Challenge

TEP was tasked with visiting all 320 sites to be acquired by Grain Communications in a 3-month window and completing inspections, mappings, and structural analyses of each structure. We were also tasked with uploading each document and pertinent site photos onto our client’s webpage to help them build their marketing and management system for these structures. We also provided pricing for the maintenance repairs and any required tower modifications to bring the towers into code compliance structurally and provided that information to our client prior to closing on the portfolio. Once the portfolio was acquired, TEP completed modification designs on all the towers that failed the original analysis. TEP Design Build is responsible for the maintenance repairs and modification installations with a goal of completing all repairs and modifications within a 12-month timeframe from acquisition. TEP also assists our client with the ongoing data management for future collocations and additions to these sites. The primary challenge of this project was the constricted timeframe under which these services were to be performed. To meet the 3-month timeframe for all diligence documentation to be compiled, TEP dispatched crews nationwide to visit each site and gather necessary information to compile the reports and repair estimates in a timely manner to meet our deadline.

Result

TEP completed all necessary diligence work and submitted all required documentation and cost estimates to our client prior to the deadline which allowed the acquisition to proceed as planned. After the acquisition, TEP served to help our client organize to complete the repairs and modifications in a timely manner to bring the portfolio up to standards. These services help protect our client’s assets and makes their sites more alluring to future site co-locaters. TEP also assists our client in the management of their sites throughout the duration of their ownership to ensure these sites are a positive investment for our client, which in turn ensures long term work and success for TEP and TEP Design Build.