Articles about Industry (2)

Distribution Poles: Anatomy, Attachments & Ownership

Adam Schmehl March 31, 2025

Next time you drive through a suburban neighborhood, pick a pole at random and count the wires on it. There's probably primaries up top, a neutral ...

The Beauty of Standardization

Ashlyn Stonge March 24, 2025

Individualized, tailored workflows and processes are spectacular for helping you deliver high value. Individualized, unique deliverables and data, on ...

4 Ways to Improve the Grid with Post-Construction Inspections

Ashlyn Stonge March 06, 2025

Whenever we perform work on distribution poles, we introduce risk. Engineering teams go to great lengths to create safe designs that won’t overload ...

From Building to Maintaining

Ashlyn Stonge March 05, 2025

The only certainties in life are death and taxes, but the need for reliable power and services is a close third. Even when priorities shift and ...

A New Approach to the Double Wood Dilemma

Ashlyn Stonge February 25, 2025

Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to see poles with seven or eight attachments in high-density areas. As the number of attachments per pole has increased, ...

Four Ways You Can Contribute to the Katapult Pro Roadmap

Ashlyn Stonge February 19, 2025

We built Katapult Pro to elevate regional, market-specific expertise—because you know more about reliable utilities in your backyard than we do. To ...

Protecting the Grid and Powering Communities with Attachment Audits

Ashlyn Stonge February 19, 2025

Attachment audits are systematic inspections of all utility pole attachments, from equipment to cables, to other hardware on the pole. An attachment ...

3 Ways to Future-Proof Your Services Portfolio

Ashlyn Stonge January 27, 2025

As far as we can tell, the broadband boom will continue for the next few years. As States allocate public dollars and ISPs continue aggressive ...

Utility Pole Inspections: Methods, Standards & Failures

Adam Schmehl January 15, 2025

Your inspection contractor just delivered 6,200 pole records from last quarter's cycle. The summary report shows 287 rejections—about 4.6%, which is ...

Utility Pole Inspections: Methods, Standards & Failures

Adam Schmehl January 15, 2025

Your inspection contractor just delivered 6,200 pole records from last quarter's cycle. The summary report shows 287 rejections—about 4.6%, which is ...

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