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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1


     CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES RELATING TO OUR
     FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS FOR PURPOSES OF THE "SAFE HARBOR" PROVISIONS
                  OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES REFORM ACT OF 1995

       We caution readers that the important factors set forth below, as well as
factors discussed in other documents filed by us with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, among others, could cause our actual results to differ
materially from statements contained in this report, our future filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, our press releases and oral statements made
by or on behalf of our Company.

       Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and
are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors (many of which are beyond
our control) that could cause actual results to differ materially from future
results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The words
"estimate", "project", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "believe", "target",
"potential", "outlook" and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Among these statements are those concerning:

            o  Our liquidity and the sufficiency of our working capital and
            other sources of liquidity for the conduct of our business,
            o  Our anticipated growth and business strategies,
            o  Our expected growth in international markets,
            o  Our ability to expand into new markets,
            o  Anticipated trends and conditions in the telecommunications
            industry,
            o  Our future capital needs and plans for capital expenditures,
            o  Our ability to complete, on time and on budget, large scale
            projects, such as our Commonwealth of Pennsylvania project, where we
            act as a project manager, as well as a manufacturer,
            o  Our continued ability to decrease costs and maintain or increase
            our margins, and
            o  Our ability to compete.

       Our forward-looking statements regarding these and other matters are
based on certain assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our
management's experience and its perception of historical trends, current
conditions, and expected future developments, as well as other factors it
believes are appropriate in the circumstances.

       Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those implicit in our forward-looking statements include, without
limitation, those discussed below.

       WE WOULD BREACH CERTAIN FINANCIAL COVENANTS UNDER OUR CREDIT AGREEMENT IF
THE COMPANY DOES NOT MEET ITS CURRENT PROJECTIONS REGARDING SALES, CASH
RECEIPTS, EARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST AND TAXES PLUS DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION
(EBITDA) AND CASH DISBURSEMENTS SET FORTH IN THE CREDIT FACILITY.

       Our credit agreement contains certain financial covenants on the Company.
Our breach or failure to comply with any of these financial covenants could
result in default under our credit facility. If we default under our credit
agreement, the lenders could cease to make further extensions of credit, cause
all of our outstanding debt obligations under our credit facility to become due
and payable, require us to apply all of our available cash to repay the
indebtedness under our credit facility and prevent us from making debt service
payments on any other indebtedness we owe. If the indebtedness under our credit
facility is accelerated, we may not have sufficient assets to repay amounts due
under our credit facility or other debt agreements then outstanding. In
addition, if we default under our credit agreement, the bank lenders could
foreclose on the collateral securing that facility, which includes substantially
all of our assets.


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    WE WILL NEED TO OBTAIN A NEW FINANCING SOURCE PRIOR TO DECEMBER 30, 2003.

       Our credit agreement with the existing bank group expires on December 30,
2003. The Company will need to obtain an alternative source of financing.
Although the Company has begun discussions with the lenders under the bank
credit facility and alternative financing sources to refinance the revolving
loans, the Company cannot be sure that it will be able to refinance the full
amount outstanding under the bank credit facility when the facility expires. If
the Company cannot refinance the debt, the Company does not expect to have
sufficient capital to repay it.

WE ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY IN ACQUIRING BONDS REQUIRED FOR A PORTION OF OUR
BUSINESS. AN INABILITY TO ACQUIRE THESE BONDS COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE
EFFECT ON OUR BUSINESS, FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

       A portion of the revenue recognized in our Construction Services segment
is generated from contracts that require the posting of bid and performance
bonds. A bid bond is required to be posted prior to the submission of a proposal
and a performance bond is required to be posted for awarding a contract. In the
Construction Services segment, this revenue relates to complete turnkey jobs.

       The Company is experiencing difficulty in acquiring bonds for new
proposals and contracts. Although the Company is currently in discussions with
certain bonding agencies, to date these bonding agencies have indicated that
they are unwilling to provide bonds to the Company unless it provides a letter
of credit to ensure its payment obligations in respect of the bonds or provides
the bonding agencies with sufficient collateral to secure these obligations. The
Company's amended and restated credit facility provides for letters of credit
capabilities to satisfy the collateral requirements of the bonding agencies.
However, the use of the facility for this utilizes the availability of the
revolver portion of the credit facility. The result is continued constraints on
the Company's ability to satisfactorily acquire bonding for construction jobs.
The continuing inability to acquire new bonds has impacted the Company's ability
to win certain new construction contracts and is likely to have a material
adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and results of
operations.

       WE DEPEND ON THE CONTINUED GROWTH IN DEMAND FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES AND THE CONTINUED ACCESS OF OUR DIRECT AND INDIRECT CUSTOMERS TO
CAPITAL IN ORDER TO FUND EXPANSION. DECREASES IN THE GROWTH RATES FOR
CONSUMPTION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, THE BUILD OUT OR UPGRADING OF
NETWORKS TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, OR THE INABILITY FOR COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
PROVIDERS TO RAISE CAPITAL, COULD REDUCE DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS AND ADVERSELY
IMPACT OUR REVENUES AND OPERATING RESULTS.

