Articles

Working notes on fibre design, EV charging, GIS, and infrastructure drafting. Written for engineers, PMs, and anyone trying to get their head around a new topic fast.

GIS 2 Jul 2026 · 11 min

Challenges in GIS Data Migration: The Failure Modes Nobody Warns You About

The specific ways spatial data migrations break — connectivity, geometry, CRS, schema — and a validation-first workflow that catches them before cutover.

GIS 2 Jul 2026 · 9 min

GIS for EV Charging and Fibre Site Selection: Grid Overlays and Data Packs

How to run multi-criteria site selection for EV charging and fibre in GIS — suitability scoring, grid-capacity overlays, and the handoff into design.

GIS 2 Jul 2026 · 13 min

GIS as the Operational Layer for Utility and Telecom Networks: A Field Guide

Why network GIS is a system-of-record, not a map — and how to run it across telecom, electric, gas, water, and municipal right-of-way.

FTTX 2 Jul 2026 · 10 min

Make-Ready Engineering Disputes: What Actually Slows Your Project

The five practical patterns that stall US fibre builds — application-completeness fights, cost battles over pole replacements, existing-attacher stalls, the OTMR 'complex' default, and the line-angle trap — with the playbook for each.

GIS 2 Jul 2026 · 12 min

Deploying and Maintaining a Multiuser Geodatabase: The Working Guide

The architecture, versioning choice, and maintenance routine behind an enterprise geodatabase that stays fast under a team of editors.

GIS 2 Jul 2026 · 9 min

PostGIS Setup for Network & Infrastructure Data: Beyond CREATE EXTENSION

Standing PostGIS up as the operational datastore for asset and network data — schema, roles, the ArcGIS curve trap, and where it beats a geodatabase.

FTTX 20 Apr 2026 · 6 min

HLD vs LLD in Fibre Network Design: What's Actually in Each Deliverable

What each deliverable contains, when it's produced, and why the boundary matters.