Decon Technologies

Fibre Cable Hauling, Testing& Terminating

Factories 2&3, No.6 Wigan Road, Bayswater Vic 3158Ph: 9762-6300 Fax: 9762-6400

Index

Page/sIndex 1Who are Decon Technologies 2-3Specialized equipment 4Skills 5Rod & Rope 6-8Mechanical Hauling 9Joining & Splicing 10-11Testing 12Other Works 13OH&S 14Previous contracted work 15-21

Who are Decon Technologies?

A data/communication division established in 1997 to install and complete communication companies power requirements throughout Melbourne Metro and country.

Initially provided power supplies, battery UPS, air conditioning and general power requirements.

Due to the successful undertaking of the initial work provided to communications companies, Decon now provide a full installation package. This incorporates power installs, cable hauling, cable terminating of all optical fibre and copper installs.

In late 2004 a full fibre optic installation service was created for Telstra affiliated companies requiring access to the restricted Telstra Ethernet fibre service.

Who are Decon Technologies?

The workforce consists of qualified electricians/data technicians, fibre joiners, hauling specialists, data and minor civil/machinery specialists

Electrician Hauling Crew Data technicians

Specialized equipment.

A number of different skills are required by Decon staff to ensure a successful project.

Rod and RopeMechanical HaulingJoining and SplicingTestingTime Management skillsProject Management skillsVarious electrical work

Rod and Rope

A process of proving the cable conduits in the ground, conduits run from pit to pit within the external communications network.

The external communications network is a series of man holes and pits linked by conduits, which on a schematic plan look like a network of tree roots through the entire Metropolitan and suburban areas of Victoria.

Rod and Rope

1. Screw together fibreglass rods

2. Pushing fibre glass rods through the

conduit in the first pit

Rod and Rope

3. Fibre glass rod travels hundreds of meters and

exits in next pit

4. Rope is tied to the fibre glass rod and

pulled back into the first pit thus proving the conduit cable runs.

Mechanical HaulingA number of companies within the industry hand haul, however at

Decon we have purchased specialized equipment allowing us to work safer, quicker and smarter.

Mechanical Hauling is optical fibre hauled via the use of a winch over kilometers of the roded external communication network.

Optic fibre cable pulled off drum trailer

and tied to roded rope

Mechanical winch hauling rope and

optical fibre

Joining & Splicing

The next step in the process of completing an installation is the fibre terminating of the hauled cable. This completes the data link from venue to exchange.

Existing fibre access point joint in

a manhole

Fibre access point unclipped from manhole rails

Joining & Splicing

Two new hauled fibre optic cables are joined in existing fibre access

point joints.

The small fibre optic joined cables are placed

in splice protectors within tray.

Testing

Ensures the cable paths had a signal from venue to exchange.Light pulses are sent down the completed hauled and joined cable path from the

Telstra exchange to the customers premises/venue using CMA 4000 testing technology

All cable paths and results are then documented and presented to the clients design, specifying cable paths, sine wave results and quality of joins.

All results are documented and provided to the client.

Some other work carried out by Decon is:

Pit pumping. Civil works

To ensure the safety of both our staff and customers we follow Occupational Health and Safety procedures.

All staff has been educated in OH&S policies and as part of the daily status meetings, any issues were raised and addressed.

Job safety analysis were created before any work commenced on sitePersonal protective equipment checklists completedDue to the possibility of gas leaks and the high volume of passing pedestrian

traffic, all manholes and pits in the cable run required guarding and gas detectors.

Machines are regularly serviced and calibrated to reduce the likely hood of injury on site.

Street joints are enclosed in manholes and require specific safety equipment including gas detectors and high visibility vests.

All manholes were condoned off with barriers, to protect the public.Concise safety plans ensured all OH&S issues were covered and supported

the new OH&S policies introduced in July 2005.Full completed safety certificated power installations.

Decon were contracted to undertake and manage the major implementation of the communication network for the

Commonwealth Games.

Decon were handed this project in August 2005 with a deliverable date of November 2005.

Project involved both steel and plastic conduit work, installation of racks, minor civil works, pit & pipe replacement, data & power installs, street hauling and terminating of optic fibre and copper.

This project involved the construction of the optic fibre network for the majority of the Commonwealth Games venues. This included the following venues:

State Netball & Hockey centreGames villageMelbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre Telstra DomeTriathlonMelbourne Gun ClubM.C.G

Broadcast sites, security huts, high rise buildings and customer premises

There were a number of key requirements

Installation of data for communication/optic fibre racks within factory and venue sites and remove after completion of the event.

Completed and commissioned temporary communication rooms in all venues.

Running of approximately 85,000 meters of fibre optic cable

2,500 fibre splicesReplaced damaged pit lids Repaired any blockages in the Telstra

conduit network.

In order to complete the project specialized equipment was required.

Equipment:Cable Drum trailersMechanical hauling winches260 PSI compressors10 tonne and 6 tonne trucksRope recovery trailerFusion splicersOTDR testers

The work completed for the Commonwealth games project continues to provide ongoing benefits to customers.

The completed project provided a large LAN network, capable of high speed data, enabling all venues to communicate via the Telstra Ethernet network (fibre optic).

Provided communication runs via fibre optic signals, through the streets of Melbourne through exchange routers and CISCO switch gear.

Customer is able to use installed Ethernet service as one large private/secure computer network

The installed Ethernet service allows customers to use the Ethernet network for high speed broadband, media broadcasts, live TV, security and CCTV.

This project illustrates what Decon Technologies can achieve for its customers.

The Commonwealth Games project was completed on time within schedule and on budget.

Due to the immense size of this project, it could not have been completed without the commitment of the staff, skills and specialized equipment used by Decon.

The successful completion of this project has resulted in extra work being tendered to Decon.

Internal installations

Rack’s built by Decon in the factory & delivered to site. Installed with copper, power and fibre termination for Vodaphone Arena, suppling CCTV camera services.

OFDS Racks installed and terminated.

Temporary equipment racks installed in lock up cages.

Typical equipment rack supplying coaxial connections for CCTV cameras