All articles from Adam Schmehl

Katapult Pro Reviews Pole Loading Platforms (Fall 2018)

Adam Schmehl October 26, 2018

Nearly two years ago, we reviewed pole loading platforms O-Calc Pro, SPIDAcalc, and PoleForeman based on their performance, controls, simplicity, ...

Understanding Pole Loading with Katapult Pro (2018)

Adam Schmehl October 18, 2018

Pole loading analysis is a beautiful thing. With all the ongoing small cell projects for 5G wireless, fiber networks powering gigabit internet ...

When LiDAR Isn't The Answer

Adam Schmehl October 10, 2018

For my last article, I got a chance to learn a bit more about LiDAR and how our team collected time-of-flight data in the early 2000s. After writing ...

LiDAR for Utility Pole Surveys: Pros, Cons & Trade-offs

Adam Schmehl October 02, 2018

A vendor just pitched you a LiDAR solution. The demo was impressive—aerial footage, dense point clouds, millions of data points captured per second. ...

Katapult Pro Project Management Tips

Adam Schmehl September 25, 2018

This week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Zach Carlson, one of our newest project managers at Katapult Engineering. We took some time to ...

Pole Audit Solutions with Katapult Pro

Adam Schmehl September 18, 2018

In my last article, I talked about how Katapult Pro helps users visualize pole data. Because the platform allows users to map and organize hundreds ...

Katapult Pro Defensible Photo Data

Adam Schmehl September 11, 2018

OSP engineering can be tricky. In the world of pole surveys, we often work long hours in less-than-ideal field conditions while doing our best to ...

Gigabit Internet: What You Need to Know!

Adam Schmehl August 27, 2018

What is Gigabit Internet? It's exactly what it sounds like; internet service providers (ISPs) are now capable of delivering download and upload ...

Automating Great Pole Data Into Winning Deliverables

Adam Schmehl August 13, 2018

I've had a chance to both observe and assist in a multitude of projects that our team has taken on over the past year. In this time, my team has ...

Katapult Pro One Touch Make Ready Regulations (2018)

Adam Schmehl August 07, 2018

Last Thursday, the FCC passed the Declaratory Ruling and Report and Order designed to speed access to utility poles. The major implication of this ...

Run a Real Project Through the Platform

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