Fibre Aggregation Scheme – South Durham & Sunderland

SERVICE:Fibre Networks
  • Client :
  • FibreNest
  • Duration :
  • 8 months
  • Value :
  • TBC
We recently constructed a 30km Public Infrastructure Access (PIA) Fibre network across South Durham and Sunderland on behalf of Fibrenest.

The aim of this project was to link eight new large-scale housing developments via PIA, aggregating the sites and providing the necessary infrastructure for further network expansion to the surrounding area.

Early Contractor Involvement

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MSF were initially contracted to undertake a full intrusive test, rod and rope survey of the 30km pre-designed fibre route, identify obstructions and prepare the route for end-to-end sub-ducting and cabling.

During the survey, it became evident that the route wasn’t as clear as the designs had first indicated and this, coupled with the challenge of working alongside another alt-net overbuilding in the same area, began to cast doubt on the project’s feasibility. Securing capacity in the network was key to the project’s success, and therefore the scheme became a race against time. Recognising this, MSF assisted by taking on more of the project work, and increased resource in all disciplines to speed up the build.

Scope Increase

Our involvement in the scheme developed from an initial ECI survey to delivery of the entire scheme.

All 8 sites were successfully linked to the exchange within 8 months and during the construction phase, we had between 12-20 operatives on sire constructing various parts of the route.

Upon completion, all audited sections of the route passed the Openreach quality checks & the works were completed with no RIDDORS, near misses or service strikes. We built a good rapport with Sunderland City Council and had minimal permit non-conformances/reinstatement defects, any of which were rectified immediately.
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