experience of every person in the office, and outlets placed in the wrong positions create immediately obvious problems: staff running extension leads across the floor because the data port is on the wrong wall, WiFi access points mounted in suboptimal positions because the planned ceiling cable position was not where coverage was actually needed, and IP cameras with restricted viewing angles because the cable was installed before the camera mounting position was properly assessed.

For Western Australian offices, the standard approach to outlet positioning starts with workstation layout. Each workstation requires a minimum of one Cat6 data port, and in most modern Western Australian office designs where dual-monitor workstations, VoIP phones, and docking stations are common, two ports per workstation is the recommended minimum. A workstation with a computer, IP phone, and a locally networked printer at the same desk needs three Ethernet connections, and a switch or docking station at the desk requires a single upstream port from the patch panel. Planning the device configuration at each desk before the outlet count is finalised avoids the situation of discovering at fitout that the number of ports specified is inadequate for the actual equipment.

For Western Australian businesses planning to use wireless access points, the cabling design must include Cat6 cable home-runs to each planned WAP mounting position. The WAP positions should be confirmed by the WiFi design first, see our Business WiFi Surveys and WAP Installations Western Australia guide for how heatmap surveys inform cabling design, the cabling design must include Cat6 cable home-runs to each planned WAP mounting position. The WAP positions should be determined by the WiFi design, not constrained by the convenience of ceiling cable routing. If the WiFi design requires a WAP in a specific ceiling position for coverage reasons, the structured cabling design accommodates that position in the routing plan, even if it requires a longer cable run or a more complex route than would be chosen based on cabling convenience alone. Designing the WiFi and data cabling together as an integrated project produces better outcomes than treating them as separate scopes. Our Business WiFi Surveys and WAP Installations Western Australia guide covers the WiFi design process that should inform the cabling design.

IP CCTV camera positions also require Cat6 cable home-runs in the structured cabling design. Camera positions should be determined by the security design before cabling begins, see our Commercial CCTV Installations Western Australia guide for commercial camera placement design. The camera mounting positions should be determined by the security design, with cameras positioned for optimal coverage of entry points, high-value areas, and external perimeters. Each camera position requires a Cat6 cable run to the NVR or PoE switch in the communications room, and the camera cable run lengths affect the PoE budget available from the switch, as longer runs incur slightly higher resistance losses that reduce the effective power available at the camera. A structured cabling design that integrates data, WAP, and CCTV cable runs produces a single coherent infrastructure plan that avoids the duplication of effort and potential cable routing conflicts that arise when each service is planned separately.

Communications Room Design for Western Australian Commercial Premises

The communications room design component of a structured cabling plan produces a rack elevation drawing showing how all equipment will be physically organised within the communications rack or cabinet. A well-designed rack layout organises patch panels and active equipment in a logical sequence, provides adequate cable management between patch panel rows and active equipment, maintains recommended cable bend radii at all patch lead connections, and leaves adequate space for future expansion. The rack elevation drawing allows the installation contractor to procure the correct rack size and configuration before installation commences, and provides the IT manager with a reference for understanding the rack organisation without physically tracing connections.

For Western Australian office communications rooms, the standard rack organisation places the patch panels at the top of the rack for convenient patching, the managed network switch immediately below the patch panels to minimise patch lead length, the internet router or firewall below the switch, and a power distribution unit (PDU) vertically mounted on the rack side or at the bottom for equipment power distribution. Cable management panels between each patch panel and switch row route the patch leads cleanly without tension on the connectors. The rack must be bolted to the floor or wall to prevent tipping. The business NBN router and firewall are the key active components in the rack, see our B2B NBN Connections and Repairs Western Australia guide for business router and network equipment configuration, which is both a safety requirement under the WorkSafe Western Australia work health and safety framework and a practical necessity in any office environment where the rack might otherwise be bumped or overbalanced.

