Telecommunications:

UMTS File Audit

Los Angeles Area

PTS provided file audit services for a large number of sites in a short period of time for one of the nation’s top wireless providers. The audits included sites in the Los Angeles, Inland Empire, and Simi Valley markets in California for a UMTS overlay project. With 1,544 sites to manage, PTS designed a database to quickly and easily organize and analyze the site information. PTS services included the following:

• Hard copy files for 1,544 properties were accessed at client’s office
• 17 specific documents were pulled from 1,544 files (over 26,000 documents) in 4 weeks
• Soft copies of all 26,000+ documents created utilizing standardized naming convention
• All 26,000+ documents audited and standardized report created to provide client summary and recommendations for all 1,544 properties in under 6 weeks
• Zoning analysis provided to client for 146 jurisdictions in the Los Angeles Area
• Access database created for client to integrate file audit and zoning analysis with user-friendly tools and the ability to update at any time
• Client customized reports provided for comparisons, analysis, and informational purposes
• The deliverables included a removable hard drive with the customized database and 26,000 scanned files

Generator Project

Gulf Coast Area

PTS performed rapid file and physical site audits for sites in and around New Orleans, including some in Mississippi, for one of the top wireless providers in the country. The project included 75 sites for which the carrier needed to add generators. In addition, PTS completed site development services for all sites. The project specifics are as follows:

• 75 site walks completed in ten days
• Provided site audit/zoning analysis forms, site photos, and site drawings for all sites within a week of completing site walks
• Site design in high flood plain areas, including elevating generators on steel platforms to adhere to FEMA flood requirements
• Completion of 75 site drawings to include the proposed generator and the dynamic needs of the client, which included 14 rooftop sites
• Obtained building permits and lease amendments for the majority of the sites

AT&T

PTS has worked with AT&T directly for many years in various states including WA, OR, CA, UT, and ID. Below is a list of some of the services that we have provided for our client.

• CDPD
• Site Modifications
• New site build out for Analog
• New site builds for 2G/GSM
• E911 overlay
• Blue and Orange integration with Cingular acquisition
• Special Projects
• 1st carrier
• 2nd carrier
• Frequency swaps

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

PTS was enthusiastic to engage in three telecommunication projects on the University of Washington campus. The projects included adding new antennas on the roof and accessories in an existing equipment room in Mary Gates Hall; installing an antenna on a wall of an athletics building as well as at various locations throughout the interior; and adding antennas to an existing roof mechanical penthouse and incorporating accessories within a basement equipment room in Haggett Hall.

The athletics building uses Distributed Antenna System technology, DAS, to reduce total power and improve reliability by splitting signals to a group of low power antennas instead of a single antenna radiating at high power. These project upgrades give greater technology access to the UW students and faculty.