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Welcome to the National Association of Tower Erectors website!
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SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS
MAKE YOUR PLANS TODAY FOR NATE 2011!
To the left of this column you may click on the NATE 2011 logo to complete the Sponsor and Exhibitor contract for the 16th Annual Conference and Exposition to be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 21 - 24, 2011.
The Exhibit Hall Map below will assist you in choosing your desired booth space.
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NATE Launches First-of-its-Kind Hazard Recognition Guide
SBA Communications collaborated with NATE to create a hazard recognition program aimed at carriers, broadcasters and tower owners.
NATE has launched the first-of-its-kind Tower Site Hazard Recognition Guide to continue to improve safety on broadcast and communications tower sites. This program provides guidance to project managers, site superintendents and any other responsible personnel on a tower site, to recognize hazardous situations.
NATE, the unified voice for the tower erection, service and maintenance industry teamed with a cellular carrier to develop the content for the Guide.
The Guide is designed to empower on-site employees of tower owners, carriers, broadcasters and general contractors to recognize hazards on broadcast and communications tower sites and take steps to alleviate those situations quickly and effectively. The Hazard Recognition Guide also provides personnel with additional resources such as OSHA guidelines where further information about specific topics can be gathered.
As part of its mission to increase safety on all broadcast and communications tower sites, NATE is offering the Guide free to anyone in the industry, not just NATE members. To begin the NATE Tower Site Hazard Recognition Guide, please click on the image below.
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To become a member of NATE, fill out the online application form by clicking on the following link.
NATE Online Membership Application Form
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Click on the logo below to view the complete Membership Brochure
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OSHA features NATE in Partnership Success Stories
To view the complete article click on the following link:
OSHA Featured Article
NATE/OSHA Partners Improve Safety by 40%
NATE Recommends All Contractors Adopt NATE/OSHA Requirements
WATERTOWN, SD – August 12, 2009 – A recent NATE/OSHA Partnership study indicates a 40% decrease in the year-over-year accident incidence rates for participants. Further, the study shared statistics regarding the enhanced safety initiatives implemented by the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE), the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) and Partner companies, including: developing and actively engaging in industry-specific training and voluntary tower-site audits. The Partnership’s efforts to enhance safety awareness at all levels of the communications tower industry have achieved great success.
The NATE/OSHA Partnership is a voluntary safety initiative developed jointly by NATE and OSHA. Participants must agree to extensive training, implementation of best work practices and safety and health management systems, and compliance with OSHA standards and regulations.
“The NATE/OSHA Partnership is composed of companies who are dedicated to a higher-level of safety,” said Patrick Howey, NATE Executive Director. “Given these results, it seems clear that it is in the best interest of tower owner and operator companies to hire NATE/OSHA Partners. We strongly encourage more NATE member companies to join the Partnership, increasing the pool of qualified contractors and protecting the lives of crews.”
The 89 NATE/OSHA Strategic Partnership companies, which employ nearly 4,000 individuals, four times the number covered during the first year of the Partnership (2007), are seen as the elite within the tower industry. A record 127 tower industry companies applied for membership in 2009. Inductees will be announced this fall.
Highlights from the 2008 NATE/OSHA Partnership include:
• Total case incidence rate (TCIR) for participants decreased 40% from last year.
• Days away restricted transfer (DART) rate for participants decreased 37% from the previous year.
• The two-year average TCIR for participants was 14% below the 2007 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) average for the tower erection industry.
• Over 1,300 self-inspections were conducted during this evaluation period, resulting in 350 hazards being identified and avoided.
• NATE and OSHA developed industry-specific training courses and offered almost 50,000 hours of training (more than twice that of the first year), with 1,040 employees participating in the OSHA 10-hour course and 448 employees participating in the OSHA 30-hour course.
NATE, OSHA and Partner companies continue to work to promote safe practices in the communication tower industry and remain optimistic that the data in subsequent reports will reflect that the NATE/OSHA Partnership has contributed to the creation of a culture of safety for the communication tower industry.
NATE and NATE Member Companies Featured in
US Developers Journal
NATE and NATE member companies, Green Mountain Communications, JBL Electric, Amchel Communications and JFC Construction, were recently featured in the US Developers Journal. The articles may be found by opening the following link. Featured Articles
If you would like to have your company recognized, please fill out the Case Study form located on the following link. NATE Case Study Application
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NATE Webinars
All NATE Webinars have been placed on a separate page on this website. Please follow the link to be redirected.
NATE Webinar page
To view the “It’s Up To You” Public Service Announcement, please click on this link
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NATE Safety Campaign
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Safety Posters
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The above poster is part of NATE’s ongoing safety campaign. We encourage everyone to download the poster, print it, and use it as a reminder to your employees to make safety their top priority.
For this and other posters please go to the Safety and Educational section or use this link Safety Posters.
If you are having problems downloading the posters, you may need to install the latest version of Adobe Reader. You may download Adobe Reader from their website. www.adobe.com
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NATE Case Study
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Submit your company as a NATE case study example by clicking here!
NATE Case Study Application
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For information on the NATE/OSHA National Partnership program, click on the logo below.
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NATE's History
Founded on March 31, 1995 the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) is a non-profit trade association which provides members with uniform safety standards, improved communications, and a unified voice to help shape the future of the tower industry. NATE does not allow for price or territorial collusion among its members.
Over 60 companies representing all facets of the tower industry were present at the first gathering in Dallas, Texas. Today the association boasts over 600 member companies located throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Canada, Jamaica, Philippines, Saudi Aradia, Singapore, Sweden, Trinidad and Cayman Islands, and continues to grow.
NATE is also leading the way with loss control for the tower construction industry. Active in all facets of the trade, NATE has become recognized as the leader in telecommunications and broadcast construction procedures and practices.
This website contains a large number of documents in both text and image based Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format). In order to access PDF files on this website, you must have the Acrobat® Reader installed on your computer. This software is available free of charge from Adobe Software.
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NATE is providing its members with an opportunity to help define the history of the tower erection, service and maintenance industry.
To do this, the Association encourages members to compile and submit personal anecdotes; articles; or changes you have seen over the past decades. What knowledge of this remarkable industry do you have to pass along to future generations of tower hands?
Stories, articles, photos and video that help capture the early days of this amazing profession and way of life will help define this story. And who knows that history better than NATE members?
NATE encourages you to contribute to the telling of this story.
NATE will attempt to return items, but cannot guarantee their safe return, so members are strongly encouraged to send copies that NATE can keep. Also, please include as many details as you can to describe your submission and any stories that may accompany the items to help us relate its historical significance.
Please use the form below when submitting your tower history items. You may fill the form out electronically and email it to jamie@natehome.com or print it out and send a hard copy to the NATE office at 8 Second Street SE, Watertown, SD 57201.
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