The FAA strives to identify safety issues and correct them as quickly and effectively as possible. For many businesses, the FAA can prove a difficult regulatory challenge. However, knowing the basics of FAA compliance can save your company plenty of time, headaches, and unnecessary work.

Like anything, towers fail. Luckily, through proper tower maintenance, these inconvenient failures are less frequent. Causes can be lumped into two main categories: Natural occurrences and man-made errors. Below we discuss the four common reasons tower failures occur, and shine some light on how to prevent them.