       Achievement of our business objectives depends on the continued growth of
the wireless communications industries. If these industries do not continue to
grow, the demand for our products and services may not continue to develop.

       While the wireless communication service industries have made substantial
investments in the build out of communications infrastructure since 1999, more
recently companies in this sector have found it more difficult to raise capital.
This was especially true in 2002 with build to suit and wireless companies
demonstrating significant reductions in build out plans. The current situation
with capital constraints, if continued, will continue to impede the growth and
upgrading of wireless communications infrastructure and could reduce demand for
our products.


       MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS MAY TERMINATE CONTRACTS WITH MINIMAL OR NO PENALTY
BEFORE COMPLETION, OR DELAY DELIVERY OF PREVIOUSLY PLACED ORDERS; THIS COULD
ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BACKLOG (OR "BOOKINGS"), REVENUES AND EARNINGS.

       Most of the agreements we have with our customers, including contracts we
include in our backlog, allow those customers to terminate their contracts with
little or no penalty or require delivery of a purchase order or similar
authorization in order for us to produce and complete delivery of the relevant
product or service. As a result, often the customer maintains the ability to
cancel or delay, indefinitely or significantly, the delivery of products or
services. When a customer cancels an order or withdraws a firm delivery date,


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that order is removed from our backlog. The exercise by a significant portion of
our customers of these termination or deferral rights could adversely affect our
backlog, revenues and earnings.

       OUR INDUSTRY IS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE. COMPETITIVE PRESSURES HAVE IN THE
PAST, AND COULD AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR REVENUES AND OPERATING
MARGINS.

       The telecommunications infrastructure industry is highly competitive. We
face substantial competition in the Tower Structures and Construction Services
segments of our business from established competitors, some of which have
greater financial, engineering, manufacturing, and marketing resources than us.
Our competitors can be expected to continue to improve the design of their
products, to introduce new products with competitive prices and performance
characteristics and to improve customer service. Competitive pressures have
caused erosion in our operating margins adversely affecting our earnings. We
anticipate the telecommunications market will continue to be very competitive
resulting in continued pressure on our operating margins throughout 2003. In the
future, particularly in the event of further softening demand for our products,
competitive pressures could necessitate further price reductions, adversely
affecting operating results.

       OUR INDEBTEDNESS COULD RESTRICT OUR OPERATIONS, MAKE US MORE VULNERABLE
TO ADVERSE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO IMPLEMENT
OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY AND ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF THAT STRATEGY.

       Our current and future indebtedness could have important consequences to
us. For example, it could:

            o  impair our ability to obtain additional financing for working
            capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or general corporate or
            other purposes,
            o  limit our ability to use operating cash flow in other areas of
            our business because we must dedicate a substantial portion of these
            funds to make principal and interest payments on our indebtedness,
            o  put us at a competitive disadvantage to less leveraged
            competitors,
            o  hinder our ability to adjust rapidly to changing market
            conditions,
            o  increase our vulnerability in the event of continues business or
            general economic downturn
            o  increase our vulnerability to interest rate increases to the
            extent our variable-rate debt is not effectively hedged, and
            o  limit, along with the financial and other restrictive covenants
            in our indebtedness, our ability to make investments or take other
            actions or borrow additional funds.

       Our ability to repay or refinance our indebtedness will depend on our
financial and operating performance, which, in turn, is subject to prevailing
economic and competitive conditions and to financial, business and other
factors, many of which are beyond our control. These factors could include;
operating difficulties, increased operating costs or raw material prices, the
response of competitors, regulatory developments and delays in implementing
strategic projects. Our ability to meet our debt service and other obligations
may depend in significant part on the extent to which we can successfully
implement our business strategy. We may not be able to implement our business
strategy or the anticipated results of our strategy may not be realized.

       If, in the future, we cannot generate enough cash from operations to make
scheduled payments on our indebtedness, we may be required to reduce or delay
capital expenditures, refinance our indebtedness, obtain additional financing or
sell assets. Our business may not be able to generate sufficient cash flow, and
we may not be able to obtain funding sufficient or utilize other means to
satisfy our debt service requirements.

       THE OPERATING AND FINANCIAL RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY OUR CREDIT FACILITY
COULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO FINANCE OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL NEEDS OR
TO ENGAGE IN OTHER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.

       Our credit facility contains covenants that limit our ability and our
subsidiaries' ability to:

            o  incur additional indebtedness,
            o  incur liens on property or assets,


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            o  make acquisitions,
            o  merge or consolidate with third parties,
            o  make restricted payments and investments,
            o  pay dividends and make distributions,
            o  repurchase or redeem capital stock,
            o  dispose of assets,
            o  guarantee obligations,
            o  enter into sale and leaseback transactions, and
            o  engage in certain transactions with subsidiaries and affiliates
               and otherwise restrict corporate activities.

