TR-14 March 2021 Virtual Committee Meeting Highlights
TIA’s TR-14 Engineering Committee for Structural Standards for Communication and Small Wind Turbine Support Structures held their first Virtual Committee Meeting for 2021 on March 25, 2021.
Here are some highlights from that meeting:
- TIA CEO, Dave Stehlin, gave a TIA Update focusing on Standards Development, Technology Enablement Programs, Government Programs, and the QuEST Forum Community
- TIA VP of Standards, Tom McGarry, gave a TIA Standards Update and talked about committee engagement, TIA’s Stars Program and TIA Connect migration
- TIA Director of Global Standards Program, Victoria Mitchell, gave a TIA Connect Update and did some basic training with the group
- TR-14 Chair, Bryan Lanier, shared the new TR-14 Committee structure and roles as they relate to TIA-322 & TIA-222 revisions
- The new TIA-322 & TIA-322 Chairmen and new Ad Hoc Task Group Leadership were introduced
- TIA-322 & TIA-222 revisions timelines were announced
Please join TIA in congratulating all the new Task Group Chairs and Ad Hoc Group Leaders!
New TIA-322 & TIA-222 Chairmen and new Ad Hoc Task Group Leadership:
TR-14 TG7 for ANSI-TIA-322
James Ruedlinger (Crown Castle International Corp.), Chairman
TR-14 TG3 for ANSI/TIA-222-I
Bryan Lanier (American Tower Corp.), Chairman
AD HOC GROUP 1 – Loads & Analysis
Martin Piercey (Tower Engineering Professional, Inc.), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 2 – Structural Steel and Manufacturing
Matt Branagan (Crown Castle International Corp.), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 3 – Guy Assemblies
Dennis Abel (FDH Infrastructure Services), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 4 – Foundations
Justin Kline (Paul J. Ford & Company), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 5 – Grounding
Randy Removchik (Crown Castle International Corp.), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 6 – Climbing Facilities
Geoff Bost (Sector Supply LP), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 7 – Existing Structures & Inspections
Esha Modi (American Tower Corp.), Tyler Stevens (Crown Castle International Corp.), Group Leads
AD HOC GROUP 8 – Appurtenance Mounting Systems
Michael Oglesby (Kimley-Horn), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 9 – Small Wind Turbine Support Structures
Ronnie Glover (Tower Engineering Professional, Inc.), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 10 – Wind Induced Structural Oscillations
Dr. John Wahba (Turris Corp.), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 11 – Tubular Pole Base Plates
Bryan Lanier (American Tower Corp.), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 12 – MP Reinforcement
David Hawkins (Paul J. Ford & Company), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 13 – Water Tanks
Ronnie Glover (Tower Engineering Professional, Inc.), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 14 – Top Mounts
Jyoti Ojha (CommScope, Inc.), Group Lead
AD HOC GROUP 15 – Tubular Pole Structure Weld Toe Crack Evaluation
David Hawkins (Paul J. Ford & Company), Brian Reese (), Group Leads
AD HOC GROUP 16 – Drones
Sam McGuire (Pointivo), Robert McCoy (Crown Castle International Corp.), Group Leads
TR-14 Leadership:
Bryan Lanier, Chair, American Tower Corp.
David Hawkins, Vice-Chair, Paul J. Ford & Company
Chris Ply, Secretary, Engineered Tower Solutions
Several ad hoc task groups are likely to have interim meetings throughout the spring and summer before the next full committee meeting, which will most likely take place during the third quarter of 2021. For more information about TR-14, or to join the committee, please contact Cheryl Thibideau at cthibideau@tiaonline.org.
