FDH Velocitel today announced that the board of managers of its parent company (Velocitel LLC) has appointed two new members. Richard Ruben, former vice chairman and former CEO of PEG Bandwidth, and Jake MacLeod, former executive vice president of Powerwave and former principal vice president/chief technology officer of Bechtel, were […] Read More
The National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) announced this week the finalization of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) A10.48-2016 Standard. NATE called the new standard a “game changer” for the industry because of its comprehensive reach across the entire tower construction, service and maintenance […] Read More
FDH Velocitel was recently awarded a five-year, $10M contract for architectural and engineering services to complete testing of tension in Tainter gate trunnion girder anchor rods on USACE-owned and managed dams nationwide. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District (Louisville, KY) is the contracting entity. Congressman David Price […] Read More
SiteSafe principal engineer Klaus Bender, PE, contributed an article to Mission Critical Magazine on the results of the recent annual meeting of the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC). Bender, a member of the Mission Critical Communications editorial advisory board, attended the LMCC meeting as a guest of a frequency coordinator […] Read More
In the February 2016 issue of AGL Magazine, Don Doty, regulatory compliance advisor for FDH Velocitel, discusses how broadcasters can prepare for the changes that may result to their facilities following the upcoming Federal Communications Commission 101 reverse auction for full power and Class A TV broadcast stations. Doty advises […] Read More
Congratulations to Brandon Compton, PE, a research engineer III in FDH Velocitel’s R&D group! Compton was recently awarded a College of Business Gold Graduate Student Scholarship by East Carolina University to pursue a Master of Business Administration. The prestigious, merit-based Gold Scholarship provides $12,000 (or $3,000/semester) for new students who […] Read More
In response to an emergency request from the South Carolina Department of Transportation, FDH Velocitel’s heavy civil division (HVC) has mobilized a field crew to the state to evaluate at least 4 bridges along I-95 affected by recent flooding. On October 4, SCDOT closed nearly a 70-mile stretch of I-95 […] Read More
In a recent article for RCR Wireless, FDH Velocitel CEO Kevin Hostetler announced the company is preparing to implement a new mobile software application that will improve the way safety checklists are documented in the field. The smartphone software allows climbing crews to quickly assemble and document the pertinent data, […] Read More
Don Doty, vice president of operations for FDH Velocitel, was recently appointed to the inaugural Board of Governors for the National Wireless Safety Alliance. NWSA is a national non-profit assessment and certification organization that has been developed to improve the safety skills and training of the professionals who work on […] Read More
FDH Velocitel Chairman Jim Estes spoke with RCR Wireless about the current shift in infrastructure spending between carriers and tower companies, given opportunities in the small cell and distributed antenna system (DAS) market. Read more.
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