Cellular & Wireless Infrastructure
We have been engineering and building wireless infrastructure since the first generation of digital cellular. In 1996 we designed the first PRIMECO (now Verizon) PCS site on the IH-35 corridor — part of the first and largest multi-market PCS rollout in U.S. history. In the decades since, we have supported more than 5,000 telecommunications sites across the U.S. and Canada.
What we do
- Site acquisition and zoning — candidate identification, leasing support, land-use entitlement, and permitting
- Civil and structural design — towers, foundations, equipment platforms, shelters, and compounds
- Macro, small-cell, and DAS — capacity and coverage solutions for dense, high-demand, and seasonal-peak environments
- Construction management and design-build delivery — from notice-to-proceed through closeout
- Carrier and tower-company coordination — colocation, modifications, and multi-party site development
Experience across the industry
Our wireless work spans the major carriers — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Cricket / Leap Wireless — the national tower companies Crown Castle, American Tower, and SBA, and the principal equipment manufacturers and integrators, including Motorola, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Boeing, and SAIC. We have delivered site acquisition, planning, design, and construction at scale across markets nationwide.
Current work
Port Aransas, Texas — Advising the City and the Envision Port Aransas Committee on tower replacement and small-cell/DAS strategy to meet tourism-peak capacity demand, alongside a public Wi-Fi proof-of-concept across the downtown and an eight-mile beach extension.
Let’s talk
Reach out to discuss your wireless infrastructure program: cfaulkner@ngioe.com.
Faulkner Consulting, LLC — led by Carroll Faulkner, PE. cfaulkner@ngioe.com