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  Wireless communication has taken over lives. No one goes anywhere today without a cell phone attached to his or her ear. All that added buzz has triggered the need for hundreds of thousands communication towers — 100,000 towers in Michigan alone. While you may think they spring up like mushrooms overnight, tower projects have special requirements — requirements that SME's Telecommunications Group knows well. What types of towers fall within SME's experience? Monopole, guy and self-supporting towers. Commercial towers, utility towers, television and radio towers, and air control towers. Who have we worked for? All the players in the wireless communications industry including SBC, Cellular One, MCI, Motorola, Nextel, Sprint, State Tower, and AAT Communications as well as county 911 agencies. And major utility clients such as Consumers Energy and Transamerica Energy. Why do telecommunications companies call SME first? Because we understand the issues associated with proposed towers. For example, we have experience with threatened and endangered species nesting sites and fly zones, flood plain issues, and historic sites. Besides providing environmental services crucial to approval of tower projects, we coordinate survey services, conduct geotechnical evaluations and construction materials testing, provide foundation design recommendations and observation and testing during construction of foundations, develop due care plans and blueprints, and ensure construction activities compliance. How else does SME benefit telecommunications clients? By maintaining successful working relationships with governmental agencies including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Division, Department of Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Office, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, Michigan State Police Communications Services, and Advisory Council of Historic Preservation. Our relationship with these agencies and knowledge of their requirements means faster approval of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) assessments. So, every time you use your cell phone, think of SME. We are making it easier for you to connect every day. For more information contact Gerald M. Belian, PE in our Plymouth office or an SME office near you. |
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