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Katapult Archives: Katapult Pro Version 3.1
This blog post is a piece of Katapult history, but it's not the most up-to-date reference on our software and services. Katapult Pro is...
Nov 7, 20192 min read


Katapult Archives: Why Culture Matters to Your Business
This blog post is a piece of Katapult history and represents one employee's view and assessment of our culture, but it doesn't show our...
Oct 14, 20193 min read


Katapult Archives: Using Feedback to Grow Teams Fast
This blog post is a piece of Katapult history, but it's not the most up-to-date reference on our software and services. For more...
Jul 17, 20192 min read


Katapult Archives: Ask Your Questions
This blog post is a piece of Katapult history and represents our culture, but doesn't show our growth over the years nor is it the most...
Apr 12, 20193 min read


New Features of Katpault Pro v3.0
January is fast approaching, which means that the release of Katapult Pro Version 3.0 is right around the corner! This new code has been...
Dec 11, 20182 min read


Developing Our Talent Pipeline (Our History)
One of our highest priorities at Katapult is to have a thriving culture full of healthy people, which means we are always looking to find...
Nov 30, 20183 min read


Katapult Archives: Tips For Small Business Health
This blog post is a piece of Katapult history, but it's not the most up-to-date projection of our company goals and trajectory. For more information about local services, check out our Engineering Services page. Katapult Pro is a software solution that addresses the major challenges of the distribution industry to help engineering teams focus on bringing reliable utilities to people across the country. 1) Put Culture First. One of the most important factors in your organi
Nov 2, 20184 min read


Photo-Based Pole Data: How to Upload, Sync, and Process Field Photos for OSP Engineering
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 thousands of photos sitting on SD cards and hard drives across multiple devices. Now the real question hits: how do you get all of that data uploaded, organized, and processed by your office team before next week's deadline? For OSP engineering teams running high-volume projects, the window between field collection and office processing
Dec 20, 20177 min read


Utility Pole Data Processing: From Field Photos to Engineering Deliverables
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 heights, make ready calls, and pole loading files by the end of next week. Between those raw photos and that finished deliverable package is the most labor-intensive phase of any pole attachment project: data processing. This is the phase where photos become measurements, measurements become engineering decisions, and engineering
Dec 17, 201712 min read


Photo-Based Pole Data Collection: How Field Crews Capture the Data That Drives Engineering
Your engineering team just discovered that three midspan photos are missing from yesterday's collection run. The poles are four hours away. Your field crew has already moved to a different project. And the client needs the engineering package by Friday. Every return trip to the field costs time, money, and morale. But the real damage isn't just the wasted truck roll. It's the cascading delay through make ready engineering , pole loading analysis , application submission, an
Nov 2, 20179 min read
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