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Digital Pole Inspections: Mobile Apps and Software Solutions
The US is home to roughly 180 million wooden utility poles, with around 2 million new poles installed every year. Between the...
22 hours ago5 min read

Across the Grid: A Guide to Electrical Distribution Systems
Ubiquitous electricity is no longer a novelty for most of us. We don’t gasp when we flick on the light switch, and we don’t (usually)...
Mar 317 min read

The Beauty of Standardization
Individualized, tailored workflows and processes are spectacular for helping you deliver high value. Individualized, unique deliverables...
Mar 243 min read

4 Ways to Improve the Grid with Post-Construction Inspections
Whenever we perform work on distribution poles, we introduce risk. Engineering teams go to great lengths to create safe designs that...
Mar 63 min read

From Building to Maintaining
The only certainties in life are death and taxes, but the need for reliable power and services is a close third. Even when priorities...
Mar 53 min read

A New Approach to the Double Wood Dilemma
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...
Feb 253 min read

Four Ways You Can Contribute to the Katapult Pro Roadmap
We built Katapult Pro to elevate regional, market-specific expertise—because you know more about reliable utilities in your backyard than...
Feb 193 min read

Protecting the Grid and Powering Communities with Attachment Audits
Attachment audits are systematic inspections of all utility pole attachments, from equipment to cables, to other hardware on the pole. An...
Feb 193 min read

3 Ways to Future-Proof Your Services Portfolio
As far as we can tell, the broadband boom will continue for the next few years. As States allocate public dollars and ISPs continue...
Jan 272 min read

A Crash Course in Utility Pole Inspections: Methods, Standards, and Solutions
There’s a direct and proportional relationship between the reliability of utility poles and the reliability of our grid. It looks...
Jan 155 min read
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