Groundhawk has been shortlisted for Best Innovation at the UK Fibre Awards 2026. With Groundhawk field crews can capture traceable 3D cable locations in real time, while the trench is still open, without specialist surveyors.
UK contractors dig into underground cables 60,000 times a year. The data captured during installation, depth, position, routing, is supposed to prevent that. In practice, it often doesn't. Documentation happens after the trench is closed, by people who weren't there when the cable went in, using methods that introduce error at every step. The as-built record doesn't reflect what's actually in the ground.
That's the problem Groundhawk was built to fix. Field crews capture cable location in 3D, in real time, while the trench is still open, without specialist surveyors. The result is centimeter-level accuracy tied to the moment of installation, not reconstructed from memory or approximated from a sketch done at the end of the day.
The UK Fibre Awards has been recognising the best of the UK's fibre, altnet, and carrier sectors since 2022. Now in its fifth year, it covers technology, projects, people, and organisations doing work that moves the industry forward. Entries are assessed independently by a panel of industry experts against defined criteria, not a popularity vote.
Groundhawk has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Best Innovation category. The nomination reflects what the product does in the field: it gives cable trenching teams a way to produce traceable, accurate as-builts during construction, not after. Infrastructure owners, contractors, and utilities get mapping data they can actually rely on, data that reduces the risk of strikes during future excavation and maintenance.
Projects move faster because documentation no longer waits for the trench to close. Data quality improves because it's captured at the source, not reconstructed afterward. Invoicing accelerates because handover records are ready when the work is done, not weeks later. And when the as-built is right the first time, rework doesn't enter the picture.
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