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// Wireless tower contractors · Closeout packages

Site closeout packages built from the field records, line by line against the customer's list.

A tower job is not done until the customer's closeout checklist is answered. In a free AI proof of concept, AI sorts the records of 20 to 30 finished sites against the checklist each customer wrote and names every line with nothing behind it. Your reviewer, whoever knows your closeouts best, lays each draft beside the package your team actually sent.

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Finished sites
20 to 30
Packages submitted
None
Systems touched
None

// The one job

From a crew's folder to a package a project manager can submit

A closeout starts with what the crew turned in: photos off a phone, sweep files from the test set, redlines on a drawing set, torque and grounding records, and the lien waivers the office collected. Somewhere there is the customer's written list saying what the package must hold, and often what each photo must show. Someone in the office walks that list, renames files, chases what is missing and builds the package.

For the test, AI reads copies of a finished site's records and drafts the package index: each checklist line, the file that answers it, photos renamed to the wording on the list, test results carried over exactly as supplied, and a separate list of every item on the checklist with nothing behind it. It never decides a result passes and it submits nothing. Your project manager reviews the draft and submits every package.

Field folderAs the crew left it
Site name
Crew lead
Photo count
Test files
FileTakenType
Illustration, not a real site
Matched to
the customer's list
Closeout indexDraft
Site ID
Customer list
Lines answered
Lines open
Checklist lineFileStatus
Made-up index, for illustration

// What makes it hard

The checklist belongs to the customer, and some lines can't be shot twice

A public buyer's list reads like a contract. Missouri's highway commission, specifying a 150-foot radio tower near Branson, names its final tower documentation: as-builts if anything changed, a certification that the tower is plumb, coax sweeps, a guide to the cable marking, a grounding resistance report, concrete cylinder results and construction photographs. Conway, Arkansas, in a 2015 addendum, wants at least four sets of as-builts before final acceptance, with the tower maker's engineering documents and the foundation concrete results folded in. Lincoln County, Montana, asked for three sets within fourteen working days plus a legible PDF, and tied final payment to its own inspection. The draft works from the list that came with that site and never carries one customer's line onto another's job.

Some photos only exist once. Missouri's photo list opens with the site grounding before backfilling and the foundation forms and rebar cages before concrete. Leon County, Texas, in a 2026 tower RFP addendum, won't let a trench be backfilled until the county has inspected the grounding, and wants installation photos of tower-mounted lights, control boxes, junction boxes and lightning rods. A shot of a finished antenna can be retaken on the next trip up. A shot of grounding under the backfill can't, so when one is missing the draft puts that line on the open list for someone to deal with.

A sweep only means something with its setup. Missouri asks for a return loss sweep before the final antenna connection is made and a distance-to-fault sweep on the finished installation with the antenna in place, and every result goes to the state for approval before final acceptance. Both sweeps are plotted with distance along the bottom, so to someone opening two files cold they look alike. The draft carries each file as supplied, with its line label, its date and whichever test condition the file states, and leaves every pass or fail to a person.

The engineer may only ever see your photos. Connecticut Siting Council files show why. In one, an engineering firm's desktop review of a mount change says it never visited the site and worked from the contractor's close-out photos. In another, inspectors reported that antennas and radios sat in a different mount position than the drawings showed and that the general contractor had redlined the change. The Council's conditions there called for documentation certified by a Professional Engineer within 45 days of finishing the installation. A redline that never reached the package leaves an engineer staring at a mismatch.

What your reviewer will watch. Conway wants ground resistance reported for the as-installed system with plan drawings showing where it was measured, so a number on a page answers only half the line. Torque and grounding records come through as the crew wrote them, and lien waivers show as present or missing against the checklist, with their legal effect left alone. Did each file land on the right line? Was each photo renamed to the list's wording rather than dropped in as any shot of that sector? Did any test value change on the way over? Is every open item on the open list? None of this is legal or engineering advice.

// What you send

Finished sites, as the crew left them

Copies only
After the NDA
01

20 to 30 finished sites

Each closed job's field records as they came in: photos, test files, redlines, torque and grounding records, and the waivers the office collected. Include a site that came back for rework.

02

Each customer's checklist

The written closeout list that carrier, tower owner or public agency gave you for that job, in the version your team worked to.

03

The package you actually sent

The submitted package for each site, so your reviewer can compare it with the draft line by line.

04

NDA first, then copies

Sign the NDA, then send copies. Nobody logs in to your project system or a customer's portal. If a customer's files can't leave your office, we build look-alikes with your team.

// Before it starts

Agreed before any file leaves your office

Your owner settles each of these first.

Terms for the closeout testOwner's call
Your reviewer
Named by the owner, often a senior project manager or closeout coordinator
Success criteria
Written down: which lines must land on the right file, and what counts as open
Sites
Your reviewer's pick, across at least two customers' checklists
Who submits
Your project manager, every time
Test results
Carried over as supplied, never judged
Price
A range for the live month, given up front

// How the test is judged

The package you submitted, beside each draft

Site by site
line by line
Across the same 20 to 30 sitesYour submitted packageDraft from the test
Checklist lines answered with the right fileFilled in on your sitesFilled in on your sites
Photos renamed to the list's wordingFilled in on your sitesFilled in on your sites
Sweep and test values carried over unchangedFilled in on your sitesFilled in on your sites
Redlines and as-builts matched to the siteFilled in on your sitesFilled in on your sites
Torque and grounding records placed on their linesFilled in on your sitesFilled in on your sites
Lien waivers present or marked missingFilled in on your sitesFilled in on your sites
Every line with nothing behind it, listedFilled in on your sitesFilled in on your sites
Empty for now. Every cell waits until your own closed sites have gone through.Your reviewer marks them and makes the final call.

// After a yes

About 30 days on sites closing now

If your reviewer says yes, the same job runs on sites closing over the next 30 days or so.

A person approves each item before it goes anywhere. