Joint Use Pole Audit

The Lansing Board of Water and Light (BWL) is seeking proposals for a complete Joint Use pole audit of all utility poles within the BWL service territory. The audit will inventory all third-party communication fiber and equipment attachments attached to the utility poles, identify any violations of third-party attachments, and double wood locations. The successful vendor will be required to provide bi-weekly updates to BWL and AT&T. The scope of work includes data collection, verification of attachments, and identification of safety issues. • The audit will cover approximately 35,000 BWL-owned poles and 3,500 foreign-owned poles. • The vendor will be required to provide information on pole attributes, third-party fiber or cable attachments, and equipment attachments. • The vendor will also be required to identify and report any safety issues, such as communications wires too close to secondary or rotted poles. • The data returned will be in BWL-approved format for download into GIS system.