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and condition. “None of the major carriers in the U.S.
have employees to do the grunt work, so to speak,”
Newsome says. “They have a couple of guys they call
‘cell techs’ and those guys just go out and determine
whether or not they need to call in a team like us.”
NAV Industrial has three different departments. “We
have a construction department which basically em-
braces tower construction, civil concrete road-making
construction, and network infrastructure construc-
tion,” Newsome explains. “We also have a mainte-
nance department which we use to maintain the same
areas that we do construction in after it’s been poured
and put into operation. We also have a department
that does third-party infrastructure testing for us and
for other contractors that are similar to us.”
The company’s tower services include inspection, sig-
nal testing, pro-active troubleshooting, and tower, site,
landscaping, and lighting maintenance. NAV Industrial
also provides in-building cellular network services, be-
cause there are many physical objects - such as gran-
ite, marble, stone, concrete, metal roofs, steel beams,
and even energy-efficient windows - that can interfere
with the transmission of RF signals into a building. “We
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
NAV Industrial
WHAT:
A provider of cellular services to wireless
companies
WHERE:
Hardy, Virginia
WEBSITE
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