About
We start with the building.
Coverage by Design checks a commercial building during design, before more wireless equipment becomes the default answer. The right result can be no added system, targeted building changes, a smaller system or a combination.
Why
Many people shape reception, and it is usually no one's job to check it.
Glass walls, concrete walls, stairs and roofs shape phone and emergency-radio signal long before anyone chooses an antenna.
Each of those decisions is made by a different person for a good reason: energy, structure, fire safety, appearance, cost. Their combined effect on reception usually goes unchecked until a test near the end of the project. We make that effect visible while the building can still respond.
How we work
Four commitments.
The building decides the outcome.
We don't sell or install equipment, and our advice is not tied to an equipment sale. No added system, building changes and a smaller or full system are all valid results.
Every result carries a label.
Illustrative, predicted or measured. You always know which one you are looking at.
Your team keeps its roles.
We specify and design. Your architect, engineers, contractor and suppliers review, price and build.
Other building requirements come first.
A reception improvement never overrides fire, structural, energy, water or accessibility requirements. Your licensed professionals approve every building change.
Founder
J. Ryan Foucault
Radio-frequency (RF) engineer and inventor
Ryan is an RF engineer who specializes in emergency responder radio coverage systems, distributed antenna systems and in-building wireless. His field work includes system commissioning, site surveys and third-party audits of installed systems, across public-safety radio networks and the cellular systems of the major U.S. carriers.
Before founding Coverage by Design, Ryan spent more than twenty years in in-building wireless and worked on more than 2,500 buildings, often called in after a building had already failed its radio test.
He is the named inventor on pending U.S. patent applications covering the assemblies and methods behind this approach.
Business details
Who you are working with.
- Business name
- Coverage by Design
Check My Building
See what your building can do for reception.
Start with the address, project stage and what needs to work inside. There is no charge. In less than 72 hours you get your free DAS Necessity Score or a list of what we still need.
No field readings are needed to send a request. A reliable conclusion may require more information or testing.
