Joint use management

Bring clarity to pole attachments

Manage joint use workflows with more structure, transparency, and control. From attachment requests and permits to make-ready coordination, documentation, communications, and billing support, our joint use management solutions make it easier for electric utilities and pole owners to track, defend, and act on pole attachment records with less manual effort.

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Joint use management

Joint use management at a glance.

3-GIS joint use management solutions give electric utilities and pole owners that manage telecom and broadband attachments clearer workflows, better records, stronger accountability, and more audit-ready documentation. The connected software replaces scattered emails, spreadsheets, PDFs, and manual status updates with a more organized process for requests, approvals, make-ready work, communications, disputes, and billing support.

Supporting connected workflows

Manage the full pole attachment process

Joint use management involves many teams, records, approvals, and handoffs. 3-GIS enables utilities and pole owners to bring those moving parts into a more structured workflow, so each request is easier to track from intake through documentation and closeout.

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Attachment requests

Accelerate the intake, review, approval, and tracking of telecom and broadband pole attachment requests in a more organized workflow.

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Permits & agreements

Handle joint use permits, agreement details, supporting documents, communications, and related records with greater consistency.

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 Make-ready coordination

Track work, dependencies, next steps, ownership, and status updates tied to preparing poles for telecom or broadband attachments.

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Stakeholder communication

Give utilities, attachers, contractors, and engineering teams a clearer way to follow activity and responsibilities.

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Audit-ready records

Maintain documented history for approvals, communications, disputes, inspections, attachment activity, and compliance support.

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Billing support

Improve confidence in attachment records, agreement data, rental billing inputs, cost recovery, and revenue-related workflows.

Why 3-GIS

Less manual effort. More control.

When attachment workflows are scattered across email, spreadsheets, portals, PDFs, and shared drives, it becomes harder to track status, enforce accountability, and defend decisions. With 3-GIS, teams build a clearer operational record.

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Clearer visibility

See where requests stand, who owns the next step, what documentation exists, and which records still need attention. 

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Reduce administrative burden

Cut down on manual status updates, duplicate tracking, disconnected files, and time-consuming coordination between internal and external teams. 

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Stronger defensibility

Strengthen compliance, audits, disputes, inspections, and internal reviews with more complete records and documented workflow history. 

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Better revenue confidence

Improve the attachment and agreement records needed to support rental billing, cost recovery, and missed revenue identification. 

Who this is for

Built for pole attachment stakeholders

Joint use workflows affect more than one department or organization. With 3-GIS, each stakeholder works from a clearer view of requests, records, responsibilities, and next steps.
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Attachers
Engineering
Compliance
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Pole owners

Give electric utilities, cooperatives, municipalities, and other pole owners a more accountable process for attachment requests, records, permits, and billing support.

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Telecom teams

Simplify processes for telecom, broadband, and fiber attachers requesting access, tracking status, responding to requirements, and coordinating next steps.

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Make-ready teams

Empower engineering and make-ready teams with clearer task ownership, status visibility, documentation, and coordination around pole preparation and follow-up work.

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Risk & records

Have compliance, legal, billing, and operations stakeholders maintain stronger records for audits, disputes, deadlines, policies, and attachment-related revenue workflows.

Connected utility solutions

Powering joint use management

Explore how 3-GIS improves visibility across network management, field operations, work management, and joint use workflows.

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Joint use and third-party attachment management

3-GIS | SPANS makes it easier for pole owners to manage attachment requests, permitting workflows, pole and span records, communications, compliance documentation, audit trails, and revenue-related attachment data.

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 Mobile inspection and field documentation

3-GIS | MIMS connects utility field workflows with mobile GIS access, inspections, photos, notes, and asset updates that may help inform pole attachment and infrastructure records.

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3-GIS | Lifecycle

 Operational visibility and work management 

 3-GIS | Lifecycle ensures smooth operational work management when inspections, make-ready needs, maintenance activity, or infrastructure changes need to move through planning, scheduling, execution, and closeout.

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Simplify pole attachment workflows

Ready to improve visibility, reduce manual coordination, strengthen records, and manage joint use activity with more confidence? Connect with us to discuss your attachment workflows, permitting needs, compliance requirements, and revenue goals. 

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