MILESTONES

Throughout the long and colourful history of our company, the commitment to excellence by our employees has made Dixon Networks the “Best” in our industry.

Some of the milestones contributing to that legacy include:

1966

Company incorporated by the founder, Mr. Richard Dixon, and introduced the first cable plows to British Columbia.

1979

Dixon successfully completed its 1st fibre cable installation in Prince George, BC for BC Rail (Telecom Division).

1980/2

The company consulted fulltime to BC Tel and placed approximately 4 million feet of underground cable over 3 years.

1981

Dixon contracted its 1st design/build bridge crossing for BC Tel in Barrier, BC; to-date we have completed over 250!

1983

Pioneered turnkey (engineer/construction) services with a 16 km fibre build for BC Rail in 100 Mile House, BC.

1984

Developed proprietary cable pulling equipment for fibre cable installation for BC Rail in Prince George, BC.

1993

Designed, engineered and built proprietary grader plow for placing cable along the railway tracks.

1995

Dixon designed and built the Canadian portion of the 1st cross border fibre link between Vancouver and Seattle for Starcom Fibre Optic Corporation. Purchased the 1st fibre-blowing machines in British Columbia. Dixon placed fibre all the way to Seattle using the new blowing techniques.

1996

The company successfully completed its 1st international contract in Mexico.

Dixon awarded largest design/build contract in its history with MetroNet ultimately covering major builds in four cities.

1997

Dixon crews established a new, world record for fibre blowing for Ledcor Industries and Worldcom in Whittier, Alaska.

Dixon crews constructed the longest, continuous trenches in the history of construction in both the City of Vancouver and the City of Edmonton.

1998

Dixon drawing standards adopted by the Engineering Department of the City of Vancouver as the standards for telecom construction.

Dixon crews successfully completed construction projects in several cities involving multiple jurisdictions (all hailed as exemplary work by clients and local authorities).

1999

Dixon crews successfully completed 180 miles of construction in Washington state (the longest cable installation job to date).

Dixon completed the construction of 50 specialized bridge crossings in Western Washington and Oregon.

2002

Dixon placed fibre optic cable through the City of Calgary LRT system.

Completed a 5 kilometre bridge attachment and fibre placement design build for Rapid Transit from Burnaby to Vancouver, B.C.

2003

Dixon worked with Bell West Inc. to build Alberta SuperNet, a Government of Alberta initiative to link 4,700 libraries, schools, hospitals and provincial government offices in 422 communities across the province of Alberta. The 12,000-kilometre network of fiber optic cable and wireless point-to-point links will also be available to commercial service providers in areas which currently do not have high-speed connectivity options.

2004

Since the beginning of 2004, Dixon crews have completed various splicing and testing projects in the Lower Mainland.

Dixon recently completed a 2.5 kilometre build in The City of Edmonton as part of the Bell Base Build which included 2 - 50 mm HDPE conduits.

We also completed, for the Bell Base Build, a 153 metre directional drilling project and a 120 metre build for The City of Spruce Grove.

Dixon crews completed a 40 metre directional drill project in Vancouver for Shaw Cable.

2005

Completed an upgrade of Altalinks backbone radio network from analog to digital for SNC Lavalin-ATP/Altalink.

Provided UPS maintenance and repair of critical communications power and control systems for Trans Canada Pipelines.

2006

Installed and commissioned of 36 Nokia ADSL+2 electronics, a demonstration project for TELUS’ Broadband Initiative (the first such installations in Canada).

Completed fibre build for Bell Canada along CN Rail ROW between Vancouver and Whistler in preparation for 2010 Olympic Games.

Completed DC power upgrade of central office for Kenora Municipal Telephone Services, which included design, supply and integration of live DC power system with a modular rectification system, new grounding and distribution.