Attachment 11-Tower Design Letter
500 North Broadway
East Providence, RI 02914
Phone: 401-354-2403
Fax: 401-633-6354
November 4, 2021
Pascelle Saint-Laurent
Zoning Project Manager
Crown Castle Real Estate
3 Corporate Park Drive, Suite 101
Clifton Park, NY 12065
RE: Tower Design Letter
Site BU 875052
36 Wequaquet Lane
Centerville, MA 02632
Dear Ms. Saint-Laurent,
The proposed tower will be designer per the following:
• Locally Adopted Building Code: Massachusetts State Building Code, 9th Edition (based on the 2015
International Building Code)
• Tower Industrial Standard: TIA-22-G
• Structural Classification/Risk Category II
o (This assumes the tower will not have police/fire/rescue antennas installed. If such antennas are
to be installed, Structure Class would be III)
• Exposure Category C
• Wind Design Parameters (TIA-222-G):
o 115 mph (3-sec gust) w/0” ice
o 40 mph (3-sec gust) w/ ¾” ice
• Earthquake Parameters:
o Ss=0.152
o S1=0.055
Very truly yours,
Scott N. Adams, P.E.
Advanced Engineering Group. P.C.