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OSP Engineering & Locates

OSP Engineering & Locates

Route design, permit packages, and locating before the dig.

Overview

What This Actually Involves.

Most of what goes wrong in a fiber build was decided before anyone mobilised. A route that assumed a pole could carry another attachment. A permit that took nine weeks instead of three. A bore path drawn across a gas main nobody located.

ConLit does the engineering and the field verification together, which means the design reflects what is actually on the ground rather than what the records claim.

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Scope

What's Included.

Route walks

Physical survey of the proposed path — pole condition, existing attachments, access, and obstacles.

Pole loading & make-ready

Attachment assessment and the data package the pole owner needs to approve the application.

Permit packages

DOT, county, municipal, and railroad submissions prepared and tracked to approval.

Private utility locating

Locating the lines the one-call system will not mark — private services, site distribution, abandoned plant.

GIS & GPS as-builts

Sub-metre capture of what was actually built, delivered in the format your system ingests.

Design review

A second set of eyes on someone else’s design before it becomes your construction problem.

How We Run It

Four Steps, No Surprises.

01

Desktop review

Records, aerials, and existing plant data assembled before anyone drives the route.

02

Field verification

The walk. This is where the desktop assumptions get corrected — and where most cost is saved.

03

Design & permit

Route finalised, packages submitted, and approvals tracked so the schedule reflects real lead times.

04

As-built capture

Post-construction GPS capture reconciled against the design, with deltas flagged rather than quietly absorbed.

Common Questions

Straight Answers.

Can you engineer a route you are not building?

Yes. Engineering-only is a normal engagement, and there is no obligation to use us for construction.

What is private locating and why do I need it?

The 811 one-call system only marks utility-owned facilities. Anything past the meter — site lighting, irrigation, private gas, campus distribution — is unmarked. Those are the strikes nobody budgets for.

How long do permits actually take?

County and municipal are typically two to six weeks. State DOT runs longer. Railroad crossings can run months and should be identified at the very start of a project.

Related Work

The Rest of the Scope.

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Next Step

Send Us the Scope.

Route miles, location, timeline. We will come back with a real number and a real schedule — not a range and a maybe.

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