SAFEROUTE
CONDUIT

A modular above-ground conduit system — safer, cheaper, and built for the cities of tomorrow.

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PROBLEM

Overhead Lines

  • Vulnerable to weather
  • Vehicle impact hazards
  • Visually cluttered
  • Inaccessible for repairs

Underground Tunnels

  • High cost of installation
  • Expensive maintenance
  • Difficult to access lines

The Gap

Cities are stuck choosing between fragile, ugly overhead poles or prohibitively expensive underground tunnels. There is no middle ground — until now.

SOLUTION

3D CAD render of the SafeRoute Conduit module
Workers installing SafeRoute Conduit modules on a city street
Close-up of physical SafeRoute Conduit prototype

VIDEO

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MARKET OPPORTUNITY

Total Market Size
$57B
USD per year — overhead + underground utility infrastructure
Customers
  • Factories · industrial parks · data centers
  • Enterprises with large campuses
  • New & existing neighborhoods

COMPETITION

Overhead

$200K per mile

MDR Construction, ITG Communications, B & B Electrical & Utility Contractors, McLean Engineering / Osmose Utilities

SafeRoute Conduit

$400K per mile

Above-ground modular — the safety of underground at a fraction of the cost.

Underground

$1.2M+ per mile

6–7× the cost of overhead for surface trenches; millions per mile for full tunnels.

TEAM

SS
Sahaj Soti
Computer Engineering
GS
Garrett Sampson
Computer Engineering
KA
Kailash Adhikari
Polymer Science
AT
Allie Trager
Business Administration

Validated by users(n = 13)

  • 85%find a modular conduit important
  • 77%support pilot testing of the system
  • 69%find it more appealing than underground
  • 69%see overhead as a moderate-to-high safety risk
  • 61%say overhead systems should be replaced