Projects
We undertake projects of all kinds, anywhere.
Engineered Tower Solutions is licensed in all 50 U.S. States and Protectorates. We also undertake work internationally for customers that require the presence of highly experienced construction teams in challenging geographical locations. Our experience covers every possible area of tower engineering work, from physical and drone inspections and mount mappings, to complex structural engineering and new site civil work and construction.
Inspections with an Audience
It’s not always the human kind that watches us work. Our climbing team in Virginia had a migrating flock of birds to work with on this recent inspection on a tower in southern Texas. More noisy than usual!
Project involvement:
Inspections
Ornithology
Full Tower Inspections
We perform a full range of field mapping services for special, scheduled, or pre-modification analysis. Here we are performing a full inspection and analysis on a tower in California.
Project involvement:
Inspections
Guyed Tower Anchor Inspections
Below grade foundation investigations, like this one in Virginia, require significant knowledge and experience to ensure the inspection work is completed safely and to client specifications.
Project involvement:
Mapping
Structural
Inspection
Major Foundation Modifications
Foundation mapping can reveal inadequacies in original construction, as with this site in Illinois, requiring foundation modifications to support existing and future carrier loading.
Project involvement:
Mapping
Structural
Construction
Guyed Tower Anchor Pours
Guy wire anchors, like this new pour in Missouri, are critical to tower structural stability. Our construction teams ensure that new or replacement anchors meet stringent design and build requirements.
Project involvement:
Construction
Guyed Tower
Tower Inspections by Drone
Drones are extremely useful when customers request urgent condition inspections of their towers and antennas, like this one in Kentucky after some unseasonal tornados.
Project involvement:
Structural
Construction
Bell Tower Concealed Macro Array
Planning regulations often require antenna systems to blend in with the surroundings as much as possible. Concealing equipment behind existing facades, like this bell tower in Maine, is a common project for us.
Project involvement:
Mapping
Structural
A&E
Tower & Anchor Foundations
We undertake all types of civil and tower engineering and construction work for carrier and portfolio owners, like this tower base and anchors for a new guyed tower in Jake Prairie, Missouri.
Project involvement:
Construction
Concrete
Guyed Tower
Water Tower Antenna Upgrades
When leasing rates beat the cost of new tower construction, water towers like this one in Camden, Maine, are an excellent alternative to traditional macro wireless structures.
Project involvement:
Mapping
Structural
Construction
Macro Tower Extensions
When a carrier requires additional signal density or coverage, towers may receive extensions, such as in this 20’ lattice section for a customer in Arizona.
Project involvement:
A&E
Structural
Construction
New Tower Inspections
ETS undertakes many new tower inspections, like this one in North Carolina, to ensure compliance with project specifications and close-out requirements.
Project involvement:
Mapping
Structural
Construction
Tower Leg Modifications
Tower structures may require additional strengthening to support an increase in carrier loading, such as this leg reinforcement project in Virginia.
Project involvement:
Structural
Construction
Modifications
Guy Wire Replacements
Guy wires can become overstressed with increased tower loading. When an inspection reveals overstressed guy wires, such as on this South Carolina tower, new wires are installed.
Project involvement:
Mapping
Structural
Construction
Civil Engineering Work
The swapping out of aging carrier infrastructure for the latest equipment can lead to new shelters and associated communication and utility services. This project was in North Carolina.
Project involvement:
A&E
Construction
Construction
Mount Mappings
When a customer is preparing for service equipment upgrades, we undertake a detailed review of the site’s radio heads and antenna mounts, as with this self-supporting tower in Adair, Indiana.
Project involvement:
Mapping
Structural
Upgrades
Roof Top Antenna Array
Rooftop colocation, like this array in California, is a modern-day necessity for high-density 5G/LTE deployments in urban/suburban areas where macro tower availability is limited or restricted.
Project involvement:
Inspections
A&E
Structural
Borescope Leg Inspections
Internal borescope inspections of tower legs, such as this one in Florida, are more common in coastal areas where environmental conditions can accelerate structural corrosion.
Project involvement:
Mapping
Materials Testing
ETS undertakes significant materials testing work, such as this slump test for new tower foundations in North Carolina. Other CMT work includes soil and grout sampling and testing.
Project involvement:
CMT
THIS IS JUST A SAMPLING OF OUR PROJECT WORK.
If you have questions about specific types of work, contact us and we’ll be happy to share more information with you.
