All articles from Adam Schmehl

Pole Data Collection Scopes: Matching the Field Work to the Deliverable, and the Price

Adam Schmehl October 26, 2026

Ask five clients what they need from a pole survey and you'll hear five different answers. One wants an attachment count before the next billing ...

Extending Katapult Pro: An Interview With Samer Romise

Adam Schmehl September 28, 2026

Talking with one of our Solutions Specialists about how to connect business systems in Katapult Pro, extending and building upon the platform to help ...

Beautiful Tension: Culture, Profit, And Fulfillment At Katapult

Adam Schmehl September 24, 2026

A conversation with Katapult’s Chief Visionary Officer, Andrew Bryden, P.E.

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Why "Close Enough" Isn’t Good Enough: Defensible Data in Utility Pole Engineering

Adam Schmehl September 23, 2026

Utility pole engineering has reached the point where an approximate record costs more than an accurate one, because every number in a make ready ...

Why BEAD Non-Deployment Funds Won't Cover Your Pole Replacements

Adam Schmehl September 22, 2026

If you manage a BEAD deployment, you have heard two numbers together all year: $42.45 billion, the size of the program, and roughly $21 billion, the ...

BEAD Deployment Challenges: How Municipalities Stay in Control

Adam Schmehl August 20, 2026

The award agreements are signed, the subgrantees are chosen, and somewhere in your city, a construction calendar now exists with your community's ...

Axiom Utility Solutions: A Case Study

Adam Schmehl August 17, 2026

How Axiom Utility Solutions leverages Katapult Pro to execute large scale engineering projects without relying on a large team. The difference is how ...

v26.8 Katapult Pro Release Notes - Featuring Workflow Management and Configurable Proposed Cable Logic!

Adam Schmehl August 05, 2026

Workflow Management enters open beta, proposed attachment markers get configurable placement rules, and API edits now show up in attribute history. ...

Getting the Details Right from the Start: An ADB Case Study

Adam Schmehl August 05, 2026

How Justin Conn's team at ADB catches quality at every step instead of at the end, and what that discipline does for the crews who build from their ...

Katapult Pro Training: From New Scope to Healthy Rhythm

Adam Schmehl July 21, 2026

The teams that come to us for training typically aren't new businesses just starting to explore engineering services. They're established engineering ...

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