Fibre Optic Cabling

Case Studies

Fibre Inter-Building Link- Canon UK

Cannon (UK) Limited leased a second prestigious new office building adjacent to their existing premises in Stockley Park, Uxbridge. In order to obtain trouble free communication between the two offices they required fibre optic and voice links to be installed between the buildings.

Ponte Comm was commissioned to complete these works.

Our pre-project surveys revealed two potential cable routes between the buildings. With Ponte Comm's advice the customer was able to choose which route would best suit their needs: minimising disturbance during the installation and offering the best all round solution.

The cables were routed through 450m of the external pit and duct system, which presented a harsh installation environment. Armoured cabling was chosen to give long-term protection to the system. We terminated the cable using SC connectors and it was fully tested using an OTDR.

We completed a full method statement and risk assessment prior to works commencing. The duct had to be pumped dry and our engineers utilised tripods, hoists and gas detectors to ensure strict Health and Safety measures were adhered to.

It was important to consider that other occupants of the buildings may be inconvenienced by the installation of these links. Ponte Comm established and maintained contact throughout the project to ensure that any inconvenience was kept to the absolute minimum.

The project was successfully delivered to the customer on time and within budget, and with the minimum of disturbance to both Canon UK and their neighbours.

Uxbridge College: Campus-wide Fibre Backbone

As an ongoing programme of improvement, Uxbridge College planned the upgrade of its existing campus-wide backbone optical fibre and voice cabling systems.

Minimising disruption to staff and students was a high priority, and Ponte Comm worked closely with the College when producing the timescale and schedule for the project. Works were scheduled for the summer break, with strict deadlines to ensure everything was finished before the start of term.

Our engineering team worked hard to pull in through connecting ducts, terminate and 100% test the optical fibre and voice cables within the allotted time.

Uxbridge College were very impressed with the high quality of our work and the ‘can-do' attitude of our staff. This led them to use Ponte Comm for further data cabling works.

We are now an established partner of the College, and have successfully completed several projects including the upgrade of the main Comms Room and data infrastructure works on both their Uxbridge and Hayes campus.

CEL International: Site Fibre Upgrade, Chemical Manufacturing Plant, Scotland

Ponte Comm completed this project for CEL International at a vast manufacturing site situated in Montrose on the North Sea coast of Scotland. The project encompassed a complete optical fibre upgrade of the site, consisting of:

Removal of existing fibre optic cable backbone

Installation of 61 x 24 core ADC Krone singlemode fibre links, totalling 18km of fibre

Installation of 126 x 24 core ADC Krone patch panels

Termination & testing of 2,928 singlemode fibre ends

Installation of 36 x Cabinets

Completion of pre-project site surveys enabled our team a clear understanding of the site location, buildings, conditions and site boundaries. This was essential as the site was highly challenging on several levels:

The 1930's chemical plant provided a hazardous working environment,
The degree of difficulty that the buildings posed,
The extremely strict Health & Safety regime due to the chemicals present and risk of explosion,
Not least the coastal location (North Sea) and the extreme weather conditions.
The install took 3 months starting January 2007 and finishing March 2007

Given the size of the project area, an appreciation of the routes through the site together with any traffic restrictions was identified. The customer was able to provide adequate notice on site hazards and the necessary precautions to be observed which enabled Ponte Comm to implement its H&S policy.

The work was carefully planned to fit with shut down periods for individual buildings as requested by the end customer to minimise manufacturing downtime.

Ponte Comm engineer testing fibre optic cable

The fibre optic cables were tested were fully OTDR tested on all cores, in both directions at the frequencies of 1310mm and 1550mm to determine link loss with all results submitted in the O&M manual and on disk.

A very successful project, delivered on time and to budget.
£40k of extra work also completed within the strict original deadline.

Ponte Comm was highly commended by the customer due to our ability as a team to always be flexible and accommodating and still be able to adhere to deadlines.

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