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What does slow design
actually cost your build?

Estimate the outside-engineering spend and calendar time your fiber program could recover with automated design delivered in 48–72 hours. Everything runs in your browser — nothing you type here leaves this page.

Your program

Total premises across the markets you plan to design.
Total planned route miles. If you chose acres, we estimate ~1 route mile per 30 acres (typical suburban street density) — adjust by entering miles directly if you know them.
Default: traditional outside engineering ≈ 15% of constructed cost (2025 industry deployment survey). Enter your own $/home or $/design if you know it.
Boundary handed off → reviewed design package back, per market, today.

Estimated impact

Conservative band; every assumption is listed below.
Traditional engineering spend (baseline)
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Estimated engineering cost saved
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Assuming automation absorbs 50–75% of traditional design effort, with licensed-engineer review retained on every package.
Calendar time recovered
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Context: estimated constructed cost of this footprint
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At $11.50–$25.00 per foot underground (2025 industry survey interquartile range, median $18). Shown for scale — design automation does not change it, though in min-cost mode, benchmarked builds have come in mid-teens to low-twenties percent cheaper than the matched human design.

Assumptions (all editable above, all conservative)

  • Engineering share of build cost — 15%. 2025 industry deployment survey figure for engineering's share of total project cost; used only when you don't enter your own $/home or $/design.
  • Underground construction cost — $11.50–$25.00/ft (median $18). Interquartile range of realized per-foot underground deployment costs, 2025 industry cost survey. Aerial or mixed plant is typically cheaper; the band is shown, not a single point.
  • Boundary acres → route miles: ~30 acres per route mile, a typical suburban street density. Rural footprints will need more miles per acre served; enter miles directly when known.
  • Automation absorbs 50–75% of traditional design effort. Deliberately conservative: a licensed engineer still reviews every package, and field verification remains yours.
  • MACRILON turnaround — 48–72 hours per market, including engineering review (our quoted standard; most boundaries complete in hours).
  • This calculator is an estimate for planning conversation, not a quote. Pricing is scoped per program — talk to us.

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