For Western Australian commercial premises where the communications room doubles as a server room housing on-premises server infrastructure, the design must also address cooling requirements, rack weight loading, and power supply resilience appropriate for the server equipment being housed. These requirements go beyond the standard structured cabling design scope and may involve electrical engineering input for the power infrastructure and building services input for the cooling system. In the Pilbara and Kimberley, the ambient temperature challenges that affect all electronic equipment are particularly relevant for any server room design, and a designer with experience in remote Western Australian environments will flag the cooling requirements as a critical design consideration from the outset.

Desk density in Western Australian commercial offices has increased significantly through the post-pandemic adoption of activity-based working, particularly in the Perth CBD precinct and in the major suburban business parks of Osborne Park, Leederville, and Joondalup. Activity-based working environments, where no individual has a fixed assigned desk and staff choose their daily work position from a pool of shared workstations, require a different outlet planning approach to a traditional assigned-desk office. In a Perth activity-based working fitout, every workstation position requires full data infrastructure regardless of the desk utilisation rate, because any desk may be occupied by any staff member on any given day. The outlet count for an activity-based working fitout is therefore based on the total number of workstation positions in the design rather than the number of staff, which in a densely designed AWB fitout can result in a higher outlet count than a traditional office of the same headcount. For WA professional services firms in the law, accounting, and engineering sectors that have adopted activity-based working in their Perth CBD offices since 2020, the telecommunications infrastructure requirements of the fitout model are a design consideration that should be addressed explicitly in the cabling design brief.

Cable Routing Design for Western Australian Building Types

Cable routing design translates outlet positions and communications room location into a practical plan for how cables will travel through the building. For multi-building properties, the routing plan extends to underground inter-building runs, see our Mesh Network Design and Installation Western Australia guide for multi-building cable routing and fibre specification for how cables will actually travel through the building. The routing plan must account for the building's construction type, the available ceiling space and cable pathways, fire-rated elements that require penetration documentation, building management requirements for cable management systems, and the practical accessibility of different routing options for the installing contractor.

In Perth CBD concrete-frame buildings, the routing design works within the building's existing cable tray infrastructure, which typically runs along main corridors from the floor distributor room to zone distribution points throughout the floor. Horizontal cables from the zone distribution point to individual outlets drop from the cable tray into the wall cavity or through a conduit stub to the outlet position. The routing design identifies which cable tray sections are used, the proposed fill of each tray section (which must not exceed the tray's rated fill capacity), and the specific conduit stubs or surface-mounted trunking used for the final drop to each outlet.

In older Perth office buildings and heritage commercial premises in Fremantle, Subiaco, and inner suburbs, the routing design must often work around limited ceiling access, thick masonry walls, and heritage constraints on penetrations. The routing options in these buildings typically include sub-floor routing where a raised floor or crawl space exists, surface-mounted trunking along skirting boards or at cornice height, and creative use of existing service voids and conduit runs from previous installations. The routing design for a heritage Western Australian commercial building requires a detailed site assessment and often involves compromises between the ideal cabling route and the constraints imposed by the building fabric and heritage requirements. The Western Australian Government's State Heritage Office provides guidance on permitted works at heritage-listed properties that informs routing design decisions for affected premises.

Multi-Floor and Multi-Site Cabling Design in Western Australia

Multi-floor structured cabling design for Western Australian commercial buildings introduces the backbone cabling system between floors, which carries aggregated traffic from each floor's horizontal cabling to the building's main distribution frame. The backbone design must specify the cable type (typically multi-mode or single-mode fibre optic for backbone between floors, or Cat6A for shorter backbone runs where fibre is not warranted), the routing through the building's telecommunications riser, and the cross-connect hardware at each floor distributor and the main distribution frame.

For a Western Australian professional services firm occupying two floors of a Perth CBD building, the multi-floor design connects the main communications room on the lower floor to a satellite floor distributor on the upper floor via a fibre optic or Cat6A backbone cable through the building riser. The upper floor distributor houses a patch panel and local switch fed from the backbone, distributing network to all upper floor workstations and WAPs from the local switch. This two-tier design is more scalable than extending all upper floor cables directly to the main floor communications room, which would require significantly longer cable runs and create a single point of failure for the upper floor if the main floor switch has a problem.

