Ervin Cable Construction Case Study

Fast-tracking densification projects with automated designs

In 2017 Ervin Cable Construction (ECC) was in the beginning stages of a densification project for a customer in a major U.S. market. The new design needed to use C-Ran technology with small cell and macro cell sites, a preemptive build out of the 5G network. To meet the timeline demands of the project, ECC needed to deliver 300,000 feet of design a month, so they were looking for a design solution that could speed up their existing manual process.

They turned to 3-GIS for a point-to-point network design. The 3-GIS Engineering Services (ES) team used Prospector, the 3-GIS network planning tool, to create initial design routes to support HUB connectivity and layout. The end goal was to get documents submitted for permitting and construction faster, enabling a faster time to revenue.

Vision

Integrate automation into planning and design processes so the business can achieve faster time-to-revenue

Outcomes

Network planned and designed 5x faster
Expedited mid-level design that met the customer’s demand & engineering guidelines

Deliverables

1,100,000 route feet designed in 3 weeks
989 destination points planned in 3 weeks
285+ businesses passed
45 HUBs served

Performance enablers

Machine-prescribed routes allow us to decrease the time to permitting and construction
Least-cost routes allow us to construct networks as economically as possible
Informed designs provide us with additional revenue opportunities along the proposed network route