Mobile Communications - Acquisition, Design and Construction

Babcock is one of the few suppliers with a complete in-house capability for all aspects of the turnkey rollout process. Our dedicated Project Managers, Surveyors, Planners, Technicians, Designers and Engineers have an unparalleled breadth of experience in their field, ensuring you receive an excellent service from day one.

We successfully operate from multiple offices in Haywards Heath, Bristol, Cheam, Solihull, Nottingham and Wetherby, providing optimum efficiency and convenience for our clients. In addition, our internal interface management ensures you receive seamless progression in the shortest possible timescales.

An outline of our service features is provided below. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Core service features:

Acquisition services:

  • Identification, validation and reporting of appropriate sites
  • Negotiation of Heads of Terms
  • Implementation of Town & Country planning procedure in accordance with the 10 commitments; submission of planning applications including appeals where necessary
  • Co-ordination of Design, Build, BT and REC functions
  • Instructing solicitors and advising and assisting with further negotiations to ensure final contract concluded
  • Negotiation of wayleaves as required
  • Reporting, meetings and advice as required
  • Managed in-house service that covers all areas of site share management; incoming and outgoing site share applications

Design services:

  • Visit site to undertake Survey
  • Preparation of appropriate GA Drawings and Photo-montages
  • Confirmation of structural capability of buildings and existing masts as appropriate, review and arrange Asbestos surveys as necessary
  • Safety audit and preparation of risk assessments and method statements
  • Carry out service scans, geotechnical surveys, tower analysis and trial digs as appropriate
  • Compile service statutory undertaker information
  • Prepare detail design and construction
  • Issue drawings
  • Submissions for building regulations
  • Prepare as built drawings
  • Defects inspections reports, schedules of condition, party wall awards

Construction services:

  • Project management of the construction process
  • Preparation of risk assessments and method statements
  • Site preparation and civils work
  • Provision of steelwork and/or tower - internal supply or external sources
  • Erection of structure 

Key customers:
Telefónica O2
Airwave