Joint-Use Management
Better-managed attachments. Safer, more orderly networks.
PoleCo manages attachment audits, inventories, compliance, agreements, and applications to reduce administrative burdens, address field issues, and create a more predictable experience for pole owners and attachers, with fewer customer complaints.
More attachments demand better management.
As more electric, communications, and other users share poles, incomplete records, abandoned equipment and double-wood poles, and unresolved transfers cause delays, unsightly and potentially hazardous conditions, and costly field work. PoleCo brings audits, accurate inventories, consistent administration, and coordinated field expertise to improve compliance and deliver more orderly, better-managed infrastructure.
What we typically find.
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Overcrowded and unsightly communications space, inadequate clearances, or unresolved loading concerns.
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Unused cables and equipment remain in the field, creating clutter and complicating maintenance.
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Old poles remain after replacement while transfers and removal await coordination.
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Field conditions and attachment inventories may not agree, affecting administration and compliance.
How we manage joint use
- Attachment audits & visibility.
- Conduct pole-by-pole audits to identify installed equipment, responsible attachers, and potential compliance issues. Compare field findings with agreements and billing records, and maintain accurate inventories as attachments change.
- Compliance.
- Resolve unauthorized, abandoned, and non-compliant attachments, including clearance issues and double-wood removal.
- Applications and make-ready.
- Process new attachment requests within applicable regulatory and contractual timelines, with make-ready engineering from qualified engineering resources.
- Agreements and billing.
- Manage agreements, permitting, billing, and collections, and market spare capacity to new attachers.
Pole owners keep approval rights over new attachers, as set out in each program agreement.
What a managed program changes.
From fragmented records to an optimized program.
IllustrativeIllustrative. A four-step view of joint-use management on one pole. Today: some attachments are unrecorded and one span sits below clearance. Audit: every attachment is recorded, and the low span is brought to standard. Align: agreements move to permitted rates and eligible attachments are billed. Grow: new authorized attachments are added where capacity allows.
Step 1 of 4, Today:
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Incomplete records. Unresolved field issues.
Attachments may be missing from inventories or billing records, while low clearances, abandoned equipment, and unfinished pole transfers remain unaddressed.
A faster, more certain process for every company on the pole.
Speed.
Applications reviewed and make-ready engineered on predictable timelines.
Certainty.
Clear requirements, accurate records, and one point of contact.
Consistency.
The same standards and process on every pole in the program.
Quality.
Consistent engineering standards, with fewer delays and field surprises.
Accountability.
Greater accountability, transparency, and compliance.