Private Network Site Survey Readiness Checklist — Utilities & Energy
Before commissioning an RF survey or engaging a deployment partner, confirm your utilities site is ready. This tool diagnoses your readiness across six domains — including OT/IT segmentation, critical infrastructure compliance, EMI environment assessment, and hazardous zone identification — and generates a utilities-specific site survey checklist, required documents list, and field validation sequence.
2 phases · 20 questions
~8 minutes
Utilities-specific output
Printable checklist + PDF
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Phase 1 · Site Profile
Tell us about your utilities or energy site
These six questions establish the site context that shapes your entire readiness checklist. Utilities deployments range from dense substation environments to highly distributed remote assets — answer based on your current operational state, not your target architecture.
Question 1 of 6
What type of utilities or energy site is this?
Select the option that best describes the primary environment where coverage is needed.
Question 2 of 6
What stage is your deployment at?
Question 3 of 6
Which use cases will the private network need to support at this utilities site?
Select all that apply — your selection drives the survey checklist and performance requirements.
Question 4 of 6
What is the deployment urgency and programme stage?
Question 5 of 6
Does the private network need to connect to or coexist with SCADA, protection relay systems, or safety instrumented systems (SIS)?
SCADA and protection system connectivity requires strict OT/IT network segmentation. The private network architecture must be designed around these boundaries before the survey — confirming this early prevents costly rework after deployment.
Question 6 of 6
Is this site subject to critical infrastructure compliance requirements, and are there high-voltage, gas, or explosive atmosphere environments that affect equipment selection?
Substations and generation facilities generate significant EMI that can affect radio performance and require hardened equipment. Critical infrastructure regulations (NERC CIP, NIS2, IEC 62443) may impose specific security and access requirements that must be understood before survey design begins.
Phase 1 of 2
Domain A · Physical Environment
Site layout and physical conditions
Utilities sites present some of the most challenging RF environments: high-voltage equipment generates significant EMI, substations are dense metal enclosures, and distributed linear assets require coverage across long corridors with limited backhaul. Capturing the full environment picture before survey design is essential.
Question 7 of 20
Are accurate site maps or drawings available for the areas requiring coverage?
CAD drawings, floor plans, or as-built documents are required for RF propagation modelling. Surveys without accurate maps rely on field measurement only, increasing design risk.
Question 8 of 20
How would you describe the RF propagation environment in the primary coverage areas?
Question 9 of 20
Are there significant dynamic obstructions that will affect coverage during normal operations?
Dynamic obstructions — moving machinery, vehicles, stacked materials — create coverage variability that static RF surveys can underestimate.
Question 10 of 20
Are there known sources of RF interference on or adjacent to the site?
Select all that apply
Domain A of 5
Domain B · Power & Backhaul
Power and connectivity at planned radio locations
Power and backhaul availability at each planned radio location is one of the most common deployment blockers in manufacturing. Identifying gaps early determines whether additional civil work, cabling, or wireless backhaul is required — all of which affect timeline and cost.
Question 11 of 20
What is the power availability at your planned radio access point locations?
Question 12 of 20
What is the fibre or Ethernet backhaul availability at planned radio locations?
Each radio access point requires a backhaul connection to the core network. In dense factory environments, running new cable is often the longest-lead civil works item.
Question 13 of 20
What connectivity infrastructure already exists on site that may be reused or integrated?
Select all that apply
Domain C · OT Systems & Devices
Operational technology, systems integration and device landscape
OT integration in utilities environments is the most security-sensitive aspect of any private network deployment. SCADA, protection relay, and SIS connectivity require strict segmentation and compliance with standards such as IEC 62443 and NERC CIP. Confirming which systems need to connect and what segmentation architecture is required before survey prevents security rework after deployment.
Question 14 of 20
Which utility operational systems need to connect to or integrate with the private network?
Select all that apply
Question 15 of 20
What is the approximate number of devices that need to connect to the private network, and has a device inventory been documented?
Question 16 of 20
Have latency, throughput, and reliability requirements been defined for your most demanding use case?
AGV handover, machine vision, and safety-critical applications each have specific performance requirements that must be defined before RF design begins.
Domain D · Spectrum & Compliance
Spectrum status and regulatory requirements
Spectrum selection at utilities sites must account for EMI interference from HV equipment, potential coexistence with legacy TETRA or private microwave systems, and critical infrastructure regulatory requirements. Both spectrum status and compliance requirements must be confirmed before RF design is finalised.
Question 17 of 20
What is the current status of spectrum for this deployment?
Question 18 of 20
Which critical infrastructure and cybersecurity standards apply to this deployment?
Select all that apply — these determine security architecture requirements before vendor engagement
Domain E · Survey Logistics & Stakeholder Approvals
Access, approvals and operational constraints
Utilities site access involves specific safety requirements: HV safety inductions, permit-to-work systems for live electrical environments, and in some jurisdictions formal critical infrastructure access vetting. Confirm every access requirement before the survey team travels to site.
Question 19 of 20
What is the site access situation for the survey team?
Question 20 of 20
Which internal stakeholder approvals are needed before deployment can proceed?
Select all that still need to be secured
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