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Three Reasons Why Make Ready Matters
1. Make ready costs make a major impact on aerial route selection. Whether it's the engineering or construction (or both), third-party...
Jan 7, 20193 min read

Keeping your Small Business Healthy
1) Put Culture First. One of the most important factors in your organization's health is culture. A good culture can be hard to define,...
Nov 2, 20184 min read

Fall 2018 Pole Loading Platform Reviews
Nearly two years ago, we reviewed pole loading platforms O-Calc Pro, SPIDAcalc, and PoleForeman based on their performance, controls,...
Oct 26, 20184 min read

Pole Loading Misconceptions
Pole loading analysis is a beautiful thing. With all the ongoing small cell projects for 5G wireless, fiber networks powering gigabit...
Oct 18, 20183 min read

The Headaches of LiDAR
For my last article, I got a chance to learn a bit more about LiDAR and how our team collected time-of-flight data in the early 2000s....
Oct 10, 20182 min read


The Pros and Cons of LiDAR
LiDAR (light detection and ranging) is a system of data collection that uses laser pulses and time-of-flight calculations to capture...
Oct 2, 20183 min read


Project Manager Tips
This week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Zach Carlson, one of our newest project managers at Katapult Engineering. We took some...
Sep 25, 20183 min read

Everything You Need To Know About Gigabit Internet (2018)
What is Gigabit Internet? It's exactly what it sounds like; internet service providers (ISPs) are now capable of delivering download and...
Aug 27, 20182 min read

One Touch Make Ready Regulations
Last Thursday, the FCC passed the Declaratory Ruling and Report and Order designed to speed access to utility poles. The major...
Aug 7, 20181 min read

FCC and One-Touch Make Ready
On July 12th, the Federal Communications Commission released an announcement of their agenda for the August Open Meeting. On this agenda...
Jul 23, 20182 min read
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