Base-Wide Telecommunications Infrastructure Surveys and Fiber Testing

Before a base upgrades its network, someone has to establish what is already in the ground. Cannon surveyed the telecommunications infrastructure at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, rodding and proofing more than 60,000 feet of existing conduit, verifying the cable plant, surveying 98 buildings and GPS locating more than 212 structures. At Eglin Air Force Base in Florida crews rodded, proofed and verified the conduit system, purged, pumped and butterflied more than 180 manholes, placed 52,000 feet of mule tape and as-built 47 buildings. At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, Cannon tested more than 200,000 feet of existing cable and fusion spliced, tested and terminated more than 8,000 fibers.

Services Employed:

• Mountain Home AFB: more than 60,000 feet of existing conduit rodded and proofed
• Mountain Home AFB: existing cable plant as-built and verified, 98 buildings surveyed, 212+ structures GPS located
• Eglin AFB: conduits rodded, proofed and verified; more than 180 manholes purged, pumped and butterflied
• Eglin AFB: 52,000 feet of mule tape installed and 47 buildings surveyed and as-built
• Wright-Patterson AFB: more than 200,000 feet of existing cable tested
• Wright-Patterson AFB: backboards and fiber distribution panels installed, more than 8,000 fibers spliced, tested and terminated