Re: [WISPA] Tower general contractors
The number UNO issue when you deal with Crowne Castle is get an agreement up front of what all your requirements are. They took me to the cleaners. I will NEVER deal with them ever again. NEVER Quote for a Location was given $300/month. Then we agreed so they said fill out this Application. Filled it out and got a bill for $1500 (APP FEE). Project manager called and said that now that we are approved. We can proceed once the received a $2500 PO for Structural analysis. Then the salesman called back and informed the $300/month was actually $875/month. Then like you they decided my certified climbers did not meet their requirements. The would handle the install for $5000.00. Then there would be a $1000 fee for Inspection of what I put on the ground. Needless to say I did not Pay any but a $1500 Fee that they split up to supposedly cover their cost. I found an approved installer and Paid him $1500. Got them back down to $350/month by working with another renter on the same tower. Only way we got it all worked out was I had all my original Documentation from them. Do The Same. PS. Thanks Scott Steve Barnes RC-Wifi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randy Cosby Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 3:52 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Tower general contractors We have the opportunity to get on a tower owned by Crown Castle International for a pretty decent rent. However, they want the general contractor over any work to have a 5 million dollar umbrella policy. Having a hard time finding a general with anything near that. Any recommendations in the Utah area? We're only mounting equipment around 30 feet up the tower (planned to even use a bucket truck), and putting in a little enclosure on the ground. Bah... -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc office: 435-773-6071 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Tower general contractors
We are a general contractor with 10 million I think. That much insurance is not all that expensive. Any general contractor should be able to buy a one time rider to their policy to bump up the coverage. - Original Message - From: Randy Cosby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:52 PM Subject: [WISPA] Tower general contractors We have the opportunity to get on a tower owned by Crown Castle International for a pretty decent rent. However, they want the general contractor over any work to have a 5 million dollar umbrella policy. Having a hard time finding a general with anything near that. Any recommendations in the Utah area? We're only mounting equipment around 30 feet up the tower (planned to even use a bucket truck), and putting in a little enclosure on the ground. Bah... -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc office: 435-773-6071 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Tower general contractors
I'll see if our current candidate is willing to do this. It's such a small job, he's just about ready to throw in the towel dealing with all the red tape as it is. Randy Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: We are a general contractor with 10 million I think. That much insurance is not all that expensive. Any general contractor should be able to buy a one time rider to their policy to bump up the coverage. -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc office: 435-773-6071 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Tower general contractors
Thats not bad. Many times they want 10,000. It should not be hard to get a 5 million umbrella. Any insurance company will do it. The catch is 1) Get your primary as a 1 million coverage, and then get teh Umbrella as an additional 4 million. The umbrella is a seperate line item. What this means is that the Primary $1mil insurance gets attacked first, then the umbrella only if it exceeds the 1 mil plan. Because of this, there is less risk that the Umbrella will get used, and therefore more cost effective to get. 2) You business qualification. It has been ruled that you can classify your business based on the percentage of type of work that you do. If 80% of your business is Computer repair, then you can qualify yourself as computer repair. Or at minimum 80% of your premium at computer repair rates. The second you ask for insurance to be a tower climber, its opening a huge can of worms. Nobody wants to insure high risk work. Do not LIE about what you do, as that could lead to compromising your coverage, if that was proven at a later date. But if the majority of your business is in fact something else other than tower climbing, you are telling the truth in stating your classification. Getting approved for insurance and at appropriate rates, is highly related to your classification. Once we've proven to our partners that we are reliable, and safe, and don't climb often, they've often reduced our max coverage requirement. But if you are planning on climbing regularly on a commercial tower, you probably aught to have 5 million coverage anyway. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Randy Cosby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 2:52 PM Subject: [WISPA] Tower general contractors We have the opportunity to get on a tower owned by Crown Castle International for a pretty decent rent. However, they want the general contractor over any work to have a 5 million dollar umbrella policy. Having a hard time finding a general with anything near that. Any recommendations in the Utah area? We're only mounting equipment around 30 feet up the tower (planned to even use a bucket truck), and putting in a little enclosure on the ground. Bah... -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc office: 435-773-6071 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
