(Commission is looking for ways to streamline the site permitting process) At its April 2017 meeting, the FCC finally adopted a long awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry addressing the many frustrations faced by tower builders, wireless carriers, and others who have run the painful and often lengthy gauntlet of getting … Continue Reading
Nearly a year ago we reported on some regulatory weedwhacking that pruned some (but by no means all) of the things that tower owners need to worry about when it comes to the FCC’s Antenna Structure Regulations. Most of the revised rules took effect last October. As often happens, though, a couple were left in … Continue Reading
OSHA has no standards for comprehensive coverage of tower workers ... not yet, at least.… Continue Reading
The effective date for most, but not all, of the revised antenna structure rules revised by the FCC last month has now been set.… Continue Reading
If you've got one or more tower structures, you may be in luck. The FCC has at long last taken a weed-whacker to Part 17 of its rules.… Continue Reading
Deadlines have been announced in the wireless infrastructure proceeding the FCC initiated in September.… Continue Reading
The FCC is considering changes to allow antennas -- especially smaller antennas -- to get up and into use more rapidly.… Continue Reading
What would you think about a tower safety device that reduces the number of aircraft collisions with towers, is environmentally friendly, and eliminates the need for towers to be continually lit?… Continue Reading
If you think you might be needing to build a tower in the next several years, listen up. The birding lobby has opened a new offensive in its long-running effort to force the FCC to give greater consideration to bird-related concerns when it authorizes tower construction.… Continue Reading
