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Physical Infrastructure Access
Installation & Surveying Solutions

Total Network Solutions has experience in working on the Openreach Network and has trained operatives who have completed the full range of Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) accreditation modules for both underground and overhead installation and surveying. PIA is an Openreach product that allows other communication providers access to poles and ducts, provided they are approved and Openreach has granted access to the communications provider. As you can imagine, there are strict processes in place to monitor and aid CPs.

Why use Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA)?

Using the Openreach PIA solution can aid the speed of deployment for many communication providers by allowing access to poles and ducts. This can reduce the cost for communication providers by leveraging existing infrastructure. However, just because there is existing infrastructure in place does not mean you can jump in; orders may have been placed, or planned projects may have reserved space within the ducts or on poles.

Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) Surveying

Openreach has developed several accreditation modules for surveying its network infrastructure. Operatives must hold the relevant physical infrastructure access (PIA) accreditation's to be able to work on the Openreach network these are different than normal Openreach accreditation's but have been designed for the communication providers and contractors working for them, there are two separate surveying modules.

  • Overhead Surveying

  • Underground Surveying

Physical Infrastructure Access Installation & Surveying Solutions

There are processes and procedures to follow before commencing with a route survey, which TNS are fully conversant with. TNS has developed several reports to capture the information Openreach requires for the documentation process. We have worked with communication providers to support them in delivering their proposals from proof of concept to network delivery. Working from high-level designs to providing information for low-level detailed designs.

 

Our surveyors complete the approved paperwork, as every client is different and no one document suits all. Surveying is the most critical aspect of the plan, as the designers need the information to input into a platform. Even once that has been completed, pre-deployment and final checks are vital as things change.

PIA Installation & Testing

TNS are fully conversant with the installation procedures on the Openreach network having worked on the network prior to PIA TNS has worked for Openreach via their Tier 1 providers and still do, so we understand the quality requirements for installation.

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We have experience in fibre network delivery on both underground and overhead for various disciplines these include:

  • Test Rod and Roping in underground cabling

  • Blockages and Producing A55 compliant to Openreach Standards

  • Overhead Cabling

  • A1024 

So as you can see TNS are well equipped and experienced in network delivery not just on openreach network but many others, all staff are trained and hold vocational qualifications like NRSWA, fibre jointing and testing, EUSR Telecoms safety cards etc, and are accredited for PIA.

If you would like to discuss Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) then please call 01270 297691 or contact us via the contact us page or drop us an email info@tnscomms.co.uk 

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