       In addition, our credit facility contains financial covenants, including:

            o  a minimum cumulative monthly EBITDA test,
            o  a minimum cumulative monthly Sales test,
            o  a minimum cumulative monthly Collections test, and
            o  a maximum monthly Disbursements test.

       Our ability to meet these covenants and requirements in the future may be
affected by events beyond our control, including prevailing economic, financial
and industry conditions. Our breach or failure to comply with any of these
financial covenants could result in a default under our credit facility. If we
default under our credit agreement the lenders could cease to make further
extensions of credit, cause all of our outstanding debt obligations under our
credit facility to become due and payable, require us to apply all of our
available cash to repay the indebtedness under our credit facility and prevent
us from making debt service payments on any other indebtedness we owe. If the
indebtedness under our credit facility is accelerated, we would not have
sufficient assets to repay amounts due under our credit facility or other debt
agreements then outstanding. In addition, if we default under our credit
agreement, the bank lenders could foreclose on the collateral securing that
facility, which includes substantially all of our assets.

       WE MAY BE UNABLE TO IMPLEMENT SUCCESSFULLY OUR GROWTH OBJECTIVES IN
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.


       Our business strategy includes increasing our international sales through
increased sales and marketing activities in targeted regions, by entering into
strategic alliances, joint ventures and/or other business arrangements. Our
efforts to increase international sales may be adversely affected by, among
other things:

            o  changes in foreign import restrictions and regulations,
            o  taxes,
            o  currency exchange rates,
            o  currency and monetary transfer restrictions and regulations,
            o  changes in U.S. law affecting foreign trade, and
            o  economic and political changes in the foreign nations in which
            our products are sold.

       One or more of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition or results of operations in the future.

       OUR CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS'S SUCCESS REQUIRES THAT WE COMPLETE THE
PROJECTS WE MANAGE ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. OUR ABILITY TO DO THIS CAN BE
ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY VARIOUS FACTORS, MANY OF WHICH ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL,
INCLUDING THE FAILURE OF SUB-CONTRACTORS TO PERFORM THEIR SERVICES, THE
INABILITY OF CUSTOMERS TO OBTAIN NECESSARY PERMITS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS ON
SCHEDULE, AND INCLEMENT WEATHER.

       Our construction business typically manages projects for which a fixed
price has been provided to the customer. As a result, the success of that
business depends on our ability to complete these projects in accordance with
the schedules and budgets on which we based the pricing of the projects. Our
ability to meet this objective is subject to various risks including:

              o the failure of subcontractors and other third parties who
              perform services in connection with our construction projects to
              perform their services in a satisfactory and timely manner, or the
              inability of our customers, who typically are responsible for
              obtaining the necessary permits and


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              authorizations for tower construction, to obtain those permits and
              authorizations on a basis that allows the project to be
              constructed on the anticipated schedule; and odelays caused by
              unusual or inclement weather.

       INCREASES IN RAW MATERIAL COSTS COULD ADVERSELY IMPACT OUR GROSS PROFIT
MARGINS.

       Steel and zinc constitute a significant portion of our costs of goods
sold. In the event of an increase in our costs for these products, we may not be
able to pass on the increased cost by raising the prices of our products, which
could have a material and adverse impact on our gross profit margins.

       WE ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT. IF WE LOSE MEMBERS OF OUR
SENIOR MANAGEMENT, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIND APPROPRIATE REPLACEMENTS ON A
TIMELY BASIS AND OUR BUSINESS COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED.

        Our existing operations and continued future development depend to a
significant extent upon the performance and active participation of certain key
individuals as employees. We cannot guarantee that we will be successful in
retaining the services of these, or other key personnel. If we were to lose any
of these individuals, we may not be able to find appropriate replacements on a
timely basis and our financial condition and results of operations could be
materially adversely affected.

       RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION OF OUR MANUFACTURING FACILITY MAY
HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE AFFECT ON OUR BUSINESS.

       Our revenues are dependent on the continued operation of our
manufacturing facility. The operation of a manufacturing plant involves many
risks including;

            o  the breakdown, failure or substandard performance of equipment,
            o  inclement weather and natural disasters,
            o  the need to comply with directives of, and maintain all necessary
            permits from, government agencies,
            o  raw material supply disruptions,
            o  labor force shortages, work stoppages or other labor
            difficulties, and
            o  transportation interruptions.

       The occurrences of material operational problems, including but not
limited to the above events, may have a material adverse effect on the
productivity and profitability of a particular manufacturing facility, or with
respect to various facilities of our company as a whole, during the period of
the operational difficulties.

       FUTURE DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION OR REGULATORY ACTIONS
RELATING TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS COULD
NEGATIVELY IMPACT TOWER SALES.

       Concern over tower proliferation has grown in recent years, and as a
result certain communities have placed restrictions on new tower construction or
have delayed granting permits required for construction. These concerns could
result in our customers not being able to place all of the towers currently
anticipated.

       We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to
our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the
release of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.