We've never done this in our 13 years of operation.  We got hit with this
while trying to upgrade a tower from solar to AC . . .
The horse is out of the barn now on this for us.  AEP contacted the
Commerce Dept when we objected to AEP's requirement for a State
Inspection.  It's been all downhill from there . . .





On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 4:58 PM Jorge Santiago <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Great, thanks for the info.
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 4:24 PM David Hannum <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Surprise!  The State Department of Commerce says THEY need a FULL
>> engineering load study every time you add or change antennas on the tower.
>> ANY tower . . .
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 4:19 PM Jorge Santiago <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> No, we ensure (with engineer stamp) the structure is
>>> structurally capable and not "loaded" to a point of failure.
>>>
>>> This is just for our records (and to satisfy the engineering department
>>> :)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 4:09 PM David Hannum <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jorge,
>>>> Do you submit those to the State of Ohio?
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 4:06 PM Jorge Santiago <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We own two guided 200ft. structures. No, we do not perform any load
>>>>> studies when adding & removing equipment that's on the same mounts. We do,
>>>>> however, perform a study when adding new equipment (in addition to the
>>>>> currently installed ones) to ensure we're not loading the tower to max.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 3:57 PM David Hannum <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> OK - let me reword the problem.  Do any of you OWN towers that you
>>>>>> have full load studies performed on whenever you add new gear to or swap
>>>>>> gear on?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 3:53 PM Jorge Santiago <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Depending on tower owner. We are required to provide a study every
>>>>>>> time NEW antennas/mounts are installed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 3:50 PM David Hannum <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Question - you all get load studies done each time you hang a radio
>>>>>>>> or swap gear on a tower?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dave Hannum
>>>>>>>> New Era Broadband
>>>>>>>>
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