Telecommunications Engineering

KCI has built a reputation as a leader in the telecommunications industry, ranking among the top dozen firms in the industry, according to Engineering News Record magazine. With the technical expertise of an engineering firm and a tower construction company under one corporate umbrella, KCI offers turnkey services to large carriers and small companies as well as State and Federal agencies, helping clients streamline schedules and minimize costs.

KCI project teams have designed, inspected, analyzed, and reconfigured hundreds of towers and standard and non-standard cellular facilities. Drawing on the latest developments in computer simulation modeling, video imaging, and stealthing techniques, KCI also has created innovative methods to facilitate public acceptance of proposed construction. KCI’s one-stop telecommunication engineering services include:

Pre-Design

• Site identification and acquisition
• GIS-based region/corridor analysis
• Surveys
• Environmental assessments, audits, and permitting
• Tower inspections
• Ultrasound/non-destructive testing

Design

• Structural analysis and design
• Tower design modifications
• Engineering studies
• Stealth sites
• Shelter buildings
• Geotechnical investigations
• Site engineering
• Landscape architecture
• Hazardous/toxic analysis and remediation
• Access roads
• Mechanical and electrical engineering
• Architecture
• Grounding
• Standards development

Community Relations

• Public involvement programs
• Simulated video imaging of proposed structures
• Stealthing techniques
• Zoning hearings
• Expert testimony

Quality Assurance/Quality Control

• Registered professional engineers
• Licensed contractors

Construction (KCI Wireless Services, Inc.)

• Turnkey construction
• Construction management and inspection
• Materials procurement and testing

Post-Construction (KCI Wireless Services, Inc.)

• Operation and maintenance
• Inspection services
• Database management
• Modifications and repairs

Representative Clients

• AllTel
• 360 Communications
• AT&T Wireless
• Bell South Mobility
• C&P Telephone
• Cellular One
• Dial Call
• Elite Towers, Inc.
• Entel Technologies, Inc.
• FSX Broadcasting
• Gearon Communications
• GTE Wireless
• MCI Communications, Inc.
• NBC
• Nextel Communications
• North Carolina Department of Transportation
• Pinnacle Towers
• PrimeCo Personal Communications
• Southern Bell
• Sprint PCS
• TEA, Inc.
• Triton PCS, Inc.
• United States Cellular
• Verizon Wireless
• Western Microlink

Representative Projects

• AT&T Wireless 3G (Third Generation) Build-out
• Statewide Microwave System Communications Facilities Improvement Project
• U. S. Cellular CDMA Overlay Project

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