Articles about Industry (7)

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FCC to Vote on OTMR in August

Adam Schmehl July 23, 2018

On July 12th, the Federal Communications Commission released an announcement of their agenda for the August Open Meeting. On this agenda is voting ...

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 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 ...

FCC Pole Attachment Timeline Changes

Adam Schmehl July 13, 2017

If you're planning a fiber build crossing 3,000 utility poles this year, or your clients are, the rules that govern how fast you can get on those ...

Katapult Memories: Pole Loading Platform Reviews (2017)

Isaac Tucker January 11, 2017

In this article we did a comparison of three different Pole Loading software platforms using the same set of utility poles that were measured using ...

The Pain And Headaches Of Joint Use Pole Attachments

Isaac Tucker August 07, 2015

Anyone who has worked in a Joint Use Attachments department at a utility or has been a Third Party Attacher knows the headaches and complications ...

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