Project experience shown has been gained over the past fifteen years with considerable experience during the past three years.

A variety of project approaches and techniques have been used in the execution of project tasks including aerial photography, GPS design, use of laser measurement, various CAD software and productivity tools, and other strategies to deliver cost effective design products.

Project construction for which design services have been provided include both rail and tractor plow methods, trenching, rock excavation, directional boring, and subaqueous cable lays and cable landings.

Project corridors have included public roadway right-of-ways, pipeline corridors, railroad right-of-ways, public and private lands, Native American lands, U.S. Forest Service land, B.L.M. lands, and National Park Service lands.

PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
Oregon and Washington Ongoing Maintenance Program Pivotal Communications has a contract with a major telecommunications carrier to perform ongoing maintenance projects in the states of Oregon and Washington. Typical projects include new bores, landslide damage repair, cable replacement, and cable lowering. The projects are assessed for cost and alternatives, designed and CAD-drawn per the client's graphic guidelines, permitted with local, state and federal agencies as necessary, bid to contractors, construction managed, including materials control and management, inspected for final acceptance, and as-built; all phases of the projects are handled rapidly to control costs and maintain service.

Dallas/Ft. Worth to San Antonio, Texas This 335-mile design-build fiber optic-cable placement project was designed and permitted primarily along TX/DOT right-of-way. Pivotal Communications was responsible for obtaining various local construction and ROW permits in thirteen counties and seven major cities, railroad-crossing permits, and state and federal environmental permits. Pivotal Communications performed the runningline design, construction drawing production, construction staking, and as-built drawing production.

Tuscon, Arizona to Phoenix, Arizona to Blythe, California This environmentally sensitive 330-mile design-build fiber-optic project was carefully watched by the Arizona State Lands Commission to ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal permitting requirements. The project was built primarily along A/DOT ROW and existing easements, but archeological finds resulted in several reroutes and required Pivotal Communications design and permitting staff to be flexible and responsive to find, design, and permit new cable routes. Army Corps of Engineers permits were obtained for the Colorado River crossing, as well as for five other river crossings. Six city and four county agencies issued Pivotal Communications ROW permits, encroachment permits were obtained for various canal districts, and state and federal environmental permits were obtained for the entire route.

Missoula, Montana to Spokane, Washington Pivotal Communications performed the design and ROW permitting portions of this 250-mile fiber optic cable design-build project. Due to unforeseen environmental permit encumbrances, which were handled by others, this project resulted in approximately 80% of the total project being rerouted while construction was underway, requiring careful project management in the office and rapid redesign in the field. Pivotal obtained right-of-way permits with railroads, cities, and states along the route, including the I-90 corridor across the entire width of Idaho. In addition to design and ROW permitting, other Pivotal tasks included construction staking, plan redlining, and as-built drawing production.

Moorhead ,Minnesota to St. Croix River Fiber Optic Cable Project The duct count on this 580-mile project designed primarily along the I-94 state route right-of way corridor reached as many as 33 ducts in some locations. It included nearly 20 miles of highly urban street design and permitting, as well as seven POP connections. Regen hut design, railroad crossings, environmental permit tracking, city street permit procurement Minneapolis, St.Paul, and St.Cloud was handled by Pivotal Communications staff. Without existing basemaps and during the midwestern winter months, design on this project took only five months.