The Altnet Build Partner That Scales With Your Rollout

Altnet build plans are written in permanent marker and delivered in pencil, which is why the right altnet build partner matters. Funding milestones don’t move, but crews, weather and PIA surprises do — and every stalled week burns runway while your investors watch the premises-passed number.

We give altnets and their build partners accredited crews that flex with the programme — up for the push, down for the pause — without the overhead of growing your own teams. PIA fluency comes included: make-ready, capacity checks and validation surveys are daily work for us, not a learning curve billed to you.

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  • Fully accredited teams
  • Working to Openreach specifications
  • Mobilised in 2–4 weeks
  • 15,000 poles installed

Why the build partner decision matters more for altnets

A tier-1 with a weak subbie loses margin. An altnet with a weak build partner loses runway — and runway is existential. Premises passed is the number your next funding round hangs on, which means build velocity isn’t an operational metric, it’s a financial one. The partner you choose either compounds that velocity or quietly erodes it through remobilisation delays, PIA rejections and rework.

That’s the standard we ask to be judged against: not “did the poles go in” but “did the programme move at the speed the plan needed.”

What we deliver across the rollout

PIA make-ready

poling, duct proving support and infrastructure preparation ahead of cable pulls, done right so NOIs don't bounce

Overhead build packages

complete route delivery within your wider rollout, cabling (/overhead-cabling-rigging) and dressing to spec

Splicing close-out teams

fibre splicing following the build so routes become sellable premises, not stranded capex

Validation and capacity surveys

PIA surveyed properly before the plan commits to it

Difficult-access resolution

the spider crane and hard-to-reach poling capability, including specialist machinery and suitable manual techniques, that keeps awkward premises inside the build plan instead of quietly dropping off it

How the engagement works

1. Build plan review.

Share the rollout plan under NDA if needed; we identify where our crews add most velocity per pound.

2. Choose the model.

Route packages priced per delivery, flexible labour capacity, or a standing monthly commitment matched to your funding profile — whatever lets your CFO sleep.

3. Mobilise in 2–4 weeks.

Inducted, accredited, reporting in your systems.

4. Flex with reality.

Scale up for the push, hold for the pause, without renegotiating from scratch — because we know how altnet cashflow actually works.

How the engagement works

Velocity with evidence. Progress reported honestly, premises-level, so your board pack numbers are real.

One relationship, whole build. Survey to splice under one contractor via our fibre network support  model — your delivery manager manages outcomes, not subbie politics.

No PIA apprenticeship at your expense. We arrive already fluent.

Tell us the build plan

crews, timescales and price within 24 hours.

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FAQs

Yes — capacity agreements for multi-month and multi-year programmes are exactly how we prefer to work with altnets.

Routinely, and without the elbows. Plenty of engagements start as overflow capacity and grow from there.

Often — surveys and make-ready can run ahead while design finalises, which protects the programme’s critical path.

We flex down without drama or exit penalties designed to trap you. [Confirm commercial terms] The relationship survives the pause; that’s the point of it.