CAPABILITY
What we do on site
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HOW A LINK IS PROVED
Every core gets a trace
An OTDR fires light down the fibre and reads what comes back — splices, bends and breaks all show up as events on a graph. It's how we prove a link is good, and how we find the fault when it isn't.
WHO WE WORK FOR
The specialists other trades bring in
If you're an electrician, an M&E contractor or an ICP with fibre on the drawing and nobody to terminate it, that's exactly the call we want — substation SCADA and protection links, switchroom tie-ins, or a run somebody else has already pulled. Andy or Pete takes the fibre package on personally — planning it, running the engineers and answering for it — and works to your programme from first pull to signed-off certificate.
You speak to the engineer leading the job
Whoever quotes your job leads it on site. You deal with the engineer who owns it, from quote to certificate.
Based Norwich, working UK-wide
On East Anglian sites at short notice, and on programme with contractors anywhere in the UK.
Every core traced and certified
Traces and loss results on every core, issued as a certificate pack as standard.
WHO LEADS THE WORK
Two lead engineers, one standard
We set AP Communications up in Norwich in 2023 to do fibre properly: installed, spliced, terminated and certified to the standard the asset owner expects. The A and the P are Andy and Pete — and one of us will lead your job.
01 — INSTALLATION
Supply and install
We install to the spec on the drawings as per contractor requirement.
02 — SPLICING & TERMINATION
Terminate, test, connect
Whether we installed the cable, supplied it for your electricians to pull, or you've got unterminated tails coiled at the ODF — we'll terminate it, test it and connect your kit. Core-alignment fusion splicing, every time, whatever fibre you've got in the HV substation.
03 — TESTING
OTDR & insertion loss
Every core tested for signal integrity and loss, bi-directional where the spec calls for it, with a full results pack for the client or the consultant.
04 — CERTIFICATION
Documentation
Test certificates, trace files, as-installed schedules and labelling records — the paperwork that gets a fibre install signed off first time.
05 — MAINTENANCE
Ongoing support
Adds, moves and changes on substations we already know, plus repairs booked in when you need them — for contractors and asset teams who want one number for all the fibre works.
CABLE TYPES
Which cable for which job
| Type | Where it goes | Why |
|---|---|---|
| LSZH | Switchrooms, relay rooms, cable basements | Low smoke, zero halogen — compliance in occupied plant |
| Steel wire armoured | Direct burial, ducts, trenches across the compound | Rodent and mechanical protection |
| Tight-buffered OM3/OM4 | Panel to panel inside a building, short backbones | Short reach, high bandwidth, lower-cost optics |
| Loose-tube OS2 | Substation to substation, GRP to control building, long external runs | Distance without repeaters |
FAQS
Questions we get asked
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ABOUT
The A and the P are Andy and Pete.
Two fibre engineers who set the company up to hold one standard on every job. We set AP Communications up in Norwich in 2023 to do one thing properly: get fibre in, spliced, tested and documented so it works for the next twenty years.
Andy Hillyer
[Andy's background — years in the trade, where he trained, the jobs he's proudest of. Two or three sentences in his own words works better than a CV.]
Pete Whitbread
[Pete's background — same again. If one of you handles quoting and the other testing, say so; contractors like knowing who to ring for what.]
You always speak to a director
The person who quotes your job is the person who leads it on site. Nothing gets lost between the office and the site.
Fibre is all we do
We're a fibre specialist by choice. We take the fibre package and leave the rest of the contract to you.
Every job leaves tested
Every link is tested before we hand it back. Every job comes with traces and certificates, whether the spec asked for them or not.
CONTACT
Tell us about the job
Send a cable schedule, a drawing or just a rough description and we'll come back with a price — usually the same working day. If it's quicker to talk it through, ring Andy or Pete direct.
Thanks — that's with us.
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