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Consulting Services
 
  • Wireless microwave networks
  • High-speed signal propagation
  • Path calculations and link evaluations
  • Lightning protection and tower grounding
  • Site evaluations and acquisitions
  • Fall-arrest and accident investigations
  • Public consultations pertaining to tower site development



A
                     few of our most recent consulting
                     contracts

                  
                  
    
                     
  • 2006: Investigation
                     of a newly designed wireless microwave network,
                     built and designed by others, that failed to
                     link all 17 sites together. This wireless
                     network operated in the licensed 18 GHZ spectrum
                     and included 13 newly erected communication
                     towers built for that purpose. The re-designed
                     network by Alpha-Beta included 2 additional
                     towers to ensured reliable signal propagation of
                     50 - 100 Mbps between a total of 19
                     sites.
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  • 2007: Design of a
                     large wireless high-speed microwave network in
                     Ontario linking municipalities together with a
                     continues data throughput of 100 Mbps; This
                     Point-to-Point system required co-location on 2
                     existing communication towers and the
                     construction of 5 new towers,
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  • 2007: As consultants
                     to NOTRA,
                     we developed the standard for grounding
                     communication sites and towers for the Canadian
                     Coast Guard. This document titled Canadian
                     Coast Guard MCTS Communication Tower and Site
                     Lightning Protection and Grounding Standards
                     addressed soil resistivity measurements,
                     perimeter grounding of towers and buildings,
                     antenna and cable grounding, grounding inside
                     communication buildings or rooms and other
                     related issues.
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  • 2007: Also as
                     consultants to NOTRA,
                     we wrote the overall technical specifications
                     and guidelines for the procurement of new
                     communication towers for the Canadian Coast
                     Guard, liaised with the various regions and
                     discussed site-specific considerations with
                     regional engineers and managers. We submitted
                     our completed report in early 2008, titled
                     Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications
                     and Traffic Services Technical Statement of
                     Requirements for Communication
                     Towers.
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  • 2007: Also as
                     consultants to NOTRA,
                     we were asked to submit a report detailing a
                     refurbishing program for the maintenance, repair
                     and replacement of existing communication towers
                     of the Canadian Coast Guard. This life-cycle
                     plan assumed an average useful life span of
                     between 25-40 years for communication towers,
                     depending on type, region, construction and
                     other variables. It included environmental
                     consideration, access to remote locations, costs
                     and the impact new,
    
                     technical innovations might have. The
                     Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications
                     and Traffic Services Tower Assets Life Cycle
                     Refurbishment report we compiled was to be
                     used as a general standard for managing the
                     tower infrastructures within the Canadian Coast
                     Guard.
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  • 2008: Also as
                     consultants to NOTRA,
                     we developed the Canadian Coast Guard Fall
                     Protection Program. We used their existing
                     documentation, researched, amended and enhanced
                     it and added sections to address new safety
                     requirements as mandated by the latest statutes,
                     acts, regulations and standards. We included
                     extensive sections on safety requirements when
                     working on ships as it pertains to the work
                     aloft. This included working on masts, stacks,
                     elevated platforms, on ladders, superstructures,
                     gangways, etc. and detailed the applicable
                     sections of the Canada Labour Code, Part II, the
                     Canada Shipping Act, Marine Occupational Health
                     & Safety, the Loss Control Program, Fleet
                     Safety and Security Manual and others. In order
                     to write a GAP Analysis that identified where
                     the ship's safety standards are today versus
                     where they should be, we visited ships belonging
                     to the Canadian Coast Guard in St. Johns,
                     Newfoundland and in Victoria, British Columbia.
                     We also amended the fall protection program for
                     land-based installations, working at heights on
                     the Coast Guard's communication towers and
                     elevated structures. This included CSA equipment
                     standards, safe tower climbing procedures, tower
                     rescue scenarios, the need for proper safety
                     equipment inspections and storage, as well as
                     the general theory governing Fall prevention,
                     Fall protection and Fall arrest.
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Antennas   Building Permits   Camera Towers    Communication Towers   Consulting Services   Contact Us     Fabrication  Fall Protection   Field Photographs   Helicopter Installation  Humour
Ice Guards Ice Breakers   Labour Rates   Lanyard Tote Bags   Opposing Towers   Photos    Request for Tower Quotes    Special Projects    Summer Student Program    Towers for Broadband