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Volume 50, No. 24

B.C. Reg. 352/2007

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 4, 2007

B.C. Reg. 352/2007, deposited November 22, 2007, pursuant to the ASSESSMENT ACT [Section 21]. Regulation of the British Columbia Assessment Authority, dated October 25, 2007.

The British Columbia Assessment Authority orders the following:

Section 2 of the Telecommunications Corporations Valuation

Regulation, B.C. Reg. 226/86, is amended by striking out "2007"

and substituting "2008".

Section 3 is amended by striking out "$371" and

substituting "$386".

Section 4 (2) is amended by repealing Tables 1 and 3 and substituting the attached Tables 1 and 3.

4 Appendix A is repealed and the attached Appendix A is substituted.

— L. WHITE, Chair, Board of Directors.

Table 1 — Base Fibre Costs

Fibre Count

Single Armoured

Double Armoured

Aerial

Submarine

$ per Kilometre

$ per Kilometre

$ per Kilometre

$ per Kilometre

0 to 6 Fibres

$470

$710

$470

$3 560

7 to 12 Fibres

$470

$710

$470

$4 510

13 to 24 Fibres

$710

$950

$710

$5 700

25 to 48 Fibres

$950

$1 420

$1 180

$6 890

49 to 96 Fibres

$1 900

$2 370

$2 130

$8 550

97 to 144 Fibres

$2 850

$3 320

$3 080

145 to 216 Fibres

$4 270

$4 750

$4 510

217 to 288 Fibres

$5 460

$5 940

$5 700

289 to 432 Fibres

$8 310

433 to 864 Fibres

$16 630

Table 3 — Base Installation Costs

Installation Type

$ per Kilometre

Aerial

$5 730

Ploughed cable no conduit

$8 920

Ploughed cable and 2 conduits

$11 940

Pulled through existing conduit

$5 090

Submarine

$17 220

Trenched cable and 2 conduits

$24 220

Trenched 2 conduits no cable

$20 170

Ploughed 2 conduits no cable

$9 200

Conduit

$1 020

Submarine mobilization charge

$3 330

Appendix A

Communication towers — Installed Rates per Foot

Tower Rates Include : Foundations, Supply, Freight, Erection, Paint, Warning Lights, Lightning Rods, Cabling, Connection Devices, Contractor's Mark-up, P.S.T. and Owner's Costs.

Tower Rates Exclude : Antennas, Dishes, Reflectors, Radar, Radomes, Communication Buildings, Interconnecting Cable Tray and Cable Bridges.

GUYED TOWERS (Triangular Base)

Low Cost Guyed Towers

(Non-CSA)

Height in Feet

59 '

and

under

60'

79'

80'

99'

100'

119'

120'

139'

140'

159'

160'

and

over

11" and under side dimension

$ 80

$ 80

$ 80

$ 90

$ 90

$100

$100

12" to 14" side dimension

$ 90

$ 90

$ 90

$100

$100

$110

$120

15" to 17" side dimension

$120

$120

$120

$120

$130

$130

$130

18" to 23" side dimension

$140

$130

$130

$140

$140

$150

$160

24" to 29" side dimension

$160

$160

$160

$170

$170

$180

$190

30" and over side dimension

$210

$200

$200

$200

$210

$220

$230

Guyed Towers (CSA)

Height in Feet

59'

and

under

60'

79'

80'

99'

100'

119'

120'

139'

140'

159'

160'

179'

180'

199'

200'

219'

220'

239'

240'

259'

260'

279'

280'

299'

300'

and

over

11" and under side dimension

$110

$140

$150

$160

$160

$170

$170

$170

$180

$180

$180

$180

$180

$180

12" to 14" side dimension

$130

$160

$180

$190

$200

$200

$210

$210

$210

$210

$220

$220

$220

$220

15" to 17" side dimension

$190

$210

$220

$230

$230

$240

$240

$240

$240

$240

$240

$240

$250

$250

18" to 23" side dimension

$220

$240

$240

$250

$250

$250

$250

$260

$260

$260

$260

$260

$260

$260

24" to 29" side dimension

$290

$300

$310

$310

$320

$320

$320

$330

$330

$330

$340

$340

$340

$340

30" to 35" side dimension

$330

$360

$370

$380

$380

$390

$390

$390

$390

$400

$400

$400

$400

$400

36" to 39" side dimension

$380

$410

$420

$430

$440

$440

$440

$440

$450

$450

$450

$450

$450

$450

40" to 47" side dimension

$440

$460

$460

$460

$470

$470

$470

$470

$470

$470

$470

$470

$470

$470

48" to 53" side dimension

$500

$520

$540

$540

$550

$550

$560

$560

$560

$560

$560

$560

$560

$560

54" and over side dimension

$610

$610

$610

$610

$610

$610

$610

$620

$620

$620

$620

$620

$620

$630

Note: For stepped towers, the rate per foot for each

section will be based on the total overall height of the tower.

SELF SUPPORTED TOWERS (Triangular Base)

Low Cost Self Supported Towers

(Non-CSA)

Height in Feet

59'

and

under

60'

79'

80'

99'

100'

119'

120'

and

over

Light Weight

$ 90

$ 90

$100

$110

$130

Medium Weight

$ 100

$ 100

$110

$130

$140

Heavy Weight

$160

$140

$150

$160

$170

Self Supported Towers (CSA)

Height in Feet

59'

and

under

60'

79'

80'

99'

100'

119'

120'

139'

140'

159'

160'

179'

180'

199'

200'

219'

220'

239'

240'

259'

260'

279'

280'

299'

300'

and

over

Light Weight — No Platform

$250

$210

$230

$260

$300

$350

$400

$440

$500

$550

$610

$660

$710

$770

Medium Weight — 1 Platform

$300

$310

$350

$390

$440

$490

$530

$590

$630

$690

$740

$790

$850

$900

Heavy Weight— 2 or 3 Platforms

$350

$410

$460

$520

$570

$620

$680

$720

$780

$830

$870

$930

$970

$1 030

Communication towers — Installed Rates per Foot

Tower Rates Include : Foundations, Supply, Freight, Erection, Paint, Warning Lights, Lightning Rods, Cabling, Connection Devices, Contractor's Mark-up, P.S.T. and Owner's Costs.

Tower Rates Exclude : Antennas, Dishes, Reflectors, Radar, Radomes, Communication Buildings, Interconnecting Cable Tray and Cable Bridges.

MONOPOLES

Height in Feet

59'

and

under

60'

79'

80'

99'

100'

119'

120'

139'

140'

159'

160'

179'

180'

199'

200'

and

over

Monopoles, Stepped Pole — No Platform

$240

$260

$300

$350

$410

$460

$520

$580

$630

Monopoles, Stepped Pole — 1 Platform

$440

$400

$410

$440

$470

$520

$570

$620

$680

Monopoles, Tapered Pole — No Platform

$280

$320

$370

$440

$500

$570

$630

$700

$780

Monopoles, Tapered Pole — 1 Platform

$490

$450

$470

$520

$570

$620

$690

$750

$820

Each additional platform for monopoles (regardless of tower height)

$10 490

SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND CUSTOM TOWERS for Radomes, Heavily Loaded Microwave Facilities and Passive Repeaters, etc.

Structure Frame

(including foundations)

Rate per cubic foot based on the volume enclosed within the exterior members of each frame.

All sizes

For passive repeaters, do not measure framing in the reflector or between reflector and support structure.

$7.00 Per Cu. Ft.

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