MARCH 2008
Steve Portnoy Joins CFE
After a long term association with both CFE’s telecom and land development business units, Steve Portnoy has now joined the company’s management team effective March 1st. Steve has been a real estate broker/developer in Austin since 1982. His projects have ranged from infill retail centers, mixed use subdivisions and gated community development. Steve has extensive experience as a real estate advisor representing clients on planning, entitlement, project management and permitting issues.

JANUARY 2008
CFE Principal, Hank Smith, P.E., named 2007 Associate of the Year by the Austin Home Builders Association
This honor recognizes Hank’s “can do” involvement with HBA that makes him a valuable asset to the home building industry. Hank’s vast background in water quality and his engineering expertise in the private sector have elevated him to be one of the top engineering consultants in the southwest. Whenever the Texas Legislature is in session, Hank provides unchallengeable testimony on behalf of HBA and spends hours discussing property rights, water rights and other issues critical to the home building industry.

NOVEMBER 2007
Ralph Sanchez Recognized for his Autodesk Expertise
Ralph Sanchez has been awarded a scholarship with all-expenses paid tuition and travel to Autodesk University 2007 being held in Las Vegas November 27-30, 2007. This is an especially high honor because only two people world-wide received this recognition and scholarship. Ralph is recognized as an expert throughout the industry and is an active member of the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI).

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CFE TELECOM is a site development firm that specializes in offering a complete solution from acquiring sites through construction of wireless telecommunications infrastructure. CFE's approach to full service is to perform the majority of the site acquisition, surveying, engineering, and construction management work using in-house resources. CFE has licensed real estate brokers, professional engineers, construction managers, and professional land surveyors on staff ready to serve you. In addition to preparing construction drawings, our engineers perform structural tower/pole analyses, rooftop and building structural retrofit analyses, platform designs and foundation designs.

Our team is battle-tested in the fast-paced, demanding work environment of building and maintaining wireless networks. Our experience, gained from the successful completion of over 4000 wireless sites, gives us the ability to foresee and avoid potential delays.