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Chapter 6. Preparing for a Site Survey

This chapter includes the following topics:

Pre-Site Survey Form Information

User Input

Balancing Wants, Needs, and Capabilities

This chapter helps you determine basic site survey requirements before deploying an engineer to the network site. You should always collect as much information as possible about the site to be surveyed before sending someone on site so that he or she can be prepared for the required work with the appropriate types of equipment and knowledge. Industry practice has honed this process so that now most good engineers start with a document referred to as a pre-site survey form. This form is a living document that covers all aspects of pre-survey discovery. It is a living document because it can and should be adjusted based on the type of site that will be surveyed. The pre-site survey form is designed to be filled out in partnership by the customer and the survey team. It enables the engineer to get all the discovery questions covered without forgetting or omitting things by accident.

In this chapter, you are going to look at the basic components of the pre-site survey form, compile those components at the end, and then learn about some of the discussions that are common prior to the site survey.