Multi-site structured cabling design, where a Western Australian business with multiple premises in different locations needs a unified cabling standard across all sites, introduces additional coordination requirements. The design must specify consistent outlet labelling conventions that allow any IT technician to identify cables at any site without site-specific knowledge, a consistent patch panel organisation that makes each site's communications room familiar to someone from another site, and a documentation format that allows all site cabling records to be maintained in a single, accessible system. For Western Australian mining services companies or professional services firms with offices in Perth, Kalgoorlie, Karratha, and Broome, a unified cabling standard across all sites significantly reduces IT support complexity and training requirements.

As-Built Documentation for Western Australian Commercial Installations

Perth CBD commercial tenancies in buildings managed by major institutional property groups including Dexus, Charter Hall, Brookfield, and Investa are subject to formal base building documentation requirements that extend to tenant telecommunications fitout records. These building managers require that as-built documentation for any tenant fitout is submitted to the building management team at project completion, lodged in the building's facility management system, and made available to subsequent tenants and their contractors. For WA government-occupied buildings in the Perth CBD and Forrest Place precinct, the Department of Finance property management framework similarly requires that telecommunications infrastructure installed in government-occupied tenancies is documented to a standard that supports ongoing facility management and future fitout modifications without the need for investigation of undocumented cabling.

As-built documentation is the structured cabling design produced after the installation is complete, updated to reflect the actual cable routes, outlet positions, and equipment configuration as installed. It is the difference between a project that leaves a clear, permanent record of the infrastructure and one that leaves the next IT administrator or technician to trace cables manually and guess at the network organisation. For Western Australian commercial premises, as-built documentation is an asset with real practical value that pays dividends every time a cable is added, a fault is diagnosed, or the tenancy changes hands.

Comprehensive as-built documentation for a Western Australian commercial cabling installation includes a cable schedule listing every cable with its identifier, origin position, patch panel termination port, cable length, and certification test result; a floor plan updated with actual outlet positions if any changed from the design; a communications room rack elevation updated to reflect the actual rack configuration; fire-stop penetration records listing every fire-rated penetration with the element's fire resistance rating, the fire-stop product used, and the installation date; cable certification test reports from the certifier instrument for every cable run; and equipment serial numbers, warranty details, and support contact information for all installed hardware. This set of documents should be provided to the business at project handover and stored both in the communications room and in a secure off-site location such as a cloud document storage system.

Using Structured Cabling Design for Competitive Tendering in Western Australia

For Western Australian businesses planning larger commercial cabling fitouts, producing a structured cabling design before approaching installation contractors for quotes enables genuine competitive tendering against a defined scope. Without a design document, each contractor preparing a quote makes their own assumptions about outlet count, cable routing, communications room configuration, and hardware specification, producing quotes that may differ in scope as much as in price and are therefore not directly comparable. A design document that all contractors quote against ensures that every price received is for the same defined scope, making price comparison meaningful.

The competitive tendering process is particularly valuable for Western Australian mining services companies, healthcare organisations, government agencies, and larger commercial businesses where procurement governance requires competitive quotes for capital expenditure above a certain threshold. A structured cabling design document allows the procurement team to obtain three or more quotes against an identical scope, compare prices, verify proposed materials against the specification, and select the contractor that represents the best value without compromise on specification compliance.

Smaller Western Australian businesses that are not subject to formal procurement governance still benefit from having a cabling design document when obtaining quotes, because it reduces the chance of scope misunderstandings that lead to unexpected additional charges after the installation commences. A contractor who quotes against a documented scope is committed to delivering that scope at the quoted price, while a contractor quoting without a design document may discover mid-installation that the job is larger than assumed and present a variation claim for additional cost. Our Commercial Data Cabling Fitouts Western Australia guide covers the full installation process including how to manage the project from design to commissioning.

For Western Australian government agencies and public sector organisations, as-built documentation requirements may be more prescriptive than for private sector fitouts. The Western Australian Government ICT procurement and asset management frameworks expect that telecommunications infrastructure in government-occupied buildings is documented to a standard that supports future facility management, contractor handovers, and building change of use. A cabling contractor working on a WA government-occupied tenancy in Perth CBD or a regional government office in Geraldton, Albany, or Kalgoorlie should confirm the documentation standard expected by the facilities management team at the project outset, as requirements vary by agency and building ownership structure.

