Digitizing the Telecommunications Construction Workflow

How can construction progress easily be reported across a program of broadband expansions, inventories kept up to date and surplus materials identified to save money on future project?

As the world adopts distance learning, telemedicine, and remote working as new platforms for previously in-person services, the need for faster and more reliable internet and phone services are obvious. In response to this demand, the U.S. government has launched the ReConnect Program which furnishes grants and loans to provide the funds necessary to deliver broadband services in rural areas. Telecommunication companies building out broadband into these rural areas are facing pronounced supply chain, inventory and project management issues.

How can telecommunication companies order long lead materials far in advance and then effectively track and manage their inventory to prove that specific materials purchased with specific grants were then installed in locations per the USDA and state grant guidelines?

How can telecommunications companies keep up with which materials have been delivered fulfilling parts of specific purchase orders and then maintain their inventory for many months until construction actually begins?

How can construction progress easily be reported across a program of broadband expansions, inventories kept up to date and surplus materials identified to save money on future project?

The pace and complexity of the broadband services expansion prompts telecommunications companies to look to material and construction management software to help. PCS’s Epilogue^® construction management technology has the features and functionality to simply take care of these complexities so that telecom project managers can assure a well-executed project. Epilogue’s® Materials module includes telecom-specific functionality for tracking short and long lead items fulfilled over distributed times that are tracked against specific purchase orders and grants. Simply load material into Epilogue^® as it is ordered, have your personnel track it using mobile devices, and you will have all the detailed reporting you need to satisfy your Finance department as well as any grant requirements.

Epilogue’s^® value and functionality continues into active construction as construction teams use mobile devices to record which materials they install and where again supporting grant requirements while also providing live updates to inventory. Construction teams easily capture GPS points validating installation, geolocated photos of before and after conditions, and progress details that aggregate to project and program management dashboards as well as interactive maps.

In the end Epilogue^® helps telecom companies collect their project information once, collect it well and use it everywhere such that everything you need to implement and manage a broadband expansion program is simplified and all in one place in Epilogue^®.