Communications Engineering Services for Critical Infrastructure & Operations
TOP Engineers Plus is a Texas-based communications engineering firm serving electric utilities, electric cooperatives, and broadband providers across the United States. It offers a full spectrum of services spanning technology roadmaps, communications master planning, outside plant engineering, fiber management, distribution automation, and turnkey EPC delivery. With over 100 combined years of utility industry experience, TOP Engineers Plus translates complex infrastructure challenges into clear, actionable solutions for the Technology, Operations, and People dimensions of every engagement.
Strategic planning that outlines the future direction of an organization's communications technology, helping utilities prioritize investments and stay ahead of evolving market trends.
Comprehensive Communications Infrastructure Master Planning covering stakeholder engagement, network architecture assessment, budgetary phasing, and implementation planning for utilities and cooperatives.
Design, development, and implementation of communication systems for critical infrastructure and broadband deployment, providing turnkey solutions for electric utilities and cooperatives.
Design, survey, and make-ready engineering for the physical communications network connecting substations, homes, and businesses, including pole attachment permitting and crossing permits.
Engineering support for distribution automation systems within the electric utility communications infrastructure.
Asset inventory, documentation, and monitoring of fiber optic infrastructure using laser-based field tools, mobile software, and fiber management platforms.
Turnkey EPC delivery for fiber optic and communications infrastructure, from preliminary engineering through installation, splicing, testing, and documentation.
Oversight and coordination of communications infrastructure construction projects, tracking scope, schedule, and budget with systematic progress reporting.
Program and project management methodology covering initiation, stakeholder alignment, change management, risk tracking, and formal project closure for communications engineering engagements.
Complimentary two-hour strategic review assessing a client's communications challenges and opportunities across Technology, Operations, and People to identify actionable next steps.
Electric Utilities · Telecommunications · Infrastructure
Electric Utilities
Turnkey communications engineering design and implementation for installation of 97 miles of fiber into 26 substations, replacing aged fiber optic infrastructure. Scope included preliminary engineering, field survey, make-ready engineering, pole attachment applications, highway and railroad crossing permits, Issue for Construction documents, installation, splicing, testing, and documentation.
Electric Utilities
Master Plan followed by a pilot project and then a comprehensive multi-year system implementation program to build a fiber backbone connecting over 50 substations for an electric utility. Included field surveys, make-ready assessments, routing analysis, facility entry requirements, bill of materials, phased budget, and construction estimates.
Electric Cooperatives
Audit and documentation of an electric cooperative's fiber optic infrastructure assets using laser-based field tools and mobile software. Nearly 1.5 million feet of cable metadata surveyed and approximately 1,800 network features documented with GPS. Data loaded into a Fiber Management tool.
Electric Utilities
Communications backbone and FTTH design services for an electric utility, from substation through electric distribution feeders to customer homes. Used Corning Fiber Configurator for bill of materials and CrescentLink for fiber management documentation.