Outside plant design and engineering

Engineering the networks that connect the world.

Specialized OSP design and engineering for fiber, coax and HFC, broadband upgrades, and utility permitting across the United States and Canada. The deliverable is a construction-ready package, drawn to the client’s own standard.

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Our expertise

Comprehensive OSP engineering solutions.

Three practices, from network planning through construction documents. The work is engineering and design, produced so a crew can build it and an agency can permit it.

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01

Fiber network engineering

Fiber design for broadband expansion, modernization, and large infrastructure deployments.

  • FTTx
  • Long-haul
  • RDOF / Grant / BEAD
  • Enterprise
  • RPHY
  • Small-cell
 Coax tap hardware hanging from an aerial strand on a residential street.
02

Coax and HFC engineering

Coaxial and hybrid fiber-coax design for capacity upgrades, expansions, and the network record.

  • HFC
  • High-split
  • BAU extension
  • Greenfield
  • Relocates
  • As-builts
 Utility pole with communication attachments, a down guy, and a bridge behind it.
03

Permitting and make-ready

Engineering documents that address utility, road, railroad, and bridge requirements.

  • Pole make-ready engineering
  • Utility
  • ROW
  • DOT
  • Railroad
  • Bridge

Our industry experience

Trusted engineering support for leading network operators.

FiberTek supports telecommunications providers and broadband operators with OSP design aligned to each client’s standards and deployment requirements.

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Software

We work in your platform.

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Where

United States and Canada.

Design packages for fiber, coax, and permits in both countries.

How we work

From the first note to an issued package.

The same routes and device names run through design, review, and the as-built. Capacity scales for everyday extensions and large deployments.

01

Intake

You share the area, the standard, and the maps or prints you already have.

02

Design

We draw the package in your platform, to your naming and sheet rules.

03

QC review

A second read checks that the sheet can be built and permitted.

04

Issue

The package goes out for construction, and the as-built comes back to the same record.

Next project

Let’s engineer what’s next.

Tell us about the project. Share the service area and your design standards, and we’ll reply with a scope and timeline.

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