COMMUNICATION TOWERS
- Project Location: Maine & New England
- Services Provided:
- Geotechnical explorations (test borings, option for rock coring)
- Geotechnical foundation recommendations
- Project Summary:
- New self-support lattice, monopole, and guyed wire communication tower structures
- Towes ranged in height from 90 to 300 feet, average 190 feet
- Project Challenges / Innovation:
- Difficult access and variable site conditions (wooded sites, fields, adjacent to buildings)
- Geotechnical considerations include evaluation of foundations on soil or bedrock
- Have provided geotechnical investigation and design for over 200 tower structures across Maine and New England
- SGS provides efficiencies by combining drilling services for nearby tower sites and delivered reports to meet the client’s compressed timelines
