Licensed to be the Best
W-T has been operating since 1972 engaging in the disciplines of Civil Engineering, Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Electrical and Fire Protection Engineering, Land Surveying and Telecommunications Engineering. Since that time we have strived to be the best, and in doing that, we have over the years become licensed in over 40 states. This is very important to us and our clients because having an engineering license means more than just meeting a State's minimum requirements. It means you have accepted both the technical and the ethical obligations of the engineering profession.
W-T Engineering Inc. and staff hold Professional Engineer (PE) Licenses in over 40 states. The term Professional Engineer and the actual practice of Professional Engineering is legally defined and protected by a government body. In some jurisdictions only registered or licensed Professional Engineers are permitted to use the title, or to practice Professional Engineering. The earmark that distinguishes a licensed/registered Professional Engineer is the authority to sign and seal or "stamp" engineering documents (reports, drawings, and calculations) for a study, estimate, design or analysis, thus taking legal responsibility for it.
Aside from the PE licenses we also have several W-T employees that have an S.E. License as well. Structural Engineers analyze, design, plan, and research structural compontents as well as structural systems to achieve design goals and ensure the safety and comfort of users or occupants. Their work takes account mainly of safety, technical, economic and environmental concerns, but they may also consider aesthetic and social factors.
Structural Engineering is usually considered a specialty discipline within Civil Engineering, but it can also be studied in its own right. In the US, most practicing Structural Engineers are currently licensed as Civil Engineers, but the situation varies from state to state.
It is just as important for us to continue to grow and evolve with the industry as it is for our customers to chose an Engineering firm that fits their needs. W-T Engineering in the last several months has even pursued a license for a Designated Erosion Control Inspector. Several of our Employees are LEED certified. We have a Licensed Architect and a Landscape Architect on our staff as well. We work together and pull all of our resources together to fully understand and work on projects together, thus streamlining the process for our customers. We always strive to be the best at W-T Engineering, Inc.
Burr... it is Cold Out Here!
This year the weather has been so extreme everywhere and no one is really happy about what it is doing outside, especially some of our Communications Employees. Imagine if you had to do a Cell Tower Audit in Iowa on a site during a snow storm when it is negative 20 degrees outside and that doesn’t even count for the wind chill factors.
Imagine if you had to try and fly or drive to a site in one of these storms. Upon arrival you find out that the access road that leads to the site is protected by a lock that is frozen and a chain link fence that you can’t open due to snow drifts. If you are prepared you will have a blow torch with you but not if you had to fly to this location. At some points the snow drifts were so high this year it really did not matter that the lock was frozen shut because you could easily jump the fence. ( See Below) So once you manage to get into the site, a lot of times the 
access road is up to three miles long and they are never plowed. If you can get the fence open and your vehicle has four wheel drive you are in good shape. But when that is not the case and you have to walk the 3 miles to the site, it is going to be very slow unless you have snow shoes. (See Below) When you have temperatures in the negative 10 to 20 degree levels you can’t waste time walking to the site. If you don’t have snow shoes on, every 
other step you take you are up to your thighs in snow which is harmful on two levels. One being a time issue and two being that your legs and feet are going to get colder and colder because you are constantly going to be in the snow, instead of on top of it.
So once you finally reach the site, the tower climber has to actually climb the tower. To be able to climb the tower, Sean Cary of the W-T Communication Design Group, LLD, said that you have to be able to move and to do this you can’t really be all bundled up with bulky clothing getting in the way of doing the job at hand. So in most cases you have to take clothing off in the frigid weather to climb up the tower. Being out in the middle of nowhere is making the wind brutal because there is nothing for miles to block it, and the higher you get on the tower the colder it is.
We are just so happy that Spring is finally here!