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Making Smart Grids a Reality
So much of our world depends on the uninterrupted flow of power, to the point where outages bring normal life to a halt for most of us....
May 21, 20253 min read


Post Construction Inspections Workflow Overview
Run the "Prep For Post Construction" tool • A snapshot of the job's state will be created to store that progress point; make sure...
May 19, 20252 min read


Generated Maps Dashboard
Create a map as your dashboard for tracking poles and other nodes across multiple jobs to help with management, such as managing permits or pickups in the field for example.
May 19, 20258 min read


Break through the Backlog: Double Wood Resolution Workflows
Between new pole attachments and pole inspections, hundreds of thousands of poles get replaced every year. When each of those poles has...
May 14, 20254 min read


Create Your Own Tools And Extend The Platform
Create your own custom tool to extend the Katapult Pro platform; you can create your own APIs to interact with the Katapult Pro APIs and build custom tooling entirely in your control.
May 13, 20254 min read


5 Ways to Leverage Your Inspection Data for Greater Impact
New builds get a lot of attention, but it’s ongoing maintenance that keeps the lights on. If we want to protect the grid, we need to find...
May 13, 20253 min read


Experimental Features: Tools for New Pole Design, CUs, and More!
As we support our internal engineering team, we’ve created solutions that address their specific challenges and issues, informed by their experience and needs. In the past, we would have worked to perfect these tools before getting them into your hands, trying to make sure they solve universal and generic problems before releasing them. However, in an industry that moves as fast as ours does, the speed at which we get access to new features matters a lot. That means the soo
May 7, 20253 min read


Resolve Double Wood Conditions with Katapult Pro
The influx of broadband deployment means more attachments, and more attachments complicate the pole replacement and attachment transfer...
Apr 28, 20253 min read


Double Wood Utility Poles: Causes, Risks, and How to Resolve Them
You replaced a pole months ago. The new one is set, energized, and carrying the primary. The old one is still standing right next to it, still holding a handful of communication attachments, still your liability if it comes down in a storm. You have probably driven past dozens like it without a clean answer for when any of them will finally come out of the ground. That second pole is double wood, and for most pole owners it is not one stubborn location. It is a slow-growing b
Apr 28, 202511 min read


3 Ways to Extend the Life and Value of Utility Data
We can do a lot more with our data when it’s uniform, meeting the right standards . Consistency in deliverables lets engineering firms...
Apr 21, 20253 min read
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