Services
ACK Civils project management expertise enables us to offer a complete site build service which includes the following CDM2015 compliant services.
- Project Management
- Consulting and Feasibility studies
- Electrical engineering
- Civils build
- Rigging
- Equipment Installation and commissioning
- General site and municipal maintenance
Design Services
Our design services includes:
- Structural assessment including calculations for new and existing support structures
- Structural design including calculations
- General Design Check of existing tower (structural analysis)
- Detailed Design including calculations including foundation details and steelwork connections.
- Electrical design, including earthing and lightning protection
- Design to show ICNIRP Compliance
- General Arrangement drawings
- Construction and As-built drawings
Site Installation
The installation and commissioning services:
- Site Planning, Back office to support site access, permits and outages.
- Logistics and warehousing.
- Equipment delivery.
- Lifting services (Cranes, Manual lifts, Cherry Pickers)
- Civils works and street works (cabinet foundations, root foundations and steelworks)
- Traffic and Pedestrian Management
- Site De-installation and Installation (All Technologies)
- Antenna alignment and Azimuth setting
- Power up and Commissioning
Consulting:
- Demographic and geographic profiling of the target area (urban/rural, population density, etc.).
- Premises passed and premises connected forecasts.
- Current connectivity options: existing broadband infrastructure, competitors, take-up rates.
- Future demand forecasts: user growth, smart city projects, 5G backhaul, etc.
Technical Assessment
- Technology options: GPON, XGS-PON, active Ethernet, etc.
- FTTx architecture selection: FTTH, FTTB, FTTC, hybrid approaches.
- Backhau and middle-mile assessment.
- GIS-based route planning: proposed duct routes, cabinet locations, PoPs.
- Infrastructure re-use: poles, ducts, sewers, dark fibre availability.
- Civil works estimates: trenching, pole installation, wayleaves, etc.
- Resilience and scalability: redundancy, dark fibre for future expansion.
Commercial & Financial Analysis
- CAPEX and OPEX estimates:
- Network design and build
- Customer connection costs
- Maintenance and operations
- Funding model:
- Private investment, public-private partnerships, government subsidy/grant schemes
- Business case:
- Payback period
- IRR (Internal Rate of Return)
- Break-even analysis
- Subscription and ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) projections
Regulatory and Legal Considerations
- Permitting and approvals: street works, environmental regulations, wayleave issues.
- Compliance with local fibre deployment codes.
- Spectrum or passive infrastructure regulations (if using shared ducts).
Implementation & Deployment Strategy
- Deployment model: Turnkey, design-and-build, build-own-operate-transfer.
- Phasing strategy: prioritised areas, PoP rollouts.
- Project timeline: milestones, dependencies, long-lead activities.
- Risk register: construction, permitting, uptake, supplier risks.
Summary and Recommendation
- Go/No-Go recommendation
- Optional phasing suggestions (pilot projects, rural vs urban staging)
- Key decision points for stakeholdersFeasibility Studies for FTTX