For Western Australian mining and resources sector commercial fitouts in Karratha, Newman, Port Hedland, and Kalgoorlie, as-built documentation is often required to meet the project handover standards of the mining operator rather than simply the cabling contractor's own quality framework. Mining operations in WA typically require documented infrastructure records that are lodged with the site's engineering management system, are accessible to the site's HSEC (health, safety, environment and community) team for emergency planning purposes, and are available for audit by the Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety. A cabling contractor without resources sector experience may not anticipate these additional documentation handover requirements until they are raised at project completion.

For Western Australian commercial tenancies in buildings managed by major Perth property groups including Dexus, Scentre Group, Brookfield, and Charter Hall, the as-built documentation package for a telecommunications fitout is typically required to be lodged with the building management team at project completion. The building manager uses this documentation to maintain the building's master infrastructure records, to coordinate the make-good process when the tenant vacates, and to provide accurate information to the next tenant's fitout team about the cabling infrastructure already in place. Where the as-built documentation is not lodged with the building manager, subsequent tenants and their contractors must investigate the existing cabling from scratch, which creates unnecessary cost and uncertainty. Producing and lodging complete as-built documentation with both the tenant and the building manager at project completion is a professional standard that leading WA commercial cabling contractors treat as a non-negotiable project deliverable.

Regional Western Australian Cabling Design Considerations

Structured cabling design for regional Western Australian businesses shares the same technical standards as metropolitan Perth work but must account for regional building types, local material availability, and the practical realities of installation in locations where specialist contractors may need to travel from Perth or regional centres.

In Kalgoorlie, the heritage gold-rush era commercial buildings require cable routing designs that respect the original building fabric, with surface-mounted trunking in inconspicuous positions preferred over masonry drilling where alternatives exist. Modern commercial buildings in Kalgoorlie's newer business precincts follow standard design approaches comparable to suburban Perth. For Kalgoorlie mining services businesses with specific technical requirements, the design should explicitly specify the cable management standards required in the office environment, which may be more demanding than a standard professional services office given the industries served.

For Broome commercial premises, the cabling design must account for the tropical climate's impact on equipment and infrastructure. External cable management must be UV-stable and weatherproof, cable entries through building envelopes must be sealed for monsoon conditions, and any cable routing through roof spaces in the Kimberley must account for the heat and humidity that the tropical roof environment generates. Equipment specified for the communications room must be rated for the ambient temperatures achievable in Broome without air conditioning, and the design should note whether dedicated cooling is required for the communications room to maintain equipment within operating temperature limits during the wet season. The ACMA website provides the ACMA-registered cabler lookup tool, and the Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety provides guidance on building and workplace compliance relevant to telecommunications installation projects across all regions of Western Australia.

The Western Australian Government mandates competitive tendering for ICT and telecommunications infrastructure work above defined thresholds under the State Supply Commission policies administered by the Department of Finance. WA state government agencies, local governments, universities, and TAFE colleges are all subject to these procurement obligations, and a structured cabling design document is the instrument that enables a compliant tender process for telecommunications fitout work in these settings. For a WA local government planning a council building data cabling upgrade, or a regional WA university planning a campus network infrastructure project, the design-then-tender approach is not optional governance but a mandatory procurement pathway. Engaging a cabling design specialist to produce the tender specification before approaching contractors is the correct sequence for any Western Australian public sector telecommunications fitout.

What to Watch Out For in Structured Cabling Design in Western Australia

The most common design quality issue in Western Australian commercial cabling projects is outlet undercounting. For premises that also include antenna or coaxial television outlets, a coaxial outlet schedule should sit alongside the data cabling design, ensuring that both services are documented together, see our Coaxial and Lead-in Cable Installations Western Australia guide for coaxial outlet documentation in commercial premises. A design that specifies one data point per workstation without accounting for VoIP phones, docking stations, WAPs, and IP cameras at the same locations, or without including spare capacity for future growth, produces a cabling infrastructure that is immediately inadequate and requires expensive additional cable runs to remedy. A professional cabling designer counts every Ethernet-connected device at each location, adds a growth margin of 20 to 25 percent to the outlet count, and produces a design that will remain adequate for the reasonably foreseeable future of the tenancy.

