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 more recent consulting contracts

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.
Design of a large wireless high-speed microwave network in Ontario linking municipalities together with a continues data throughput of 200 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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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.
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.

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.
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.
Also as consultants to NOTRA in 2010, we started with a GAP analysis for the Canadian Coast Guard, addressing potential shortcomings
in conventional communication site developments with the latest standards.

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