Fiber Optic Project (Districtwide)
March 26, 2019: In the Neighborhoods
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Photo 1: A worker uses a locator to determine where conduit has been bored.
Photo 2: Crew members are clearing out a handhole.
Photo 3: Paint markings indicate location and direction of underground utilities.
March 14, 2019: Project Launch
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Top photo: The boring machine drills into the ground to create passage for the fiber conduit.
Bottom left: Superintendent Mike Scott, Board member Mark Watson and NIS project manager Glenn Sexton check out the boring machine.
Bottom center: Standing next to a two-ton spool of conduit, Juan explains next steps to Mike Scott and Glenn Sexton.
Bottom right: Juan connects the conduit to the end of the drill. Next, the drill will run backward to pull the conduit through the underground hole.The first directional boring of the City's and District's fiber optic network took place on March 14, 2019, at McKinney Elementary School, and project crews installed the conduit for the fiber optic cable that will be part of the network's backbone.
To start, a drill bored a long hole underground and surfaced after about 100 feet, then the orange-colored conduit was attached to the end of the drill and pulled back through the hole to the beginning. A second boring machine stood ready to extend the hole further along the route. This sequence will be repeated as the installation of miles of line continues throughout the district over the next year.
School Board member Mark Watson and Superintendent Mike Scott observed the work and helped commemorate this launch of the network.
Once the backbone ring is completed around the first block of schools, fiber backbone cable will be spliced to HSD fiber optic lines (already installed). McKinney, along with other schools in the first phase, is expected to go "live" on the fiber network in July 2019. Eventually, all HSD schools and buildings are expected to be connected to the City's network backbone by April 2020.
Milestones
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NOV. 29, 2019
Week 38 Production Summary
Conduit
Hand-
holesFiber
Proofing
Blue Ring
0
1
10,728
3,080
Yellow Ring
50
0
0
50
Blue Spur
480
1
0
0
City Ring
690
1
0
0
Week 38 Total
1,220
3
10,728
3,130
Ring Totals to Date
Conduit
Hand-
holesFiber
Proofing
Blue Ring
42,469
88%
48
59%
39,488
74%
27,262
Core Ring
75,335
96%
86
66%
90,533
94%
39,578
Yellow Ring
33,501
74%
33
48%
36,858
67%
36,179
Brown Ring
32,907
62%
20
25%
0
0%
17,200
Green Ring
11,590
105%
13
65%
12,764
104%
0
Aqua Ring
14,207
59%
11
30%
0
0%
0
Blue Spur
8,880
28%
5
10%
0
0%
4,580
Aqua Spur
2,546
5%
3
4%
0
0%
0
City Ring
5,107
30%
2
6%
0
0%
0
Total
226,542
63%
221
39%
179,643
42%
124,799
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Sept. 20, 2019 - green ring fiber 100% placed.
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July 5, 2019 - over 24 miles of conduit have been laid across the district.
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May 31, 2019 - Green ring conduit installation completed (downtown area: Lincoln Street and Eastwood Elementary and Poynter Middle School).
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March 14, 2019 - first conduit laid at McKinney Elementary School.