Project Management
The Optilan Project Manager and his team control all aspects the project throughout, drawing upon specialist in-house skills from design and workshop engineering to H&S, documentation and civil works.
Integration
A typical Optilan integrated system would comprise:
- A transmission backbone, often Optical Fibre (SDH) based but often integrating copper, microwave, or other media integrated to provide the most efficient, best value project solution.
- The communications infrastructure - the provision of fibre optic and copper cabling services (including civil works), microwave towers etc.
- The integration of subsystems,
which may include CCTV,
Telephony, Ethernet/IP connectivity, LANs, UHF/VHF/HF
Radio, PA, Alarms, Access Control, signalling, SCADA,
ANPR, satellite
systems etc
Systems Build and FAT
Optilan has in-house Factory Acceptance and Systems Integration Test facilities, an extensive rack-build capability, and operates full bonded stores.
Optilan’s workshops are dedicated to rack building, cabinet fitting and field equipment assembly. These workshops are capable of assembling anything up to 200 racks at one time.
Optilan’s FAT facility is equipped with a comprehensive range of voice, data, RF and fibre optic test equipment. Here, or in a dedicated secure FAT room in the case of some larger projects, systems are subjected to full FAT testing against agreed project-specific test specifications prior to shipment.
Site Engineering
Optilan’s Site Engineers travel the world installing, commissioning, maintaining and supporting integrated telecommunications systems and cabling infrastructure.
Optilan’s site engineering force comprise more than 50 Engineers with skill sets ranging from fibre cable splicing to CCTV camera build.
Maintenance and Support
Optilan provides 24/7 maintenance and support services for both turnkey systems and infrastructure, including dedicated telephone helplines, remote diagnostics and site engineering teams.
Training of Customer Engineers and indigenous personnel in first line support is undertaken, either at Optilan’s UK-based Training School, or on site, by Optilan’s highly skilled and experienced Training team.
Cabling Services
In addition to turnkey project work worldwide, Optilan’s Field Engineering team is responsible for the ongoing maintenance, support and upgrade of major UK telecommunications infrastructures.
The Optilan Field Force is highly experienced in:
Civil Works Management
Optilan undertakes full Civil Works design, planning and management responsibility as Prime contractors for telecommunications systems infrastructures, from surveying to ducting, troughing and long-range tunnelling.
Working Together
Optilan believes that compliance should not adversely affect flexilibity of approach. We see ourselves, our customers and their end-users as working together towards a single goal – the timely and cost effective delivery of the right solution. Operating in partnership with customers (some customers operate a site office within Optilan itself, providing the fullest project transparency and promoting swift, informed decision-making as issues arise) Optilan believes in an open, pragmatic approach to problem solving, allowing innovative and effective solutions to grow out of positive discussion.
QSE
Quality, Health&
Safety and The Environment are all represented
at Optilan Board level.
QUALITY
Optilan has been
ISO 9001 accredited since 1996, and was re-certified
to version 2000 in 2002. This accreditation covers
all aspects of Optilan’s operations throughout
the UK and worldwide. Optilan Inc., Optilan’s
US company, is ANAB accredited.
A system of continuous improvement now operates throughout the organisation, and
Optilan fully monitors the standards of its external suppliers, promoting ISO 9001:2000 accreditation throughout the supply chain.
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Quality Policy Statement
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Optilan holds OHSAS
18001 accreditation. The company promotes
active participation in health and safety amongst
its employees, and has an exceptional Health and Safety
record. Optilan vigorously supports the various Health
and Safety Initiatives promoted by our Oil and Gas
customers.
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Health & Safety Policy Statement
ENVIRONMENT
Optilan has an excellent environmental
record and is currently working towards ISO 14001
accreditation.
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