Case Study: SBA Communications achieves proactive contractor safety and insurance compliance with Avetta

SBA Communications Gets Proactive with Contractor Safety and Insurance

SBA Communications, a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure with nearly 30,000 towers and roughly 2,500 subcontracted contractors, faced a lack of centralized visibility into contractor safety and insurance compliance after a spike in tower‑related injuries. Rather than hire more staff to manually review files, SBA chose Avetta and its cloud‑based supply chain qualification services — specifically Supplier Prequalification, Supplier Audits, and Insurance Monitoring — to manage contractor compliance.

Avetta implemented its platform beginning in 2015, rapidly onboarding contractors (1,300 in year one versus an initial 500‑contractor target), enabling anytime/anywhere verification, mobile access, automatic insurance alerts, and system‑wide safety notifications. The Avetta solution simplified contractor management, made SBA more proactive about safety, and delivered measurable savings of about US$100,000 in employee costs while improving visibility and compliance across the contractor network.

SBA Communications

Nick Wilkerson

Safety Director