All articles from Adam Schmehl

Practical One-Touch Make Ready (OTMR)

Adam Schmehl June 18, 2018

What is OTMR? One-touch make ready (OTMR) is a process that would allow one contractor to perform all (or most) necessary make ready moves in a ...

Katapult Pro Portal - The Future Of Collaboration

Adam Schmehl June 14, 2018

As we've mentioned before, collaborative joint use can be quite difficult. Utility companies bear incredible responsibility. Keeping their customers' ...

Katapult Memories: First Look At 5G

Adam Schmehl May 29, 2018

WHAT IS IT? 5G is the quick way to reference fifth-generation wireless. While many disagree about the minute specs and details of 5G, the network ...

Katapult Pro: A Telecom Photo Documentation Software

Adam Schmehl April 23, 2018

OSP engineering services often require us here at Katapult to wear many hats. Workflow improvements, pole loading calculations, utility pole ...

Katapult's Approach To Pole Attachments

Adam Schmehl April 02, 2018

Pole owners and attachers both have a lot on their plates. Not only are they responsible for providing power and communications service to thousands ...

Katapult's Approach To Pole Attachments

Adam Schmehl April 02, 2018

Pole owners and attachers both have a lot on their plates. Not only are they responsible for providing power and communications service to thousands ...

Improving Pole Attachment Processes

Adam Schmehl February 02, 2018

At Katapult Engineering, two fast-paced industries intersect to create a unique training challenge. Software engineering requires great agility; our ...

What Is a Utility Pole Survey? A Field-to-Office Guide

Adam Schmehl December 21, 2017

You have a few thousand poles to survey, a client expecting deliverables on a deadline, and FCC timelines that keep getting shorter. The survey is ...

Photo-Based Pole Data: Upload and Sync Guide for OSP Teams

Adam Schmehl December 20, 2017

You just wrapped a long day in the field. Your crew covered 200 poles across two routes (and a couple pickups on the way home), and you have ...

Pole Data Processing: From Field Photos to Deliverables

Adam Schmehl December 17, 2017

Your field crew just came back with 4,000 photos from a 200-pole survey. The images are sitting on a hard drive. Your client is expecting annotated ...

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