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Outside Plant (OSP)
EPS-NS employs certified Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) and Outside Plant (OSP) technicians who are trained in outside plant safety issues, regulations, codes, and standards. EPS-NS employees are trained in the installation of different types of outside plant cabling along with the pathways and spaces required for multi-building cabling distribution including underground, direct-buried, and aerial distribution systems.
EPS-NS outside plant engineering and design professionals will determine the method for the installation of cabling plant, calculating optical fiber end-to-end system attenuation, planning new OSP cable plant, and determining the types of telecommunications pathways and spaces to use.
EPS-NS’ OSP professionals are well versed in the following areas:
Safety, Regulations, and Standards
- OSHA
- Mil standards
- ANSI
- EIA/TIA
- BICSI
- RUS
- NFPA
- Outside plant cables
- Splicing and termination hardware
- Transition hardware (pedestals, cabinets, and splice cases)
- Cable air pressure systems
- Safety and confined spaces
- Underground support structures
- Buried applications
- Manholes, Handholes and ductbank systems
- Scope of work description and design estimates
- Aerial support structures
- Scope of work description and design estimates
- Pre-job assessment
- Permits
- Easements and right-of-way
- Environmental and aesthetic impact
- System topologies
- System design
- Route design
- Grounding and Bonding
