Marys Peak Replacement Tower
Corvallis: a new 100-foot self-supporting steel tower replacing a decaying wood antenna pole on Marys Peak, taken through public land use approval and permit submittal.
Dead Mountain Tower Site Development near Westfir, Oregon
- Location: Dead Mountain, near Westfir and Oakridge, Oregon
- Client/Owner: Woods Communications
- Partners: U.S. Forest Service and Lane County (permitting); geotechnical engineer
- Year: 2025–2026, in permitting
- Size/scale: New 100-foot self-supporting tower, equipment shelter on a slab on grade, and supporting site work
- JBE services: Survey and existing conditions, programming and site design, land use approval, Forest Service coordination, permit documents; construction administration to follow
- Sector: Towers & Telecom
The challenge
The site is a forested bluff on the west side of Dead Mountain, above Westfir, where a small existing compound holds an equipment building and a short tower carrying a microwave dish and an omnidirectional antenna. The new development has to fit beside it: a 100-foot self-supporting tower, a new equipment shelter and the work that goes with them.
Getting there takes more than structural design. The site is remote and steep, the access is rough and, in winter, under snow. The project needs land use approval from Lane County and coordination with the U.S. Forest Service, including fire break requirements.
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What we did
We started with information gathering: a site survey, utility research and repeated site visits to map the existing compound and the constraints around it. From that we prepared an existing conditions plan, worked with the client on a programming session to define the new compound, and produced the site plan.
We are carrying the project through land use review with Lane County and coordination with the Forest Service, including fire break planning and the submittal of the special use application and drawing set with the geotechnical work. Permit documents for the tower and shelter follow, and we will provide construction administration once construction begins.
The result
The project was in U.S. Forest Service review as of late summer 2026. The new site will give the area a taller, purpose-built tower beside the existing compound, planned from the ground up around the site’s survey, access and approval requirements.
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