The fiber build wave has every firm quoting longer lead times. Each design that waits is revenue deferred — and a client tempted to look elsewhere. Hiring more OSP designers is slow, expensive, and hard to unwind when the wave passes.
The first 80% of a subdivision design — routing, home counts, footage take-offs, BOM assembly, sheet production — is mechanical. Billing a PE's hours on it caps both your margin and your throughput.
Split ratios, spare-capacity rules, preferred construction methods — encoding each client's playbook into junior staff takes months and walks out the door with turnover.
You need leverage that stays behind your brand — not a platform that turns your deliverable into a commodity your clients can buy directly.
Full methodology, tolerance bands, and the honest misses on the accuracy page.