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A SKATEL splicer working from the open back of a service van at dusk, beside a cell tower compound.

Telecom infrastructure contractor based in Acheson, Alberta. Splice, place, drill, locate and civil, all under one contract.

FIBRE, COPPER AND CIVIL CREWS

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ZERO

Reportable incidents

Five consecutive years, across drilling, confined-space entry and aerial work.

2,883

Splice locations

Fibre and copper, completed since 2019 across MXU, residential and commercial builds.

WHAT SKATELTAKES ON

One contractor for splice, place, drill, locate and civil. The trades that normally hand a build to each other work off the same schedule here.

A fibre build stalls in the gaps between contractors: the drill crew finishes and the splicers are two weeks out, or the locate ticket lands after the trench is open. SKATEL runs all six disciplines out of Acheson with its own crews, so the sequence is a scheduling decision rather than a negotiation. Larger drilling scopes are the one exception, supported by established partner contractors across Alberta and British Columbia.

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Two technicians roping duct from an open vault at the roadside.

260,620m

Rod and rope

Duct proved and roped for mainline and drop builds by a six-member confined-space certified crew.

An aerial lift crew lashing cable to a utility pole.

236,800m

Cable placed

Fibre, copper, coaxial and CAT5: aerial, buried and in-duct, including aerial lashing.

A locate technician sweeping a boulevard with a locator wand.

192,000

Locate tickets

Cleared across Edmonton and surrounding areas by five dedicated locate technicians.

A directional drill rig set up on a rural right-of-way.

44,600m

Directional drilling

Horizontal directional drilling since 2021, now on a Vermeer D23x30, two 6x6 units and one 10x15.

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BUILT FOR THE FIELD

Certified crews, current equipment, and a document package that closes the job. A dedicated QC specialist reviews every completion document before it reaches the client.

CONFINED SPACE

Every rod-and-rope technician is confined-space certified and carries full field support equipment.

TESTED, NOT ASSUMED

Two OTDR units, OPM and OLT meters. Every splice location is traced and recorded before handover.

A SKATEL technician splicing fibre at the back of a van on a residential street at dusk.

“No job is so important and no service so urgent that we cannot take time to perform our work safely.”

SKATEL safety policy

TEN SERVICELINES

Every discipline a fibre build needs, under one contract. Take one line or the whole scope; the crews are the same either way.

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  • A splicer working a fibre tray inside a splicing van.

    Fibre & copper splicing

    • 4 splicing trucks, 4 splicers
    • 5 ribbon fusion splicers
    • 2 OTDR units, OPM and OLT meters
    Full detail

HOW A SCOPEMOVES

From estimate to close-out, with the document package built as the work happens. You get one point of contact who stays with the project until it is signed off.

A locate technician marking a boulevard at dusk.

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SCOPE & ESTIMATE

We walk the print with you, confirm the territory and the disciplines involved, and price against real crew availability rather than a nominal rate. Budgetary numbers for planning, firm numbers once the design is issued.

A locate wand and transmitter set up on a residential boulevard.

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LOCATE & PERMIT

Our own locate technicians clear the tickets (the same team that cleared 192,000 of them since 2019), so the crew arriving to open ground is not waiting on a third party's schedule.

A drill rig and support crew working a rural right-of-way.

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DRILL, PLACE & CIVIL

Directional drilling, rod and rope, cable placement and the vault and pedestal work run as one sequence under one supervisor. Hydrovac daylighting and restoration are coordinated with the drilling crew, not subcontracted after the fact.

Coloured fibre laid out in a splice tray under work light.

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SPLICE & TEST

Four splicing trucks, five ribbon fusion splicers, two OTDR units. Every location is traced, the power budget measured, and the results recorded against the location ID before the crew leaves site.

Two crew members closing out work at a cable reel trailer.

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DOCUMENT & CLOSE OUT

A dedicated QC specialist reviews the completion package before submission: as-builts, test results, photos and ticket closures. What is reported is what happened on site, including when it went wrong.

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THE RECORD,YEAR BY YEAR

Seven years of completions, published in full. Not a selected highlight, but the whole table, so it survives a bid review.

