Communication Design

TELECOMMUNICATIONS DESIGN

Keeping Britain in Touch

We have designed and supported the construction of more than two million metres of communications networks throughout the UK for clients such as Virgin Media, CityFibre and BT Openreach. We’ve the diversity of clients to attest to our in-house expertise.

Source has a telecoms heritage which is why we excel in providing an end-to-end, in-house communications design service: beginning with surveys, we’ll prove feasibility, find the best value route, design your civil and fibre networks, support construction and provide you with as-builts, GIS asset information and anything else you need to optimise network operation and maintenance.

Our parent company, McNicholas, has been building telecoms networks since 1949, meaning a Source design comes with a value-focused construction bias built in. We effectively interpret your requirements to create the best value solution for you, not the most obvious one.

COMMUNICATION DESIGN SERVICES

MANHOLE DESIGN

The design and construction of suitable manhole structures close to underground utility networks is highly complex. Source develop innovative designs to enable the construction of non-standard manholes, such as a large ‘T’ shaped structure that accommodated the cabling of a deep Under Track Crossing that linked Stratford City and the Olympic Park. Our communications understanding, civil engineering capabilities and heritage allows us to offer implementable designs to resolve design challenges.

CIVIL DESIGN

From the transition from large composite copper transmission cables, and large scale copper conductor cables, through to the introduction of Optic Fibre cables, Source’s Communication design team have over 60 years experience designing the civils' aspects of communication networks. Over 4000 miles of duct routes for a variety of communications operators have been designed by this team. The team currently have the ability to work to the differing specifications of each communications operator.

FIBRE DESIGN

Our engineers have a great deal of experience working in various environments, designing optical fibre cable systems and routes by taking advantage of advances in specifications for ducting and cable containment. The Ordnance Survey’s GIS system enables us to make extremely accurate assessments of the likely demand from business and residential properties.

FEASIBILITY STUDIES

These are vital to understanding underground assets. With decades of experience, our team of experts first analyse maps of existing utilities to identify if further work is needed to confirm the location of assets. This could include physical examination of the project area, a ground penetrating radar survey or trial trenches.

SOME OF OUR COMMUNICATION DESIGN CLIENTS