How To Guarantee Seamless Communication At Your Remote Worksite

Managing a remote worksite has unique challenges. Whether you’re a resource-extraction company on a tight budget or a construction company on tight deadlines, the way you manage your remote worksite is paramount to success. 

Why not give yourself a head start by ensuring your communication infrastructure is seamless and reliable? Dynamic communication methods in remote areas require a bit of planning, and we’re here to help jumpstart the planning process. 

To keep things simple, we’ll go over the physically large infrastructure needs first, eventually working our way down to the small.

Cell On Wheels (Portable Towers)

The majority of remote worksite communication begins with a cell on wheels tower, which is basically a portable communication tower on wheels. Some of these portable towers are able to be carried on conventional pick-up trucks, while others may require a more heavy-duty transport vehicle. Our company has a variety of sizes, ranging from 23 to 106 feet.

At Earth Communications, we specialize in the speedy deployment of cell on wheels portable towers, guaranteeing timely service that will keep you on schedule. For more information on our portable tower options, check out this blog where we break down cell on wheels in greater detail.

Additional Power, Heat & Light Sources

Once a portable tower system is erected at the appropriate location, we turn our focus to sources of heat and light. 

One common add-on for remote worksite communication is a generator or a collection of them! These sturdy units allow for reliable power and have many supplementary benefits. The ones we use in particular are compact and sound-attenuated, a benefit to remote worksites with limited space or storage options. We also have single and three-phase power options, allowing for total flexibility. As if that weren’t enough, the units we deploy also come with a state-of-the-art digital information centre to keep track of power use over time. 

Turning to light sources, we offer wide-body light towers that provide reliable lighting and power options. They’re heavy-duty and equipped with large fuel tanks and simple engine controllers with various fault protections. Such towers are especially useful in mining, drilling and security industries.

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Computers and Networking

Depending on signal capabilities at your remote worksite, you may also require a computer-related or network solution to run your remote worksite effectively.

Be sure to understand the full range of your unique needs before looking into networking options, since these solutions are highly variable and can be ultra-specific in their capabilities. At Earth Communications, we offer a wide range of network solutions, including:

• Managed web browsing
• Bandwidth allocation
• Unified threat and firewall management
• User access level control
• Server and cloud-based storage solutions
• Fully integrated systems (controls, cameras, card access, VoIP and more)

We can provide you with computer and networking infrastructure, help you set up existing equipment into specific configurations on a new worksite, and provide ongoing support. Sometimes, this means sending a technician on-site to get your networks running efficiently. 

For more information on our networking and computer services, visit this page of our website. 

Two-Way Radios & Satellite Phones 

Sometimes remote worksites have ancillary worksites. In this case, you not only want the portable towers and applicable add-ons but additional pieces of equipment to ensure clear communication when company personnel are off-site. 

Sometimes, communication signals are so sparse and unreliable that remote worksites require the use of satellite phones. Even if your cell on wheels tower provides a consistently reliable signal with virtually no service interruptions, we do recommend having iridium satellite phones in your arsenal. They make a perfect addition to any solid Emergency Response Plan (ERP). These units can bail your team out of potentially hazardous situations, such as a communications blackout during a severe winter storm. For more information on satellite phones and our available options, visit this page on our website.