# Wireless Site Feasibility Services **URL:** https://draftech.com/services/wireless-engineering/site-feasibility/ **Canonical:** https://draftech.com/services/wireless-engineering/site-feasibility/ **Updated:** 2026-10-07 **Description:** Wireless site feasibility services from in-house engineers. Screen structure, zoning, utilities and aviation exposure with Draftech before you choose a site. **Visible word count:** 1219 **Source:** derived from services/wireless-engineering/site-feasibility/index.html by projects/content-pipeline/src/sync_blog_ai_mirrors.py - do not hand-edit --- [Part of our Wireless Engineering services](https://draftech.com/services/wireless-engineering/) ENGINEERING BEFORE SITE COMMITMENT Last reviewed: October 2026 Engineering-only screening of every candidate site before you commit to one. Draftech screens existing towers, rooftops and new-build parcels against consistent engineering criteria and delivers a comparative feasibility report. [Get Your First 20,000 LF Free](https://draftech.com/free-design) 44K+ Miles of OSP Designed 2.6M+ Addresses Passed 24 Active States 600+ Engineers Nationwide ## Put engineering behind the site decision Draftech's wireless site feasibility services give carriers, tower companies and neutral-host operators an engineering basis for selecting one site from several candidates. We deliver a comparative report covering structural suitability, fit with your RF requirements, zoning, utility connections and aviation exposure. All feasibility engineering is performed in-house as part of Draftech's [wireless engineering services](https://draftech.com/services/wireless-engineering/), with one accountable team connecting the findings to a recommendation. A candidate can look promising until the structure turns out to lack capacity for the proposed equipment load, the jurisdiction forecloses the proposed use, or no realistic power or fiber connection point exists. Discovering that conflict after commissioning detailed work means the full structural analysis and the permit application restart on a replacement candidate. The planned on-air date slips. Our cell site feasibility study services put that comparison before commitment as a standalone engineering engagement. It gives your team a documented reason to advance a candidate, hold it for a specific answer, or stop pursuing it. The report also informs the client's separate real-estate and leasing effort before time and legal cost accumulate around an unsuitable site. ## What our wireless site feasibility services deliver The deliverable is a comparative feasibility report supported by the screening findings below. You receive a usable selection basis rather than disconnected discipline notes that your project manager must reconcile. - **Structural capacity screening:** We review available structure records against the proposed equipment load to flag whether an existing tower or rooftop support can plausibly carry the installation. The result is a go/no-go structural flag for each existing structure, with record gaps identified. It is not PE-stamped and does not replace a full TIA-222 analysis. New-build parcels have no existing structure to screen; they are compared on the other criteria, and structural design follows site selection. - **RF fit against your requirements:** We check each candidate against the coverage objectives, search area and required antenna height your team supplies. Conflicts with those inputs are recorded for your decision. This scope does not include RF design, propagation modeling or a promise of coverage performance. - **Zoning, land-use and permitting-exposure screening:** We flag whether the proposed use faces a material restriction or an unresolved approval question at each parcel or structure. Findings describe selection risk. Zoning drawings, conditional use or variance filings, and permit applications belong to the follow-on permitting engagement. - **Power and fiber availability screening:** We investigate whether a realistic connection point exists for each candidate, using available utility service records and confirmation from the electric utility and fiber provider. Nearby plant alone does not establish availability. The deliverable addresses connection availability at each site, with backhaul route design reserved for follow-on engineering. - **Aviation and antenna structure exposure screening:** We screen each candidate's proposed location and height for FAA notice and FCC Antenna Structure Registration (ASR) exposure. The report flags the applicable next action and missing information. These exposure flags guide the chosen site's next steps toward agency determinations and filings. - **Comparative recommendation and next steps:** We bring the findings together across candidates, distinguish a missing fact from a demonstrated conflict, and identify the next information or engineering scope needed. The recommendation explains why a candidate warrants further investment and which unresolved conditions could change that decision. ## How the engagement runs ### Start with your candidate list Send the candidates already under consideration for the planned site, together with your RF requirements and proposed equipment information. Include available tower or building records, proposed locations and heights, and any existing zoning or utility correspondence. These are working inputs for the comparison; Draftech