RLM Underground crew operating a horizontal directional drill at dusk

National telecom infrastructure contractor

We build the networks that connect America.

Engineering. Underground construction. Aerial construction. Fiber and telecom deployment — self-performed, nationwide.

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RLM Underground is a family-owned national contractor building broadband, fiber and telecom infrastructure for carriers, municipalities and utilities — since 2016.

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What we build

Four disciplines. One accountable contractor.

Engineering through restoration, self-performed by RLM crews. One contract, one point of accountability, one standard of workmanship.

Underground

Directional drilling, trenching, plowing and conduit — the network below grade.

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RLM Vermeer directional drill rig and branded RLM truck staged for an underground bore

Aerial

Strand, lashing and pole work that extends networks fast using existing infrastructure.

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Lineman installing aerial fiber from a bucket truck

Engineering

Make-ready, pole loading, route verification, permitting and traffic control.

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Telecommunications

OSP and ISP delivery, small cell and FTTH — turnkey from design support to turn-up.

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National reach

Built to go where the network goes.

From our Kansas City headquarters we mobilise crews, equipment and engineering into markets nationwide — rural broadband programs, metro capacity builds and everything in between.

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Headquarters: Kansas City, KS

RLM Underground crew in high-visibility gear during a dawn safety briefing beside equipment

Safety & quality

The work starts before the work.

Safety isn't a page in a binder. It's the discipline that makes schedule, quality and cost repeatable — for our crews, the public and the property we work on.

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Every crew home
Daily briefings, hazard review and stop-work authority on every job.
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Locate before we bore
Planning, utility locating and traffic control precede the first bore.
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Property restored
Yards, driveways and roadways go back the way we found them.
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Built to be maintained
Plant constructed to survive inspection and the next twenty years.
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Nobody guessing
Owners, residents and inspectors know what's happening and when.
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Predictable execution
Schedule discipline from notice to proceed through closeout.