TURNKEY TELECOM & POWER INFRASTRUCTURE

ONE PARTNER. EVERY PHASE.

Projects stall at permitting, not in the field. Our single, accountable team delivers survey, planning, construction drawings, permits, and construction at the speed you need.

LET'S BUILD OUR SERVICES
44,000+
Miles Delivered
2,600,000+
Addresses Engineered
24
States Active
600+
Engineers
MBE
Certified
5
Partners

WHO WE SERVE

BROADBAND PROVIDERS
& FIBER ISPs

FTTH design, make-ready and permits for broadband providers and regional fiber ISPs scaling their networks.

MSOs &
REGIONAL CARRIERS

HFC upgrades, fiber extensions, backhaul and permitting for cable MSOs and regional carriers growing their footprint.

ELECTRIC CO-OPS
& OVERBUILDERS

Survey, design, permits and construction for electric cooperatives and overbuilders entering new markets.

TELECOM ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

Eleven practice areas. Design through construction. One partner.

BEAD engineering team reviewing fiber high-level design maps
01

BEAD BROADBAND ENGINEERING

Subgrantee engineering of record: HLD/LLD, environmental support and audit-ready compliance deliverables.

BEAD ComplianceConstruction Mgmt
Explore Services →
Draftech engineer inspecting pole hardware and loading points with a field tablet
02

POLE LOADING & MAKE-READY

NESC-compliant O-Calc analysis and make-ready engineering for attachers and pole owners.

Make-Ready EngineeringFree Calculator
Explore Services →
FTTH fiber network design maps and splice diagrams
03

FIBER NETWORK DESIGN

Permit-ready HLD and LLD for FTTH, middle mile and backbone, from serving areas to splice detail.

FTTH DesignHLDLLDMDU Fiber
Explore Services →
OSP design engineer reviewing fiber route plan sheets and a route map
04

OSP ENGINEERING

End-to-end outside plant engineering: routes, strand maps, construction packages and field data.

Copper PlantCopper to FiberHFC & Coax
Explore Services →
Telecom GIS mapping and fiber network data models
05

GIS MAPPING & CAD

ArcGIS fiber mapping, land base and network data models your whole team can query.

CAD & GIS Drafting
Explore Services →
Field survey technician measuring utility pole attachment heights with a height stick
06

FIELD SURVEY

Route and structure data collected in the field: poles, attachments, obstructions and measurements, geo-referenced and ready to design from.

As-Built Documentation
Explore Services →
Utility construction crews building fiber and power distribution
07

UTILITY CONSTRUCTION

Turnkey wireline, wireless and power distribution construction. Managed crews, one accountable partner.

Construction ManagementBEAD CM
Explore Services →
Wireless engineer at the base of a cell tower reviewing a site plan
08

WIRELESS ENGINEERING

Backhaul, small cell and DAS engineering with RF-aware OSP design for carrier-grade networks.

Fiber BackhaulSmall Cell
Explore Services →
Fiber design along rural electric cooperative pole lines
09

ELECTRIC UTILITY ENGINEERING

Make-ready, joint use, distribution design and fiber for co-ops and municipal utilities.

Make-Ready
Explore Services →
Fiber right-of-way permitting construction plans
10

PERMITTING & ROW

Railroad, DOT and ROW permit management with utility coordination that keeps builds moving.

Utility CoordinationTraffic Control (MOT)
Explore Services →
ISP fiber route optimization and data center connectivity engineering
11

DATA CENTER FIBER

Route diversity, entrance facilities and campus fiber for ISPs, carriers and data centers.

ISP Network Engineering
Explore Services →
Field engineer using Draftech's free pole loading calculator
12

FREE ENGINEERING TOOLS

Built by our engineers and free to use. Instant answers, no signup.

PON Power BudgetPole Loading Calculator
Explore Services →

DELIVERED UNDER PRESSURE

Real scope. Real deadlines. One accountable team.

HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER CAMPUS
28 MILES.
17 DAYS.

A hyperscale data center campus faced a critical-path deadline: 28 route-miles still needing survey, design and permits. One Draftech team delivered it all in 17 days. The campus broke ground on schedule.

Field SurveyOSP DesignPermittingSubmissionsCloseout Docs
600+
IN-HOUSE ENGINEERS

Every design produced by our own team. Engineering is never outsourced.

5
OWNER-PARTNERS

Owner-led delivery by five partners with decades in the field.

Client names withheld by design. Confidentiality is part of the service.

REQUEST A PROJECT ESTIMATE

START WHERE YOU ARE

Three ways in. No pressure at any of them.

1

Sizing up a build?

Run the free engineering calculators for PON power budgets and pole loading. Instant answers, no signup.

Run the calculators →
2

Have a real project?

