Telecom Masts & Antenna Sites
Stability verification for telecom masts and antenna sites: lattice and spun concrete masts, rooftop sites and retrofits on existing structures.
Masts, rooftop sites, antenna supports – predominantly verification of existing structures.
What we take on
- Stability verification for steel lattice and spun concrete masts
- Verification for rooftop sites and installations on existing buildings
- Retrofitting additional antennas and equipment
- New masts and antenna structures, foundations and ground works
Every retrofit is a new verification
The normal case in this field: equipment is added to an existing site. Every additional antenna changes the wind area and the eccentricity, and with them the demand on mast, connection and foundation. Without verification it is an open question whether the site still carries it – and on masts built up over several stages, the records are often incomplete.
Wind, ice and fatigue
Wind and ice loads govern; on slender masts, vortex-induced cross-wind oscillation and fatigue at the connections are added. Deflection is a verification in its own right, because the radio link needs directional stability.
Rooftop sites
Installing on a building brings two questions together: will the building’s structure carry the installation, and is the fixing through the roof covering watertight and durable. We check both, not only the mast.
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