Towers and antenna supporting structures should be inspected and maintained on a regular basis, as well as after extreme loading conditions such as severe wind or ice storms. Schedule maintenance inspections at least every other year — more often if the structure is in a coastal salt water environment, a corrosive atmosphere, or an area subject to frequent vandalism.

Our standard inspections are so thorough they exceed EIA/TIA 222 standards. (We also tailor inspections to meet specific needs.) We check all aspects of your tower, antennas, and coax, relamp your lighting system, and provide you with a Penn-Tech Tower Inspection Report, which you can receive printed and bound, and on CD.

The Penn-Tech Tower Inspection Report
The Report often serves as a reference guide for tower owners and managers, because it documents all aspects of the tower. It also includes general comments, conclusions, suggested repairs, time and cost estimates for repairs, and color photographs to support our recommendations and conclusions. The report contains:

1. Tower height.
2. Manufacturer, model number, and year of erection.
3. Tower legs (angle, size, splice levels, steel strength-yield points).
4. Tower lacing (type, configuration, dimension of bays, connection type to leg, and steel strength-yield point).
5. Tower description (tower mast, guy direction, type of tower connections and assembly, length and elevation of guy lanes, guy attachment elevations, type and size of cables, guy anchor hardware and cable termination, guy cable grounding, turnbuckle mousing, and type of tower base). Includes orientation sketch.
6. Guyed towers (We measure and record vertical alignment and guy tension values, and perform adjustments. Preliminary and final measurement charts are provided in your Inspection Report.)
7. Antennas, parabolous (dish antennas) protective domes, and monitoring conditions.
8. Tower mapping (antennas, elevation, location, method of connecting transmission lines on tower, and lightening protection).
9. Existing tower lighting system (manufacturer, model number on control box, lighting conduit size and condition of SO cord taping, number of side obstruction lights and conditions, elevations of side obstruction lights, side marker lights, model number of side marker lights and bulbs, beacon or strobe light and condition, and model number of beacon strobe and bulbs).
10. Existing foundations (size, depth, and condition).
11. Physical state of tower (missing bolts, missing and damaged members, rust on tower and guy cables, and foundation cracks).
12. Personal ladder and safety slide (type, location, and condition).
13. Obstruction paint or exposed galvanize (chipping, rusting, galvanizing, corrosion, and compliance with FAA and ICAO aviation marking paint standards).
14. General comments and conclusions.
15. Suggested repairs and time frame.
16. Estimated cost for repairs.
17. Color photographs to support comments, conclusions, and suggested repairs.