Telecommunications

ProTerra Design Group delivers specialized engineering counsel to support the expanding wireless telecommunications and mobile broadband market across the Northeast. Thomas E. Johnson, P.E., Managing Partner, has successfully led engineering design for more than 1,000 telecommunication facilities including major national carriers and tower development companies throughout New England along with local and regional clients. We offer the dedicated industry expertise telecommunications providers and tower developers need to support optimal site location selection, engineering, agency coordination, zoning and wetlands permitting, project representation, and construction administration.

What sets our services apart?
We back your project with a diverse professionally licensed staff that brings real-world building experience, able to deliver rapidly and efficiently at a competitive rate. Let us help you navigate ever-changing technology, permitting, and design requirements. We’re pleased to have earned a trusted reputation for delivering innovative yet practical solutions to a range of structural challenges and site complications including church steeples and concealment enclosures.

Telecommunications Services

  • Required Drawings (e.g. lease, zoning, construction, and as-built)
  • Structural Assessments
  • Utility Coordination
  • Concealment Design
  • Construction Control
  • Technical Support for Hearings with Municipalities
  • Soil Resistivity Testing

Managed Services

  • Tower and Building Structural Analysis
  • Reinforcement Design
  • Geotechnical Investigations
  • Land Surveys
  • FAA 1A and 2C Certifications
  • Photo Simulations and Viewshed Analysis
  • Balloon Floats
  • Electrical Evaluation and Load Assessment
  • Construction Stake-out
  • Tower Mapping
  • EME and MPE Plans and Affidavits
  • Noise Studies
  • Foundation Design