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FINAL ACCEPTANCE TEST (QUALITY TEST) FOR TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS

Final Acceptance Test (FAT) for Telecommunication Towers



A quality check on the erected Tower (steel on concrete footings or other means) will be conducted by the civil construction engineering team, prior to install the telecommunication antennas and prior to handing over to the telecommunication engineering team.
Basically the tightness of steel members, verticality of tower, foundation condition, plinths for other equipment, earthing work, etc. will be checked and ensured all are in order based on a check list.

A Sample check list is shown below.



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