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Telecom Infrastructure

Underground Fibre (OFC) Laying

Direct burial, trenching and HDD — laid to survive the road above it.

HDD rig drilling under a road for OFC crossing, MGP crew with barricades and safety cones, duct coils in the foreground.

What this service is

In plain terms.

Underground fibre work is the physical layer beneath every broadband and mobile network. Cable is placed below ground by one of three methods — direct burial at depth, open trenching with protective conduit or innerduct, or horizontal directional drilling to pass beneath roads, canals and other obstacles without cutting them. What separates a good OFC contractor from a cheap one is route documentation, correct depth and protection, and clean splice loss figures at handover.

Scope of work

What a standard engagement includes. Anything outside this is quoted separately and agreed in writing before it is executed.

Route survey, feasibility and as-built route mapping
Right-of-way and municipal permission coordination
Open trenching, direct burial and backfilling with reinstatement
Horizontal directional drilling for road and obstacle crossings
Duct, innerduct and warning tape placement
Cable blowing and pulling
Fusion splicing, jointing and closure installation
OTDR testing, power meter readings and test report handover

Enquire about this service

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How we execute it

From enquiry to handover.

Six defined stages. You always know which one you are in and what closes it.

01

Route survey

The proposed route is walked, obstacles identified, and crossing methods decided before a single metre is quoted.

02

Permissions

We coordinate right-of-way and municipal permission documentation with the concerned authority.

03

Excavation

Trenching or HDD proceeds with barricading, marking and traffic-safety measures in place.

04

Cable placement

Duct laid, cable blown or pulled, and warning tape and route markers positioned to design.

05

Splicing & testing

Fusion splicing followed by OTDR traces and power measurements on every fibre.

06

Reinstatement & handover

Surface reinstated to the authority's standard; route map, splice records and test reports handed over.

Open trench with HDPE duct and warning tape being laid, backfill crew working.

Equipment

  • Horizontal directional drilling rigs
  • Excavators and trenching machines
  • Cable blowing machines
  • Fusion splicing machines
  • OTDR and optical power meters
  • Barricading and road-safety signage

Team on the job

  • Route survey engineer
  • HDD operator crew
  • Certified splicers
  • Testing engineer
  • Permission and liaison coordinator

Compliance governing this work

  • IP1 Licence — Department of Telecommunications
  • Right-of-way permissions held before excavation
  • Road-safety barricading and signage per municipal norms
  • Statutory labour cover for the entire crew
See every licence and registration

On site

Underground Fibre (OFC) Laying in execution.

These slots are reserved for MGP's own site photography of this exact service.

Open trench with HDPE duct and warning tape being laid, backfill crew working.
Fusion splicing machine in a splicing van with technician aligning fibres.
OTDR screen showing a clean fibre trace during acceptance testing.
Reinstated road surface after OFC laying with route marker installed.

Before you commit

Questions buyers actually ask.

Answered directly, including where the honest answer is a qualification rather than a yes.

Wherever cutting the surface is unacceptable or impractical — road and highway crossings, canal and drain crossings, developed footpaths, and locations where reinstatement cost or permission difficulty exceeds the drilling cost.

Need underground fibre (ofc) laying?

Send us the site details and the scope you have in mind. If a survey is the sensible first step, we will say so rather than quoting blind.

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