Campus Fibre Distribution — 72 Buildings

INFRASTRUCTURE 2026 · Design & Implementation Lead

Fibre Optics · Outside Plant · Network

Overview

Designed and supervised the end-to-end fibre distribution to 72 campus buildings — ground cabling with soil trenching, thrust boring, underpass crossings, cable pulling, hand-hole construction, ducting, splicing, termination and core sharing, all delivered as the Lead on the project.

The Challenge

72 buildings across campus needed reliable, high-bandwidth connectivity — 1.5 Gbps — beyond what legacy links could carry.

Constraints

72 buildings across campusRoad & underpass crossingsSoil trenching & reinstatementLimited disruption windowsService continuity during worksCore & capacity planning

My Role

Design & Implementation Lead — I owned the technical delivery, architecture decisions, implementation phases and operational handover for this engagement.

Measurable Outcome

1.5 Gbps fibre connectivity delivered to 72 buildings across campus.

A ARCHITECTURE

                            Core / POP
                ↓                            Distribution Trunk
                ↓                            Ducts & Hand Holes
                ↓                            Building Entry
                ↓                            Splice & Termination
                ↓                            72 Buildings — 1.5 Gbps
                                    

B SOLUTION

Technology

Fibre OpticsFTTxGPONOSPThrust BoringOTDR

Security Considerations

Core sharing & segregation
Route & duct documentation
Physical protection of plant
Standardised splicing & termination
OTDR testing & acceptance

C IMPLEMENTATION

Phase 1 — Survey & route design Phase 2 — Trenching thrust boring & underpass Phase 3 — Ducting hand holes & cable pulling Phase 4 — Splicing termination & core sharing Phase 5 — Testing documentation & handover

D RESULTS

1.5 Gbps fibre connectivity delivered to 72 buildings across campus.

MEASURABLE OUTCOME

2026

DELIVERED

TECHNOLOGIES

E WHAT I LEARNED

An outside-plant fibre build is won in the ground, not in the design — route survey, trenching and reinstatement discipline, and documented core allocation decide whether the network stays reliable for the decades after the last splice.

F GALLERY

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