Service providers, rural utilities and electric cooperatives are under pressure to expand broadband quickly, often with tight funding timelines and limited internal resources. eX² provides a production-ready Fiber to the Home (FTTH) design and permitting team that acts as an extension of your business, integrating with your operations to anticipate challenges early. With over a decade of experience, we address potential design, permitting, planning, procurement, construction and grant compliance issues upfront, helping your FTTH project stay on schedule, maintain compliance and avoid costly rework.


eX²’s Fiber to the Home Design & Permitting Services

Early-Stage Planning

  • Feasibility & market assessments

  • Route analysis (aerial/underground)

  • Permitting research

Design, Permitting & Construction Documents

  • High-level design

  • Construction ride-outs, address validation & field verification

  • Detailed design (aerial, underground & make-ready identification)

  • Permit drawings & submittals

  • Construction drawings & documentation

Procurement & Construction Support

  • RFP development

  • Contractor selection support

  • Construction inspection

  • Owner’s project management

  • Near real-time geospatial tracking of progress

Compliance Support

  • Grant reporting support

  • Document templates

  • Progress tracking

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Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Design & Permitting FAQs

  • Identifying potential challenges upfront during early-stage planning ensures design and permitting moves into procurement and construction without:

    • Schedule delays due to incomplete early-stage planning

    • Costly rework from inconsistent design standards

    • Risks to grant compliance and reporting requirements

  • We partner with service providers, rural utilities, electric cooperatives and ILECs, customizing our FTTH design and permitting services to each organization’s operational needs and funding requirements.

  • We ensure designs and documentation meet program requirements, provide grant reporting templates, and track and provide progress updates to keep projects compliant.

  • eX² supports the full design and permitting lifecycle: early-stage planning, design and permitting, construction documentation, contractor procurement assistance, construction oversight and grant reporting support, acting as an extension of your team at each stage.

  • We use a full suite of GIS and engineering tools, including ArcGIS, Vetro Fiber Manager, Biarri FOND, QGIS, 3GIS and AutoCAD, and more to create accurate, detailed and construction-ready FTTH designs.

  • We have experience supporting a wide range of programs. We work with grant funding programs like ARPA, RDOF, ReConnect, E-Rate, CARES Act and other federal and state broadband funding initiatives. We are fully prepared and stand ready to help our customers deploy BEAD-funded projects.

 
 

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