Your first 20,000 linear feet engineered free: production-ready CAD, pole loading analysis and material takeoff for your actual build. No obligation.

Get your free design →
3

Ready to build?

Scope, timeline and team for your project, usually within one business day.

Request a project estimate →

COVERAGE

Engineering & Construction Across All 50 U.S. States

State-specific engineering, permitting and turnkey construction for BEAD subgrantees, rural ISPs, electric co-ops, carriers and municipalities. Active in 24 states. Available to deploy across all 50 U.S. states.

View Service Areas →

WHY DRAFTECH

TURNKEY E2E DELIVERY

One partner from concept to close-out. No handoff gaps, no coordination headaches.

PROVEN SCALE & REACH

44,000+ miles delivered. High-volume capacity with consistent quality, built with a network of qualified vendor partners across every OSP discipline.

DIGITAL PRECISION

SLAs aligned, data-driven workflows. Zero compromise on quality.

ZERO-INCIDENT MINDSET

600+ engineers with a commitment to excellence in every field operation.

PROVEN EXPERIENCE ACROSS THE U.S.

Active in 24 states. Available to deploy across all 50 U.S. states.

US map showing Draftech International active states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia. Available for deployment across all 50 U.S. states
Active (24 states)
Available for deployment
24
States Active
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia

READY TO SCALE YOUR NETWORK?
LET'S TALK.

Available for projects across all 50 U.S. states

Join Our Team

600+ Engineers. Growing Fast.

We're continuously looking for OSP engineers, CAD/GIS designers, field survey technicians, and project managers to join deployments across all 50 U.S. states. Work on FTTH builds, BEAD-funded rural broadband, and small cell infrastructure at scale.

View Open Roles Apply Now
The Broadband Build-Out

America Is Building the Largest Fiber Network in Its History

The $42.45 billion BEAD program, combined with RDOF, USDA ReConnect, and state broadband matching funds, represents the most significant investment in telecommunications infrastructure since the Rural Electrification Act. For ISPs and prime contractors managing subgrantee deployments, the engineering documentation requirements are complex and the timelines are unforgiving.

BEAD Subgrantee Engineering

ISPs awarded BEAD subgrants must submit engineering packages (HLD, as-built, GIS shapefiles) that pass state broadband office review. Draftech has prepared BEAD-compliant engineering deliverables across 24 states and understands what reviewers in each state program office require for approval.

Rural Fiber Design Challenges

Rural OSP design introduces obstacles rarely encountered on suburban builds: shared utility corridors, aging aerial plant, inconsistent county road authority databases, and permit jurisdictions that span multiple agencies. Draftech field teams are experienced in rural-specific design constraints from Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta to the rural Southwest.

Single-Firm Delivery Model

Unlike firms that subcontract engineering phases to third parties, Draftech delivers every phase in-house, from field survey through final as-built documentation. This single-firm model eliminates the coordination gaps and deliverable inconsistencies that occur when multiple vendors hand off work across a project lifecycle.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Outside plant (OSP) engineering covers the physical design, permitting, and documentation of fiber optic infrastructure that runs outside of buildings, including aerial and underground routes, splice points, and fiber distribution hubs. For BEAD-funded projects, OSP engineering deliverables must meet NTIA grant documentation standards, making experienced OSP engineers critical from day one of project planning.
Yes. Draftech specializes in BEAD subgrantee engineering support, including High-Level Design (HLD) packages, as-built documentation, and compliance deliverables required by state broadband offices. We have worked across 24 states on rural broadband projects funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and have a thorough understanding of what reviewers look for in BEAD engineering submissions.
Draftech is active in 24 states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia, and available to deploy engineering teams across all 50 U.S. states for new project engagements.
Our permitting team manages right-of-way (ROW) applications with state DOTs, municipalities, railroad authorities, and utility companies. We handle the full permit lifecycle, from initial application through conditional approval tracking and permit closeout, with experience across FDOT, TxDOT, NCDOT, NJDOT, and rail crossing authorities. This reduces construction delays and keeps projects on BEAD grant timelines.
Our engineering team works in AutoCAD, MicroStation, ArcGIS, QGIS, Bentley, and specialty telecom design platforms. For FTTH design, we produce construction-ready drawing sets including splitter architecture, FDH sizing calculations, and route profiles. GIS deliverables include feature-attributed network shapefiles and geodatabases compatible with state broadband office mapping requirements.
Yes. Draftech is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (Florida Office of Supplier Development, since 2024). Clients across the country count their work with Draftech toward their supplier-diversity goals. Our certification supports prime contractors and government-funded ISPs that have diversity contracting requirements as part of their BEAD grant agreements or state broadband program compliance obligations. We can provide certification documentation upon request.
Talk to an Engineer
GET IN TOUCH

Start Your Project

Tell us about your network. We'll respond within one business day.