Seven-year total 260,620 m

SKATEL Communications completion figures by year, 2019 to 2025, with seven-year totals.
YearRod & rope (m)Cable placed (m)Splice locationsLocate ticketsDirectional drilling (m)
20194,8206,8005820,000Not run this year
20206,80011,00010432,000Not run this year
202168,00018,00036246,0002,000
202275,00038,00057834,0006,000
202345,00042,00044326,0007,600
202425,00063,00064818,00011,000
202536,00058,00069016,00018,000
Total260,620236,8002,883192,00044,600

Figures as reported in the SKATEL Communications Business Portfolio, 2025. A dash means the discipline was not run that year: directional drilling began in 2021.

Certification and membership

All three marks are the property of their issuers and are shown as issued.

  • Registered Alternate Locate Provider

    Utility Safety Partners

    The Utility Safety Partners designation for contractors registered to perform locates in Alberta. SKATEL's five locate technicians work under it, across Edmonton and the surrounding areas.

  • Registered member contractor

    ISNetworld

    SKATEL's safety program and documentation are held on file in ISNetworld, where prime contractors review and grade them as part of prequalification.

  • Held by technicians on staff

    Cisco CCNA

    Cisco certifies people rather than companies, so this one belongs to the technicians who hold it rather than to SKATEL.

THE YARD,COUNTED

Around thirty vehicles and equipment units, owned and operated out of Acheson. The whole schedule, so you can check it against your own scope before you call.

Crews and capabilities

Six crews run it

  • Splicing · 4 splicers
  • Rod & rope · 6 technicians
  • Utility locating · 5 technicians
  • Directional drilling · In-house + partners
  • Cable placement · Aerial & buried
  • Civil · In-house

What each crew carries, and the certifications behind it, are on the capabilities page.

Vehicles and equipment

A SKATEL-liveried high-roof cargo van in the Acheson shop, the rest of the telecom fleet parked behind it.

Telecom

  • 4Splicing trucks
  • 1Bucket truck, 32 ft capacity
  • 2High-roof cargo vans
  • 2Caravan service vans

9 units

Splice and aerial
A yellow GMC four-by-four pickup parked beside a ladder-racked SKATEL van inside the shop.

Vehicles

  • 5Pickup trucks
  • 2Flat-bed trucks
  • 2SUVs
  • 1550 picker with 5th wheel

10 units

Crew and load
A drilling rig set up on a right-of-way, two crew in high-visibility gear working the bore.

Drilling & civil

  • 1Vermeer D23x30 drilling unit
  • 2Vermeer 6x6 drilling units
  • 1Vermeer 10x15 drilling unit
  • 1Tandem hydrovac
  • 1Compact excavator
  • 1Skid-steer
  • 1Atlas 185 CFM compressor

8 units

Bore and tie-in
The cable reel trailer in the shop, standing beside racked rod-and-rope reels.

Trailers

  • 1Cable reel trailer
  • 1Cargo trailer
  • 1Gooseneck trailer
  • 1Flatbed trailer

4 units

Reel and haul

31 units across 4 groups, owned and operated out of Acheson.

Delivered for

  • Telus

    I&R, drops and mainline

  • Rogers

    Installation and repair

  • Shaw

    Installation and repair

  • ELC

    Utility locating operations

A gravel road running past a line of utility poles under an Alberta sunset.

Projects across Alberta, out of a yard in Acheson. Larger drilling scopes are supported by established partner contractors, in Alberta and into British Columbia.

#120F, 10466 Fulton Dr, Acheson, AB T7X 6A1

  • Edmonton metro
  • Acheson & Parkland County
  • Sherwood Park & Strathcona County
  • St. Albert & Sturgeon County
  • Leduc & Nisku
  • Spruce Grove & Stony Plain
  • Calgary
  • Lethbridge
  • Fort McMurray
  • Fort McKay

START ACONVERSATION

Tell us the scope and the date it has to be live. We will come back with crew availability and a number, not a brochure.

Every enquiry gets one point of contact, who stays on the project through to close-out.

Goes to the desk that prices it against real crew availability, not a nominal rate.