Field operations and lifecycle
Dangerous goods logistics
Shipping batteries, fuel and gas cylinders by air, sea and road.
We deploy.
IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations · Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Canada)
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Programme deliveryMany sites, one plan and one schedule.
Programme delivery, inside Design and integration: dangerous goods logistics, remote site logistics, temporary import and customs, radio licences and equipment authorisation and more. Every item is traced to its specification, from IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations to Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Canada), and runs on the open Observatory Protocol.
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At a glance
Dangerous goods logistics
Shipping batteries, fuel and gas cylinders by air, sea and road. In programme delivery, part of Design and integration, the design packs and logistics layer holds dangerous goods logistics, drawn against IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations and Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations and used beside temporary import and customs on the same sites.
Die probleem
Many sites, one plan and one schedule
Large observing programmes buy from many suppliers. Without one design and one interface contract, every boundary becomes a dispute and every site a one-off. Programmes slip at the interfaces, not in the components, and nobody can say where the delay comes from.
Key facts
- Specification
- IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations · Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Canada)
- Specification
- Transport Canada aeronautical obstruction clearance · 14 CFR Part 77 (US)
- Specification
- ISO 45001:2018 · Canada Labour Code Part II
- Specification
- ISO 45001:2018 (planning of hazardous work)
- Specification
- Radiocommunication Act (Canada) · ISED Radio Standards Specifications
Components
- Field-service crew vehicle
- Overhead line sensor on a distribution span
- Automatic weather station (AWS) to WMO siting practice
- Distribution pole transformer and meter cabinet
- Private LTE mast on a solar skid
- “AI tower in a box”
- Data hall row pair with cold-aisle containment
- Operations console with a video wall
Interfaces
- Radio
- LTE / 5G
- Time and position
- GNSS
Where it works
- Aeronautical obstruction clearance
- Remote site logistics
In the story below
- The system, part by part
- Assembly
- Installation
- Deployment
- Connections
- Operation
- Failure and recovery
- Scale and federation
- What you get
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Plan a deploymentOpen the Field Deployment StudioSee Design and integrationTalk to salesDesign and integration · Programme delivery
Many sites, one plan and one schedule
Large observing programmes buy from many suppliers. Without one design and one interface contract, every boundary becomes a dispute and every site a one-off. Programmes slip at the interfaces, not in the components, and nobody can say where the delay comes from.
What it does
Dangerous goods logistics
Shipping batteries, fuel and gas cylinders by air, sea and road. In programme delivery, part of Design and integration, the design packs and logistics layer holds dangerous goods logistics, drawn against IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations and Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations and used beside temporary import and customs on the same sites.
- Specification
- IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations · Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Canada)
Permitting and approvals
Aeronautical obstruction clearance
Assessing masts and lighting near aerodromes and flight paths. In programme delivery, part of Design and integration, the permitting and approvals layer holds aeronautical obstruction clearance, drawn against Transport Canada aeronautical obstruction clearance and 14 CFR Part 77. We build it into every site for programme delivery against that standard, and keep its version and its test results on the site’s record.
- Specification
- Transport Canada aeronautical obstruction clearance · 14 CFR Part 77 (US)
Health, safety and evidence records
Occupational health and safety management
Hazard identification, risk control and worker participation across all field work. In programme delivery, part of Design and integration, the health, safety and evidence records layer holds occupational health and safety management, drawn against ISO 45001:2018 and Canada Labour Code Part II.
- Specification
- ISO 45001:2018 · Canada Labour Code Part II
Design packs and logistics
Remote site logistics
Seasonal windows, winter roads, barges, helicopters and staging for hard-to-reach sites. In programme delivery, part of Design and integration, the design packs and logistics layer holds remote site logistics, drawn against ISO 45001:2018. We build it into every site for programme delivery against that standard, and keep its version and its test results on the site’s record.
- Specification
- ISO 45001:2018 (planning of hazardous work)
Time and place
When and where, on every record
Every record made for programme delivery carries its time, from a clock disciplined by satellite time or a PTP grandmaster, with the position and siting record of the station that made it. When time or position degrades, the record for programme delivery says so, and every user downstream sees the same warning.
Permitting and approvals
Radio licences and equipment authorisation
Spectrum and station licences and equipment approval for every transmitter. In programme delivery, part of Design and integration, the permitting and approvals layer holds radio licences and equipment authorisation, drawn against Radiocommunication Act and ISED Radio Standards Specifications and used beside building and electrical permits on the same sites.
- Specification
- Radiocommunication Act (Canada) · ISED Radio Standards Specifications
Vertroue
Proved before it is trusted
A node joins a network for programme delivery only after its hardware root of trust answers an attestation challenge. Its keys stay in secure hardware, its software arrives signed and every record it makes for programme delivery carries a signature, so anyone downstream can check where a value came from.
Bewyse
Traced to its specifications
We trace each part of programme delivery to its specification: IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations and Radiocommunication Act. We keep the versions, configurations and test results of programme delivery as signed records, so a buyer or an auditor can check what was delivered against what was specified.
- Standaarde
- IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations · Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations · Radiocommunication Act · ISED Radio Standards Specifications
Failure and recovery
When a node fails, the fleet knows first
When a node for programme delivery goes silent or a sensor drifts, the node buffers its data and fails over to a second link where the site has one. The alert carries the evidence a responder needs, and the record for programme delivery loses nothing and counts nothing twice.
