Efficient, Compliant Joint-Use Permit Administration
Alpine simplifies joint-use permitting for utilities managing thousands of poles—turning complex workflows into clear, compliant processes you can trust.
We serve as a trusted extension of your permitting operation, taking time-consuming requests off your hands so that you can focus on your core mission of delivering power to your customers. By outsourcing to us you get a scalable, compliant, and easily audited workflow with full visibility for your attachers to manage their development timelines.
End-to-End Permitting Solutions for Utilities
Simplify the Complex with a Single Workflow Partner
Say Goodbye to Permit Backlogs
With Alpine as your joint-use permitting partner, your utility can handle high volumes of requests—without compromising compliance or accuracy. Whether you're responding to a broadband expansion or managing ongoing third-party attachers, Alpine scales alongside your demand.
With our experienced team, Alpine gives you the ability to absorb high permit activity, while ensuring new attachments comply with National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) and other regulations.
End-to-End Support—From Intake to Billing
Alpine eliminates the need for extra hires, software, or field service contractors—delivering everything you need for compliant, scalable permitting in one partner.
The package is submitted complete with pole data sheets, field photos, engineering drawings, any utility-specific forms, compliance forms, and more.
Intake and review
We scrutinize each application for completeness, establish communication channels, and verify early compliance with pole standards and codes.
Field work
We conduct on-site measurements and inspections to support accurate engineering review and ensure new attachment requests meet all utility and safety standards.
Permit package prep and submission
Timely and accurate checks of pole condition, loading, clearance, design, and more help you meet deployment deadlines and reduce permitting bottlenecks.
Third-party billing and revenue assurance
We keep the books balanced through attachment inventory matching, billing integration, and any necessary dispute resolution.
Wind loading
We determine whether telecom or broadband cables will compromise pole stability, laterally, vertically, or horizontally.
Make-ready assessment
Real-Time Tracking and Full Oversight with Permit Tracker
Alpine’s Permit Tracker portal gives you full transparency into every stage of the permit process. The Tracker gives you at a glance…
live status tracking of any individual permit application
the ability to control access to a permit’s status, enabling full transparency
audit histories for a customer or pole.
The result: greater visibility and auditability–as well as internal accountability–than ever before.
Joint-use poles with improperly installed attachments can be a danger to technicians and a financial and legal risk to your utility.
That’s why Alpine takes a compliance-first approach to every attachment.
We put each permit application through an internal review and structural analysis, while automated checks alert us to missing data or non-compliant requests. Everything is documented with thorough audit trails recording the safety steps we’ve taken to keep a permit compliant.
Additionally, post-construction, we conduct a field inspection to review every attachment made to ensure it is built according to permit and NESC guidelines. If not, we notify the relevant attacher and work with them to remedy violations to come into compliance.
NESC Compliance Isn’t Optional—It’s Built In
Trusted by Utilities –
Over 2.5 Million Poles
Under Alpine Management
Alpine’s utility clients have entrusted us with joint-use permit management for more than 2.5 million poles across America. Backed by over 40 years of field-tested experience, our team brings unmatched expertise and an impressive track record of reliability.
Maximize ROI with Pole Audits—Your Next Logical Step
Uncover Lost Revenue and Attachment Risks
Once your permit workflow is streamlined, it can be highly beneficial to your bottom line to go back and look at pre-existing attachments to remedy outdated or incomplete attachment records.
That’s where Alpine pole auditing comes in. Our audits are performed by full-time, trained field staff.
We can help you…
identify unauthorized or unsafe third-party attachments
recover lost revenue through back-billing
improve compliance and GIS accuracy
…and more.
Add pole audits to permit management and close the attachment loop for good.
Let’s Put You Back in Control
Take your power back with accurate, dependable permit administration by Alpine Communication. Reach out to us today to get started.
