What Happens When Two People Apply For The Same Pole?
Something started happening to us a few years ago. The attachers we serve in Pennsylvania started applying for poles that were already in...
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Learn more about Katapult Pro and how our team is making a difference in the pole attachments industry!
Adam Schmehl
May 25 min read
Key Components of Joint Use
This list of items found here is part of a larger, strategic approach to operational excellence from the team at PPL Corporation. PPL is...
Leanne Weaver
May 24 min read
Katapult Pro Equipment Setup
CONTENT Camera Setup Camera Care Stick Calibration Stick Care Safety/PPE Camera Setup Before setting up your camera, please see our...
Jess Carroll
May 24 min read
Joint Use 101: Utility Pole Problems and Solutions
We’ve talked before about the history of telecommunications and how, in recent years, the already fast-growing industry has ramped up to...
Adam Schmehl
Apr 245 min read
Explaining OSP: 5 Levels of Experience
Since the 90s, our company has specialized in OSP design. We've looked at millions of poles since then, but still haven't figured out how...
Jess Carroll
Apr 193 min read
Make Ready Engineering
Make Ready Definition Make ready is the process by which poles are prepared for new attachments. Before attaching a telecommunications...
Jess Carroll
Apr 111 min read
Fully-Administered Make Ready Standards
Pole owners’ main concerns tend to focus on two issues: safety and reliability within the grid. To help address these priorities, they...
Adam Schmehl
Apr 113 min read
Growing Experts
It's hard to teach core values. You can explain them, you can reinforce them, and you can repeat them—but if they don't resonate with a...
Jess Carroll
Apr 51 min read
Katapult Pro Major Updates
Really good engineering requires a certain concoction of the right knowledge, the right team members, and the right tools. When it comes...
Adam Schmehl
Apr 416 min read
The Katapult Story
Does Your Work Matter? "All people are different people" is definitely true. But most of us have one thing in common: we’re seeking...
Adam Schmehl
Apr 35 min read
Reliable Utilities for People
Pole Attachments on the Rise Even before things shut down in 2020, pole attachment requests were steadily climbing. In some markets,...
Adam Schmehl
Mar 282 min read
Leveraging Online Deliverables
Katapult Pro was designed for more than just data collection. Teams can do more than just check clearances or run analyses. The goal is...
Adam Schmehl
Mar 283 min read
Too Important to Overlook
Despite how totally cool it is to work in telecommunications, managing telecom attachments on the utility side isn't seen as sexy. Over...
Adam Schmehl
Mar 264 min read
A Tale Of Two Projects
I. Rob owns a small business that specializes in fielding pole data for utilities and their telecom attachers. He spends a lot of time in...
Jess Carroll
Mar 211 min read
Our Services
Our goal is to provide reliable utilities for people. We do this by partnering with major utilities and consulting with local attachers...
Jess Carroll
Mar 202 min read
Katapult Pro Self-Paced Training
As the Katapult platform continues to grow and expand with new users, we need new ways to help teams onboard quickly and on their own...
Adam Schmehl
Mar 204 min read
Does Your Work Matter?
"All people are different people" is definitely true. But most of us have one thing in common: we’re seeking meaning. We want to know...
Jess Carroll
Mar 154 min read
Utility Pole Data for Telecom Attachments
Pole information is necessary for make ready engineering, which is how we bring communications services to underserved communities across...
Adam Schmehl
Mar 135 min read
The Virtuous Cycle
Normally, you're in trouble if your best hope for innovation is increased regulation. But this might be an exception. Pole Attachments...
Jess Carroll
Mar 122 min read
Tradeshow Trends and Topics
Our stellar sales team spent the end of February at Distributech and the beginning of March at TechAdvantage, hearing from clients about...
Jess Carroll
Mar 82 min read
Automating Construction Packages
The more we learn about the pole attachments process and make ready engineering, the more obvious it is that we need quality...
Jess Carroll
Mar 72 min read
Lessons from the Field
I’ve been at my new job for just over two months now. As with any job there’s a long list of things to learn. Thankfully, a lot of these...
Jess Carroll
Mar 13 min read
What is OSP Design?
OSP is short for outside plant. It refers to the physical infrastructure used to install, maintain, and manage telecom networks. Whether...
Jess Carroll
Mar 12 min read
Katapult: About Us
Recently, a local organization sat down with Andrew Bryden, our Chief Visionary Officer, and picked his brain about who Katapult is and...
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