Read the closeout book

The closeout book is the PDF in every closeout package (<project>.pdf). It is written for the person who accepts the delivery: everything in it comes from the same frozen package as the drawing and data files.

Before you start

• An exported package (Export a closeout package). For the examples:

  $ asbuilt export --project ee-demo --profile ee.default.v1 --frozen-at 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z --out closeout --allow-grid-absent 'ee.*' --allow-unverified-profile
  …
  

Steps

1. Open closeout/ee-demo.pdf in any PDF viewer. Its parts, in order:

   $ pdftotext closeout/ee-demo.pdf - | grep -xE 'Control points|Bill of quantities|Redline map|Splice tables|Optical certification|Evidence index'
   Control points
   Bill of quantities
   Redline map
   Splice tables
   Optical certification
   Evidence index
   

2. Check the cover: project, organisation, responsible surveyor and certificate, coordinate system, the pinned pipeline, the freeze instant, the export profile and the counts of what the package contains. If the profile is provisional, a red PROFILE NOT AUTHORITY-VERIFIED banner is on the cover and at the top of every page.

3. Go through the parts:

   Part	Shows	Check
   Control points	The national reference points the survey is tied to, with coordinates in metres.	They are the points the surveyor actually used.
   Bill of quantities	Lengths in metres with three decimals and counts in pieces (Get the bill of quantities).	They match what was built and invoiced.
   Redline map	The network as built, with labels; labels that did not fit are listed in a numbered table.	Every node and span is where it should be.
   Splice tables	Every splice per closure and tray: incoming and outgoing fibre, and its loss over both directions when measured.	Every splice is recorded.
   Optical certification	One line per trace with its verdict, then each trace in detail: file fingerprint, test time, verdict, loss, fibre end, length factor, every event with its loss and place on the route, and its findings.	Every fibre is PASS; any FAIL or PROVISIONAL is agreed with the client.
   Evidence index	Every photo and sketch with its fingerprint, size and the node or span it documents.	Required photos, such as depth-rod photos, are there.

Check

The verdicts in the book match what you expect, and every fingerprint in it is also in the package’s manifest.json or package.json. A reader can verify each file against the book (Verify a package).

What can go wrong

You see	Meaning	Do
PROFILE NOT AUTHORITY-VERIFIED on every page	The export used a provisional profile.	For a formal submission, use a production profile (Profiles and authorities).
A trace marked PROVISIONAL	Only one direction of that fibre was measured.	Measure the other direction and ingest it (Ingest OTDR traces).
No responsible surveyor	No verified surveyor is on record for the organisation at the freeze instant.	Record the surveyor, then export again.