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You have 3,000 poles to survey, a crew that just started last month, and a client expecting deliverables by Friday. Traditional data collection would require your most experienced engineers in the field for weeks, manually measuring attachment heights with hot sticks or laser rangefinders and recording everything on paper or tablets. Then your office team would spend additional weeks re-entering that data into permit forms, resolving discrepancies, and potentially building it

Our field crews collect data on 1000+ poles, in multiple markets, on a weekly basis. This means that finding advantages in the smallest...

At Katapult Engineering, we talk a lot about pole loading analysis. Whether it's using these programs for our day-to-day work, reviewing...

Traditionally, our mapping and data collection software is used to survey utility poles, assisting in utility joint use and fiber...

Katapult has had many iterations over the years, one of which includes the Katapult MakerSpace and KatapultLabs. Though no longer...

When it comes to software development, it seems as though each week brings new problems that demand creative solutions. Week in and week...

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 poles changed last week. The FCC's Fifth Report and Order (FCC 25-38), adopted unanimously back in July 2025, took effect on Thursday, May 7, 2026, after the Office of Management and Budget cleared the Paperwork Reduction Act review on April 17. The Wireline Competition Bureau published the trigger notice (DA-26-446) the same day th

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...

The KatapultLabs Libratory held its inaugural event this weekend, inviting the community to come discover the fun of small scale glider...

Analyzing pole load for broadband deployment Stripped down to the basics, pole loading analysis is the process by which engineers analyze...