COMMUNICATION TOWERS
- Project Location: Maine & New England
- Services Provided:
- Geotechnical explorations (test borings, option for rock coring)
- Geotechnical consulting (foundation recommendations)
- Project Summary:
- New self-support lattice, monopole, and guyed wire communication tower structures
- Range 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 often include evaluation of foundations on soil or bedrock.
- SGS has experience providing geotechnical services for over 200 tower structures across Maine and New England.
- Explorations services and geotechnical recommendations as stand-alone projects or as batch project sites for various clients.
- SGS provides efficiencies by combining effort for drilling services of nearby tower sites and successfully delivers reports to meet the client’s timeline.
