TCI Acquires Exclusive Rights to Kline Towers Drawing Portfolio

By Doug Lung
published

Tower Consultants Inc. (TCI) announced this week that they have acquired the exclusive rights to the Kline Towers drawing portfolio. TCI was started in 2005 by Jean-Alain Lecordier, the former vice president of engineering at Kline Towers. TCI engineers have firsthand knowledge of Kline Towers, having been former employees of Kline Towers.

TCI provides tower structural engineering and turnkey tower project management. Jean-Alain Lecordier commented, "We are very proud to have the exclusive rights to the Kline Tower portfolio. This gives us an opportunity to provide current Kline Tower owners with an extensive range of services from structural analysis and tower modifications, to any maintenance issue a tower owner may face."

Kline Towers have a reputation for solid engineering and conservative design. Kline Towers was started in 1953 by Kline Iron and Steel of Columbia, S.C.

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack.
A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.