Aldridge Electric's Telecom Division provides outside plant services and equipment installation including placement and maintenance of fiber optic cable, copper cable, and coaxial cable systems utilizing directional boring, trenching, plowing, and aerial techniques. Cable protection, locating of buried plant, and "on call" emergency restorations of damaged systems are also functions of the Telecom division. Division Manager: Ed Kutschke Types of Services: · Installation of Buried, Aerial and Confined Space Fiber Optic and Coaxial Cable and Conduit via Directional Boring, Trenching, Plowing and Aerial Techniques. · Marketing of Innovative Telecommunications Services · Emergency Restoration Services · Design/Build Capabilities · Underground Utility Locating and Maintenance Services Equipment: · The Latest OTDRs · The Latest Fusion Splicers · Hydraulic Mid-Assists · Tension Monitoring and Recording Equipment · A Full Range of Cable Handling Trailers · Multiple Plow, Trench, Directional Bore and Aerial Installation Machinery and Equipment · Numerous types of Cable and Innerduct Blowers and Pullers Associations: · Power and Communications Contractor Association · NUCA · NASTI Telecommunication Group This group installs hundreds of miles of innerduct and fiber optic cable each year for Telecom companies in the Midwest. In addition, our staff of over 20 fiber optic splicers and testers has a reputation for excellence within the national Telecom Industry. In the past four (4) years we have worked closely with a local large utility company on many their critical projects, assisting in engineering , design and fast track execution projects. Locates Group This group provides cable protection, locating of buried plant, and "on call" emergency restoration of damaged systems services throughout the Midwest.