National Standards for Communication Tower Construction

48-2023: Criteria For Safety Practices With The Construction, Demolition, Modification And Maintenance Of Communication Structures establishes criteria for safe work practices and training for personnel performing work on communication structures. In the communication towers industry. Communication towers are some of the tallest structures across the landscape and birds are regularly found dead around these towers (Longcore et al. It is not definitively understood why this mortality occurs, but evidence suggests that night‐migrating songbirds are either attracted to or. These rules ensure that entities constructing facilities to support Commission-licensed services take appropriate measures to protect environmental and historic resources, and that the agency meets its obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Historic Preservation. ANSI/ASSE A10. [pdf]