Make Ready

Streamline the full make ready process from survey to permit — in one platform.

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ATTACHMENT REQUESTREQUESTORFiberCo Communications14 poles · 10.5 miles · Route 5BCLEARANCE CHECKS✓ Communication 40 in below neutral✓ Pole loading 84% (under 100%)PROPOSED ATTACHMENT+ FiberCo proposedat 18 ft40 in18 ftPL-3219STATUSApprovedPOLES14 / 14 OKTURNAROUND3.2 days

Make Ready in Power-View

Who this is for

Electric utilities, co-ops, and engineering firms managing joint-use pole attachments, new circuit additions, or telecom make ready workflows under FCC OTMR requirements.

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Overview

Make Ready engineering is one of the most time-consuming and document-intensive processes in utility operations. FCC One-Touch Make-Ready rules have compressed timelines while multiplying coordination requirements. Power-View manages the entire workflow — from field survey and pole loading analysis through permit applications, attacher coordination, and construction tracking — all tied to your live GIS asset data without switching between systems.

Before Power-View, make ready jobs required separate tools for field data collection, pole loading, coordination, permit documentation, and construction tracking. Each handoff between tools lost data and created version confusion. Power-View consolidates the full workflow: field crews survey on mobile, engineering runs loading analysis on the same records, permit packages generate automatically, and construction milestones track against the original schedule. When the job closes, as-built updates flow back to GIS automatically without any manual re-entry.

What’s included

Field survey data collection via Power-View mobile app with full offline capability for remote locations

GPS-accurate asset positioning for every surveyed pole linked directly to the Power-View GIS record

Pole loading analysis for proposed attachment scenarios calculated against the survey field data

Joint-use coordination workflow with attacher communication tracking and full timestamp audit history

One-Touch Make-Ready compliant documentation package generation for each attachment project

Permit application records with engineering attachments and clearance calculation evidence included

Construction milestone tracking with field crew assignment and sequential sign-off workflows

Final as-built updates written automatically back to Power-View GIS records at project closure

Standards & regulatory compliance

This service directly supports compliance with the following standards and regulatory frameworks. GridIntel documentation is structured to generate compliance evidence as a byproduct of normal operations.

  • NESC C2 — minimum clearance requirements for new attachments
  • FCC Part 1 One-Touch Make-Ready (OTMR) rules
  • State PUC joint-use tariff and attachment rate requirements
  • ANSI construction standards for overhead lines
  • IEEE 1222 all-dielectric self-supporting fiber standards

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150/yr

12wks

$2,500/wk

1.5FTE

Estimated value

ⓘ Estimates use industry benchmarks. Actual results vary. Contact GridIntel for an analysis specific to your organization.

Key benefits

Why organizations choose GridIntel for Make Ready

One platform covers the entire workflowSurvey, analyze, coordinate, permit, build, and close out — without switching tools or manually re-entering data at each stage.
OTMR compliance built into the workflow structureOne-Touch Make-Ready documentation requirements are satisfied automatically by how the Power-View workflow is structured.
35 percent faster average attachment cyclesAutomated coordination and documentation generation compress cycle time from first survey to construction completion.
Timestamped records prevent all disputesEvery action is documented and timestamped — protecting all parties when attachment or clearance disputes arise later.

“Power-View just helped me save a lot of money by decreasing pole inspection time. — CEO, Field Services Firm”

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