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Event coincides with OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down Week

FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 includes language that provided a clarification related to marking certain telecom towers

The National Association of Tower Erectors has released the results of its 2018 board of directors election.

Oh the weather outside is frightful, or at least it could be this winter, and that will make getting to remote tower sites even more difficult.

The National Association of Tower Erectors held the premiere for its latest #ClimberConnection video at the NATE Wireless Industry Network Great Plains Regional Conference in Bloomington, Minn.

The National Association of Tower Erectors’ board of directors has elected board member Kevin Dougherty to serve as the new secretary and treasurer for the association’s executive committee.

The National Association of Tower Erectors has reached an all-time high in member companies, announcing its membership now totals 828, eclipsing the previous mark of 827.

The latest topic the National Association of Tower Erectors are tackling with their “Climber Connection” series of safety videos covers unmanned aerial systems, a.k.a drones.

FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly recently spoke at the 2017 Wireless Infrastructure Show and one area in particular drew the praise of the National Association of Tower Erectors.

NATE has offered what it hopes will be a helpful tool determining the safety of guy anchors on towers with its “Anchor Inspection/Safe to Climb Protocol” document.

The National Association of Tower Erectors keep churning out safety videos, recently releasing the third entry of its “Climber Connection” series volume 2, “Riding the Line.”

Last week, a delegation from the National Association of Tower Erectors visited Washington for legislative and regulatory meetings.

The National Association of Tower Erectors is sharing the news that the American Nation Standards Institute/the American Society of Safety Engineers (ANSI/ASSE) has published two new safety standards for fall protection.

NATE UNITE 2017 was a record-setting affair, as the annual conference saw more attendees and exhibitors than ever before, per the National Association of Tower Erectors.

The trio of Jim Tracy, Jim Miller and Ben Little—members of NATE’s Board of Directors—have been elected to serve on the association’s Executive Committee for the next year.

The closing bell rang for the FCC’s forward spectrum incentive auction last Friday, Feb. 10, with bidding concluding at $19.6 billion.

Everybody loves a sequel, and the National Association of Tower Erectors has come out with its for the “NATE Unmanned Aerial Systems Operations Around Vertical Communications Infrastructure” resource document.

The A10.48 standard, “Criteria for Safety Practices with the Construction, Demolition, Modification and Maintenance of Communications Structures,” is described as the first comprehensive standard encompassing the entire tower construction, service and maintenance industry.