FIBRE INSTALLATION - 
OARO SOUTH PROJECT

Client: Downer

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Location: Oaro

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Service: Fibre installation

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Date started: April 2021

Date completed: July 2021

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Scope of work

Changing the damaged and faulty fibre line from Cleverley to Oaro. The work was carried out on the Kiwirail line.

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Trenched in the Kiwirail accessway.

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IWI, Vodafone, Downer, Spark archaeologists and Kiwirail were the main stakeholders. Installed both underground and overground fibre cable using various techniques like trenching, thrusting and galv- pipe joinning.

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Challenges

The two main challenges were working near a live railway as well as in a highly archaeologically sensitive area.

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Solutions

Good communications with both the Rail Protection Officer and archaeologist were key to making this project a success.

 

Because of the area’s sensitivity we could not use one of our trenching machines and had to use traditional excavators instead.

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Key fact:

• 7 km of trenching and thrusting on Kiwirail accessway

• 1 km of over ground galvanised pipe installation

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Key equipment used:

• 8 ton excavator

• Thruster