How it scales
One base unit, repeated
A network for programme delivery starts with one base node and the instruments it reads. A station adds power and radio, a site adds a relay and a fleet repeats the proven site, so capacity for programme delivery grows by adding units, never by replacing what works.
What you get
Programmes, integration and management
The reference architecture and interface contracts are open. National observing network programmes, systems integration and programme management are contracted. Pricing follows the programme’s scale and phases, with one point of accountability from design to acceptance; the documentation, models and records stay yours at the end.
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Programme delivery, planned with you
Tell us the sites, the systems programme delivery must work with and the outcome you need, with a map or a list of addresses if you have one. An engineer replies with a survey proposal, a design and a scope for programme delivery, and the plan grows from one site to the network you need.
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Design packs and logistics.
Everything that happens on the ground across a site’s life: survey, permits, design packs, logistics, installation, acceptance, training, operations, maintenance, upgrades, decommission and recycling, done safely and recorded as evidence. Each technology below carries what it is, what we do with it, and the standard it is drawn against.
Field operations and lifecycle
Remote site logistics
Seasonal windows, winter roads, barges, helicopters and staging for hard-to-reach sites.
We design and deploy.
ISO 45001:2018 (planning of hazardous work)
Field operations and lifecycle
Temporary import and customs
Moving tools and test equipment across borders and back.
We deploy.
ATA Carnet Convention (WCO)
Field operations and lifecycle
Radio licences and equipment authorisation
Spectrum and station licences and equipment approval for every transmitter.
We design and support.
Radiocommunication Act (Canada) · ISED Radio Standards Specifications
Field operations and lifecycle
Aeronautical obstruction clearance
Assessing masts and lighting near aerodromes and flight paths.
We design and support.
Transport Canada aeronautical obstruction clearance · 14 CFR Part 77 (US)
Field operations and lifecycle
Building and electrical permits
Structural, building and electrical permits and inspections where required.
We design and support.
National Building Code of Canada · CSA C22.1 (Canadian Electrical Code, Part I)
Field operations and lifecycle
Occupational health and safety management
Hazard identification, risk control and worker participation across all field work.
We deploy, operate and maintain.
ISO 45001:2018 · Canada Labour Code Part II
02Architecture
Where it sits, and what it speaks.
Programme delivery draws on the spectrum below; the highlighted layers carry this area, and the protocol functions it speaks are marked.
5G core functions
10
Network slicing, edge UPF and local breakout
8
IMS, voice and mission-critical services
6
Fronthaul, midhaul and backhaul
8
Fibre and optical transport
8
IP/MPLS, segment routing, SD-WAN and IPv6
8
Network automation and intent
7
Core security and resilience
5
Generation
9
Storage
9
Microgrids and distribution
9
Energy management and monitoring
7
Thermal design and ingress
8
Environmental and EMC testing
7
Lightning, grounding and structures
8
Safety and transport
7
01Sluit aan Identity, attestation quote, signed policy.
02Admit Admitted for a stated scope, nothing wider.
03Beskryf What, where, how and by whom, with calibration.
04Time One clock across the grid, with its error bound.
05Observe Every value with quality and provenance.
06Qualify Tested against the specification, state on record.
07Federate Signed exchange across grids and trust domains.
08Orchestrate Software and configuration by signed plan.
09Correct A correction marks what depends on it and publishes a new version.
10Exchange Products reach people and applications through versioned interfaces.
11Prove Signed proof receipts that an independent verifier can check.
12Exit and decommission An open exit path, and a record that closes.
03On the grid
Every site joins one observing grid.
The open networks on the grid today, over real relief and the geodesic cells we count them into. A site built here enrols into the same grid.
The observing grid
- Open instruments on the observing grid.
04In the field
Where this runs, sector by sector.
Deployment scenarios from the sector research that rely on programme delivery.
ScientificOcean and coastal low-cost buoy arrays
Satellite-backhauled wave buoys accepted in a national programme trial.Defence-adjacent (civil dual-use)Research and development route through the defence science programme
A science-and-technology programme on all-domain situational awareness.Government and public safetyNational GBON surface and upper-air network
WMO-grade stations reporting through WIS 2.0, funded through the systematic-observations financing pathway.Government and public safetyAlerting integration with the Common Alerting Protocol and cell broadcast
Software-heavy: sensor triggers feed an alert origination tool; the alert authority keeps every decision.Communities and ruralInterim public-safety broadband where no national network exists
Private LTE or 5G for fire and medical services in territories without a national public-safety network.ScientificStream gauges
A low-cost tier beside national gauge networks.05Open and enterprise
Open by default. Enterprise by contract.
The open counterpart lives on the main site for anyone to read and run. The enterprise service is designed, deployed and operated with you, under contract.
Open, on the main site
- Reference architecture
- Interface contracts
Enterprise, on this site
- National observing network programmes
- Systems integration
- Programme management
06The rest of the line
Design and integration, area by area.
Design and integrationSystem design
Requirements to architecture, drawn against the standards.Design and integrationIngenieurswese
Design packs, bills of materials and drawings.Design and integrationMulti-vendor integration
Many suppliers, one interface contract.Design and integrationAcceptance
Tested against the plan, signed off on evidence.Bring us the site.
Survey, design, deployment and operation for programme delivery. The form names who receives your details.
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