takes your candidate list as supplied. We review the inputs to establish what can be screened. This initial review also identifies questions your team must answer before a meaningful comparison can be completed. ### Screen the candidates in parallel Our engineers screen every candidate against the same criteria in parallel. The engagement is structured to return the report before detailed structural work or a permit application begins on one selected site. That sequence lets you compare the alternatives while they remain alternatives, instead of testing a replacement only after the preferred candidate fails. ### Use the report to authorize the next step The final comparison identifies the candidates that warrant advancement and the conditions attached to that recommendation. Your team can then direct its next effort toward the information that matters, rather than authorize detailed packages for several sites at once. Feasibility ends with a selection basis. You make the site decision, and the selected candidate proceeds into the engineering and application scopes it needs. Any material change to the proposed installation should be reviewed against the findings before the earlier recommendation is relied upon. ## One accountable team for the comparison When structural, zoning, utility and aviation findings come from separate sources, your project manager has to reconcile conflicting notes and decide which constraint governs. Draftech owns the combined engineering recommendation, including how a finding in one discipline affects the others. You have one team responsible for explaining the candidate comparison and the remaining technical questions. A zoning height limit can defeat the required antenna height, and a favorable structure screen can sit alongside an unconfirmed power connection. Draftech's engineers weigh these findings against each other in one recommendation. Keeping the engineering in-house gives the next engineering team a documented starting point: what was screened, why the candidate advanced, and what still needs resolution. ## What follows the candidate selection Once you choose a candidate, Draftech's tower structural analysis service carries the selected structure into the applicable full TIA-222 analysis. Draftech's wireless site permitting service carries the chosen site into the actual application process. The feasibility report informs those scopes without treating its screening flags as completed design or approval. For a new carrier that has already selected an existing tower, the next service is [tower colocation engineering](https://draftech.com/services/wireless-engineering/tower-colocation-engineering/). Indoor projects belong with [in-building DAS design](https://draftech.com/services/wireless-engineering/in-building-das-design/). If your project is a small cell densification program, use our [small cell design service](https://draftech.com/services/wireless-engineering/small-cell-design/). Once the site clears feasibility, permitting and the client's separate lease, Draftech offers [full turnkey wireless construction](https://draftech.com/services/utility-construction/wireless-construction/), with Draftech-managed crews building macro site modifications and new towers under Draftech's QA/QC and safety program. For an explanation of the screening disciplines, read our [guide to comparing wireless site candidates](https://draftech.com/blog/wireless-site-feasibility-study-engineering). 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Send the inputs listed above, and include the decision date your team is working toward. [Contact Draftech to discuss your candidates](https://draftech.com/contact) and define the engineering engagement. Discuss your candidate list with Draftech: [info@draftech.com](mailto:info@draftech.com), [305-306-7407](tel:3053067407). ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Can we commission feasibility as a standalone engagement? Yes. You receive a comparative report that supports your selection decision and defines the next engineering scope for the chosen candidate. ### Can one engagement compare towers, rooftops and new-build parcels? Yes. All three go into one comparative report. An existing structure receives a records-based capacity screen; a new-build parcel is compared on RF fit, zoning, utility connections and aviation exposure. ### What determines the engagement schedule? The candidate information available, completeness of your requirements, and outstanding utility, fiber provider or jurisdiction responses affect the work. We confirm those dependencies with you before the engagement starts. ### How is the comparative report organized? The report presents each candidate's findings in the same discipline order. It lists open items with the information needed to close them, then closes with the recommendation. ### Can we add a candidate after the comparison starts? Yes. Send the added candidate's location, proposed height and available structure records, and our engineers screen it in each discipline the other candidates received. The report then shows how the new candidate compares and whether it changes any earlier conclusion. ### What if none of the candidates clears the screen? The report says so and names the constraint that rules out each candidate. It also states what a replacement candidate would need to satisfy, so your team can send new candidates for screening.