January 2, 2026 HogWired Team

What Every Fiber Contractor Needs to Know About As-Built Documentation

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If you do fiber installation for clients like CSU, Ting, or any municipal provider, you know the drill: when the job is done, you need to deliver an as-built document.

What Is an As-Built Document?

An as-built is a detailed record of what was actually installed — as opposed to what was planned. It's the final deliverable that tells the client: here's exactly what we put in the ground, where it goes, and how it connects.

What Goes Into an As-Built

  • GPS coordinates — exact locations of handholes, splice points, and termination points
  • Cable type — manufacturer, fiber count, cable specification
  • Strand count — which strands are used, which are spare
  • Splice records — which fibers were spliced where, with loss measurements
  • OTDR test results — optical time domain reflectometer readings
  • Photos — before, during, and after
  • Route description — the physical path of the cable run

The HogWired Way

HogWired helps you assemble as-built PDFs from the data your crews enter during the job. When the job is done, the route details, photos, fiber docs, and GPS coordinates are already in one place — ready to export into a professional, client-ready document.

That's the HogWired difference: the documentation happens while the work happens, not after.

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