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Home My WebLink About06090096 Correspondence . ~~!~r~~~I~nt5 Phone . (847) 292 - 0200 FaH 18471292 - 0206 9700 W. Higgins Road, Suite 800 Rosemont, Illinois 60018 . ~ ' . . i., ' \ " . , . ;~~,. ',~J; . " \ , ~ ,~. I;":"," :- . . ',. '. F;ullertonenglneenng.com ',' 'I~'- " .'~I' '." > -" :",~..' ~"f' ";.< . . . ~' , " ,"I I ' ~",' . .1'" ..... J...~ ."t~,'<~ ,,... ......~ --", -". ~ '\~ ~- - -:;- ~ ':7r---, ~-;-~~ ----=:->?-~: ~.'" ~~'~"~~'~'~0;::<~ ~':: :-"';-'-;r-~;;T~'~""''''''''~",~''''''';'''~''-r7~;-'T'N:-~~''f'. September 7, 2006 Ms. Lisa Donnell Sprint Nextel 3000 Corporate Exchange Blvd., Suite 200 Columbus,OH 43231 RE: Sprint/Nextel Site IN73XR538 / IN2572 Woodland 1776 East 1161h St. Carmel, IN 46032 Dear Ms. Donnell: Per your request, we have completed a structural review of the existing monopole structure and the existing equipment shelter. The purpose of the review was to determine the conformance of the monopole and the equipment shelter with the governing 2003 Indiana Building Code and the industry standard TIAlEIA-222-F-1996 (Structural Standards for Steel Antenna Towers and Antenna Supporting Structures). The 90 ft. monopole structure currently has an existing configuration of (3) Sprint iDEN antennas (EMS Wireless model DR90-ll-00DBL) mounted on (3) standoff mounting arms at 90 ft. above grade and (9) 7/8" diameter coax lines routed inside the monopole. The existing standoff mounting arms will be replaced by (3) new Dual Standoff Mounts (Valmont model B1827) at 90 ft. above grade, each of which will support (2) antennas. All existing Sprint antennas will be relocated to the new mounts and all coax lines will remain. Three (3) new Sprint CDMA antennas ((2) Jaybeam Wireless model PCSX065-18-2H and antennas and (1) Jaybeam Wireless model A-18A24-U antenna) will be installed on the new mounts at 90 ft. above grade and (3) new 1-5/8" diameter coax lines will be routed inside the monopole. Our review considered (3) additional antennas, (3) additional coax lines, and (3) new dual standoff mounts. We have reviewed the original monopole and foundation structural design report performed by Fort Worth Tower dated June 29, 2001, and compared its analysis loading to the new loading. Our conclusion is that the existing monopole structure and foundation are adequate for the new loading, since the additional loads result in less loading than was considered in the original design loading. The equipment shelter is supported by a concrete slab on grade, with turn down edges installed below I frost line. The final configuration of existing equipment racks and the addition of (1) digital rack (1,000 : Ibs), (I) battery rack (1,000 lbs) and (1) radio rack (1,200 Ibs) were considered in our review. Our conclusion is that because the w . ht of the additional equipment will be supported by the existing concrete slab on grade, the exis . g eq 'pment shelter is adequate for the final loading condition. I .......If_yO~ ha7Y questi?ns or cTcerns, p Ve~y ~rs" \ /I \ ~. llagamba,P.E. ! iindian E L ense #PE 19900017 71 008 Page 1 of 1 Lillard, Sarah N From: Conn, Angelina V Sent: Wednesday, September 20,2006 11 :27 AM To: Lillard, Sarah N Subject: RE: Cell Tower Co-locate Collocations are permitted as long as they stay within the existing lease area when adding the equipment building. If the tower exceeds 4 antennas, we will need a structural report, stating that the tower can accommodate, structurally, the 5th or 6th antenna. Thanks, Angie Conn, Planning Administrator Division of Planning & Zoning Dept. of Community Services City of Carmel p.317-571-2417 f.317-571-2426 aconn@carmel.in.gov From: Lillard, Sarah N Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:25 AM To: Conn, Angelina V Subject: Cell Tower Co-locate Angie, I have permit applications in for SprinUNextel to add 3 co-locate antennas and a new electrical meter supply on existing cell towers at the following locations. Am I okay to proceed with input of these permits, and for issuance after review, or do they need to do something with Zoning first? 931 Range Line Rd N. 1176116th Sl. E. Let me know. Thank you, sarah 9/20/2006