Pole Attachment Audit & Joint-Use Survey Services

A pole line only stays safe, compliant, and billable when the record matches the field. Over time, attachments get added without permits, clearances drift out of NESC compliance, and the pole owner's database no longer reflects what is actually in the air. A pole attachment audit puts the record straight — capturing every attachment on every pole, measuring the clearances, and flagging what needs attention.

ODD performs joint-use audits and attachment surveys for pole owners, utilities, municipalities, and the ISPs and contractors who attach to their poles. The work is led directly by a senior engineer with hands-on pole-data verification experience from Google Fiber CAS-P fiber deployments — so the data you get back is field-accurate, defensible, and ready to act on.

What you get

Audit deliverables

Full attachment inventory per pole — owner and every attacher

Measured attachment heights and clearances

NESC clearance-violation identification

Make-ready conditions flagged and documented

Geo-referenced field photos per pole

GPS-located, field-verified pole data

GIS deliverables — KMZ, KML, shapefile, or ESRI geodatabase

Optional ArcGIS dashboard for owner and attacher review

Owner-vs-attacher reconciliation for joint-use billing

How the audit runs

A four-phase methodology

Desktop preparation — assemble the pole list, owner records, and construction standards; set the data schema and QA rules before anyone goes to the field.
Field data collection — walk the route, inventory every attachment, measure heights and clearances, capture geo-referenced photos, and log GPS-located pole data.
Analysis & QA — check measured clearances against NESC and owner standards, identify violations and make-ready conditions, and reconcile the field inventory against the owner's records.
Deliverable & dashboard — package the audit as GIS layers to your standard, with photo documentation and an optional interactive dashboard for review.

Why ODD

Why owners bring ODD in

Direct, hands-on pole-data verification experience from Google Fiber CAS-P fiber deployments — attachment inventory, clearance, and splice-enclosure fiber-pair verification.
15 years of fiber, fixed wireless, and OSP infrastructure engineering across U.S. markets.
SBA-certified WOSB / EDWOSB, active in SAM.gov and on the Texas CMBL — set-aside and diversity-participation ready.
Solo-firm responsiveness — the senior engineer who scopes the audit is the one who runs it, with no junior handoffs.

FAQ

Common questions

What is included in a pole attachment audit?

A full field inventory of every attachment on each pole — the pole owner plus every communications attacher — with measured attachment heights and clearances, geo-referenced photos, GPS-located pole data, identification of NESC clearance violations, and make-ready conditions flagged for follow-up. Results are delivered as GIS layers and, on request, an interactive dashboard.

Do you provide NESC clearance and make-ready analysis?

Yes. Measured clearances are checked against NESC and owner construction standards, clearance violations are identified, and make-ready conditions are flagged and documented. Structural pole-loading analysis that requires the owner's loading platform is coordinated with the pole owner's engineer of record.

What deliverable formats do you provide?

GIS deliverables aligned to your standard — KMZ, KML, shapefile, or an ESRI geodatabase — plus geo-referenced field photos and a tabular attachment inventory. An ArcGIS dashboard can be provided so pole owners and attachers can review and interact with the audit data.

Can the audit support joint-use billing reconciliation?

Yes. The audit reconciles the field-verified attachment inventory against the pole owner's records, surfacing unpermitted or unbilled attachments so the owner can recover revenue and correct the joint-use record.

Is ODD certified, and what areas do you serve?

ODD is an SBA-certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), active in SAM.gov and on the Texas CMBL. Service is nationwide, based in Lewisville, TX.

Pole attachment audit & joint-use survey services