Be cautious of cabling designs produced without a physical site assessment. Designs based on architect's drawings alone can miss obstructions, incorrect wall material assumptions, and unexpected building features that make the proposed routing impossible or significantly more expensive than quoted. Any cabling design for an occupied Western Australian commercial tenancy should include a walkthrough site assessment before documentation is produced. For new-build tenancies where a physical walkthrough is not possible, confirm that the design is produced from current, accurate drawings and includes a contingency allowance for routing variations discovered during installation.

Confirm that the design documentation will be updated as-built after the installation is completed. A pre-installation design document that is filed and not updated is only half the value of a complete documentation set. The as-built record reflecting actual cable routes, any outlet position changes made during installation, and the communications room rack layout as installed is the document that has permanent practical value for the building's lifetime. Specifying that as-built documentation is a project deliverable in the contract, and confirming that the documentation will be provided in an editable digital format (PDF and the source drawing files), is a straightforward step that protects the business's long-term interests.

All structured cabling installation work in Western Australian commercial premises must be performed by an ACMA-registered cabler. Verify registration at acma.gov.au. The Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety provides guidance on building compliance and contractor engagement for Western Australian commercial premises, and the WorkSafe Western Australia work health and safety framework applies to all installation work in commercial environments.

The Great Southern region centred on Albany presents structured cabling design opportunities across a growing commercial sector including the city's expanding agribusiness, healthcare, and tourism economy. Albany commercial buildings range from modern medical centres and government offices to the older brick commercial stock of the town centre. For cabling design at Albany commercial premises where FTTN NBN is the connection technology, the design must explicitly account for the internal telephone wiring from the entry point to the communications room, as this wiring path is part of the overall signal chain for FTTN performance and should be documented in the design rather than assumed to be adequate. The Wheatbelt region's commercial buildings in Northam, Merredin, Narrogin, and York are predominantly older brick construction, and structured cabling design for Wheatbelt commercial premises frequently involves routing through existing conduit infrastructure from legacy PABX installations rather than installing entirely new cable routes.

For Western Australian businesses in regional centres including Bunbury, Albany, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, and Broome, structured cabling design services may be available locally for standard commercial fitouts, or may need to be sourced from Perth-based designers for more technically complex projects. Many Perth commercial cabling contractors with regional WA project experience will conduct the site assessment during a planned regional visit, combining the site inspection with other project commitments in the same regional centre to minimise travel cost. For regional WA businesses planning a fitout timeline, providing the design contractor with as much advance notice as possible of the site assessment date, and preparing accurate floor plans and a preliminary device count before the assessment, allows the design contractor to use the site visit productively and produce the design documentation promptly after returning to Perth.

Getting Quotes for Structured Cabling Design in Western Australia

Posting a structured cabling design job on The Quote Yard connects you with cabling design specialists serving Western Australia. When describing the project, include the premises address and building type, the approximate floor area and number of floors, the number of workstations and other networked devices requiring data connections, whether WiFi access points and IP cameras are to be included in the same cabling infrastructure, the proposed communications room location, any known building constraints such as heritage listing or fire-rated elements, and the timeline for design and installation. For multi-site Western Australian projects, confirming the locations and approximate scope of all sites allows specialists to assess whether they can serve the full project.

For Perth metropolitan commercial design projects, cabling design specialist responses typically arrive within 24 to 48 hours. For regional Western Australian commercial projects, allow 48 to 72 hours. For projects where a physical site assessment is required before design can commence, note that the site assessment visit itself may require scheduling lead time, particularly for regional Western Australian locations where the design specialist travels from Perth. The Standards Australia AS/CA S009 standard governs all telecommunications cabling in Western Australian commercial premises, and a professional cabling designer produces documentation that references and complies with this standard.