SITE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
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Partner with American Tower to simplify network expansion on projects of all sizes. All our Site Development Services include complete project management, delivered by experienced team members who are geographically dispersed for the ultimate in local support.
Your dedicated project manager keeps you fully informed at all times and uses advanced management and reporting tools to keep your program on time and on budget.
Site Planning Services
Find the right sites with site planning services that are tailored for your network and Radio Frequency (RF) requirements. We proactively identify potential site issues and provide solutions that can help to avoid deployment delays.
For Sites with Existing Infrastructure
- Contingency analysis: We provide a complete review of potential site contingencies, available radiation (RAD) centers, and other important details to help you select the right site.
- Zoning analysis: We provide estimated timelines and costs for site-specific zoning and permitting requirements.
For New Build Sites
- Site analysis and selection: We provide a Site Candidate Information Package (SCIP) for new build locations, so you can easily review potential sites.
- Build-to-suit analysis: We provide a Site Data Package (SDP) with details about approved candidate sites, including owner information, utility providers, zoning and permitting information, preliminary site evaluations, and photos.
Leasing Services
Avoid the frustration of working with third-party vendors. No one knows our assets, policies, and procedures better than we do. Rely on American Tower to provide best-in-class service, from application to Notice to Proceed (NTP):
- Radio Frequency Data Sheet (RFDS) review: An expert team reviews your equipment to ensure seamless entry into our online application tool.
- Collocation application: We enter your RFDS or antenna specifications into our online application tool to expedite application approval.
- Structural analysis: Our in-house professional engineers review your application to ensure it meets all building code requirements and that the tower can accommodate your equipment. If tower adaptations are required, we create a custom tower modification design for your review.
- Leasing services: We provide complete project management for your application, including entering the application, developing a due-diligence package, creating lease exhibits, analyzing structural considerations, executing the lease, and issuing the NTP.
- NTP expediting: Installation specialists expedite review of the required NTP documents, so installation starts on schedule.
Site Design and Permitting Services
Accelerate the site-approval process with our highly experienced in-house experts and our network of local vendors:
- Site walk: Our team meets with you at the site to review the site conditions and identify any potential concerns before construction drawings are created.
- Architecture and Engineering (A&E): We provide full-scope construction drawings needed to comply with zoning, permitting, and construction requirements.
- Mount analysis: A licensed professional engineer provides a stamped report on mounting requirements based on your installation specifications.
- Municipal zoning and permitting: We obtain all zoning approvals and building permits required for construction.
Construction Management Services
Stay focused on your core business priorities with turnkey construction management services, delivered by our seasoned tower construction managers and approved contractors:
- Scope of work development: A detailed plan that identifies project deliverables and expectations from our approved contractors.
- Utility coordination: All power and telecommunication requirements are cleared with local providers and incorporated into the A&E drawings.
- Bid walk and general contractor selection: A coordinated bid walk with multiple general contractors and a thorough bid review process to ensure the highest-quality construction at the lowest price.
- Bill of materials coordination: All materials are secured from approved vendors to keep projects on schedule and on budget.
- On-site quality control: Careful monitoring of construction work for safety, quality, and adherence to timelines.
- Closeout documentation: A detailed description of exactly what the general contractor installed at the site and the final site conditions.
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At American Tower, we take customer service seriously. Our customers are encouraged to share their feedback, and we take action, with the goal of continually making it easier to work with us. We are committed to providing ongoing support to every customer, every step of the way.