dont even ask it is over 15% until you have an EMR of less than 1. And even then it will only go down to around 10%. The liablity insurance is on the high side too ( the under writers get scared of the thought of a tower or a peice of it falling 150 deet on to a bus load of nuns taking poor blind children to the park )But if your company is competent, there is money to be made.
With that said, there is a lot to this. You have to be able to climb and not be afraid of the heights. Do it right, and you are safer on the pole than standing on the corner waiting to cross the street. You have to be able to sweep the cable and electronics, just like CATV but out to 2540 mhz and that is growing every year. New meters are going out to 6 ghz. All of the trenching work inside the fence has to be done by hand because after the meter, no mark outs.
But even with all of that, best change I made was leaving wireline construction. Lot less headaches, alot fewer idiots cut throating, dealing with carriers in a compound or rooftop instead of crazy homeowners and because so many carriers are just finishing 3g buildouts, 4g is already a year old and 5g is already well along in development, there is work for the foreseeable future. Sort of like cable in the 80's and 90's.
Re: 2,000 Ft Tower Job
Member #: 61931
Registered: 9/16/2008
Posted:
963
Occupation:
Tower Contractor
Location:
PA
Personal:
mid 50s
Experience:
~37 years
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