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Warren van der Merwe
Feb 19, 20221 min read
More Conduit
Another load of conduit is heading our way! we continue to do what we can during these winter months and get ready for a very busy Spring!
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Warren van der Merwe
Jan 3, 20222 min read
2021 in Review
May 15, 2021 was the day we dug the first trench, and oh what a year it has been since then! From some ideas on a piece of paper, lots of...
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Warren van der Merwe
Nov 7, 20211 min read
A frosty start to another neighborhood
Friday was a frosty start as we prepared for pulling trunk fiber back through the 6000’ of new duct we have in our next neighborhood....
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Warren van der Merwe
Sep 27, 20211 min read
More trenching, bigger patch panels and customer speed tests
Work continues as we rapidly move into Phase 2 of our project. More trenching for conduit whilst the horizontal boring machine is working...
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Warren van der Merwe
Aug 7, 20211 min read
And we have lift off
We celebrated our first live customer this week. So much hard work has gone into the last 5 weeks, and was great to see it all come to...
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Warren van der Merwe
Jul 21, 20211 min read
The magic is about to happen
It has been a frustrating last few weeks as we wait for our providers VDOT permit to be approved, but we finally have it, and they can...
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Warren van der Merwe
Jul 9, 20211 min read
It is cabinet time
Whilst most of our work has been getting conduit and fiber in the ground, a vital piece of the puzzle is the master cabinet where our...
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Warren van der Merwe
Jul 1, 20211 min read
Some weeks just do not go according to plan ...
Thanks to a local rodent, the PTX is down for a week while we wait for a new fuel pipe, so it was back to the mini excavator to dig a...
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Warren van der Merwe
Jun 17, 20211 min read
A busy week so far
We have had a subcontractor in to do some boring for us. Great to get a few of the more challenging sections done, and the places where...
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Warren van der Merwe
Jun 13, 20211 min read
First Trunk in the Ground
The rain hasn’t helped much the last few days, but we have done what we can. Officially reached the end of the first Trunk line, and...
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Warren van der Merwe
May 30, 20211 min read
Notorious Rock
We knew we would hit rock at some point, this last 400’ has been full of it. Made a dent to our targets for the weekend, but thankfully...
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Warren van der Merwe
May 26, 20211 min read
First reel of conduit in the ground ... and the lab work continues
Progress continues, and we have now used the first reel of conduit. 2500'+ now in the ground and we about 50% through the first trunk...
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Warren van der Merwe
May 23, 20211 min read
The toy has arrived!
Whilst looking at renting equipment to complete the job, we discovered….. well that there just aren’t many to rent of what we needed. So...
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Warren van der Merwe
May 16, 20211 min read
The first handhole is in the ground .....
This weekend our aim was to complete 1000' of conduit installation. Whilst we still have some backfill to do, and general tidy up, we...
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