Construction & Trades
Site internet that installs on project timelines, mobile fleets for crews, head-office networking, and failover when a site goes dark — sourced across a multi-supplier network and managed through one desk.
The Problem
Connectivity products are built for businesses that stay put. Construction doesn't — and that mismatch shows up the same four ways on almost every project.
Wired internet at a new site can take weeks to install — sometimes longer where construction is involved. The project schedule rarely waits for it.
The site trailer is this year’s office. Contracts written for a fixed address fit badly when the address changes with every project.
Drawings, timesheets, photos, and dispatch all run over phones and tablets in the field — on plans someone set up years ago and nobody has reviewed since.
When site connectivity drops, cameras, clock-ins, and cloud project tools stop. Failover on a separate network path keeps the site working.
What We Arrange
For a job site or trailer, fixed wireless and LTE/5G connect in days rather than the weeks a wired install can take — and when the project ends, the service moves to the next site instead of stranding a contract at an old address. Where a site runs long enough to justify it, we source a wired circuit too and keep the wireless as backup.
Phones and tablets for crews, on plans matched to how the fleet is actually used — shared data where it makes sense, coverage checked against where your projects actually are, and adding or moving lines handled by the desk instead of whoever has time to sit on hold.
The main office still anchors the business: estimating, accounting, and the servers or cloud links everything else depends on. We benchmark head-office connectivity, keep its renewal on a calendar, and design it alongside the site connections instead of treating every location as a one-off.
A second connection on a different network path — typically cellular backing up the wired link, or a second wireless carrier backing the first — that takes over automatically. For sites running security cameras, access control, or time clocks, failover is the difference between an outage and a non-event.
When to Call the Desk
Connectivity belongs on the mobilization checklist. Ordering when the contract is signed means the trailer is online when crews arrive.
Trailer setup is the natural moment to sort internet, cameras, and clock-ins together — one order instead of three vendors.
Head-office moves need lead time, especially for fiber. Start before the lease is signed and the move-in date stays realistic.
How the Desk Works
Tell the desk a new site is coming and we handle the rest: source options across available supplier channels for that address, confirm real install timelines, place the order, and chase the install so your project manager doesn't have to. Every site, line, and renewal sits in one inventory instead of a drawer of unrelated contracts.
When you order through us, the supplier pays us a commission — you don't pay more by using SwitchU, and your pricing comes from the supplier. If staying with a current provider is the right call for a site, that's what we'll recommend.
FAQ
Tell us about your sites — current and upcoming — and a SwitchU advisor will come back within one business day.