CACI Alaska Fiber Backbone at Fort Greely, Fort Wainwright and JBER

Cannon engineered, permitted and built more than 40 miles of new backbone cable between the main post and the ranges at Fort Greely, Alaska, for the Department of Defense under a firm fixed price order from CACI that also carried work at Fort Wainwright and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. At Greely, Cannon cleared and grubbed 187,000 feet, plowed 200,000 feet, directional drilled 19,000 feet and trenched 4,000 more, deployed 250,000 feet of fiber, set 100 above ground pedestals and 7 communication vaults, and spliced and tested 1,800 strands.

Services Employed:

• More than 40 miles of new backbone cable engineered and permitted between the main post and the ranges
• 187,000 feet of new route cleared and grubbed
• 200,000 feet plowed and another 4,000 feet trenched
• 19,000 feet directional drilled
• 250,000 feet of fiber optic cable deployed
• 100 above ground pedestals and 7 communication vaults set
• 1,800 strands spliced and tested
• Fiber design, route assessments, construction ready plan sets, all permitting and as-built documentation delivered across three installations