The Problem


Huawei approached Greenwoods to provide a turnkey solution to the challenge they faced in meeting the aggressive timescales given by BT. As part of the solution the following key factors needed to be considered and addressed;

• Site Survey; which would include a logistics survey to ensure the cabinet could be deployed in accordance with the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA)
• Noticing with local authorities including requesting a permit to work on the streetside, road closures or traffic management
• Storage and logistics including deployment to site
• Liaising with BT regional teams
• Installation activities on site
• Commissioning activities on site
• Full remote site integration
• Hand over and sign off to BT and Huawei
  

The Solution


Greenwoods Communications used their past experience and specialised expertise in providing a complete end to end solution which suited the customer's requirements. A dedicated Service Delivery Management team was appointed; this in turn was supported by a team of highly skilled engineers to ensure that the project ran smoothly from receipt of order to handover of the completed commissioned cabinets to BT.

Greenwoods appointed NRSWA accredited surveyors to undertake individual surveys of each location, identifying the best working practices for the deployment and installation of the FTTC cabinet in accordance with NRSWA guidelines.

Dedicated resource within the Service Delivery team undertook noticing of works daily. This involved the monitoring and tracking of daily activities whilst recording these on the BT noticing system called 'Eaton'. Site specific information was loaded to ensure the local authorities were aware that the works are being completed to the required standard.

Greenwoods received direct delivery of FTTC cabinets from Huawei and then these are managed and stored in our secure warehouse facility. Remote storage is then considered to ensure timely deployment of cabinets to remote locations. This remote storage enables cost effective deployment of cabinets to streetside locations within its specified region.

Greenwoods and Huawei developed a best working practices guide for the installation of the FTTC cabinet. By providing onsite NRSWA supervision on all sites, quality standards are achieved whilst ensuring full NRSWA compliance. The NRSWA supervisor is responsible for the completion of the final quality audit.

After the local electricity contractor has made the power connection to the cabinet Greenwoods Commissioning Engineers return to site to undertake the commissioning and integration activities. This is also co-ordinated with a Greenwoods integration engineer who is permanently based at Huawei's UK headquarters in Basingstoke. Documentation is then submitted to both BT and Huawei.

Huawei benefits from:

	Full turnkey solution
	Experience and expertise
	Dedicated Service Delivery management
	Technical competence of installation and commissioning engineers
	Integration of the sites remotely
	Short lead times due to easy access of component parts
	National field force
	90,000sqft secure warehousing facility with good transport links
	In-house Nationwide logistic capability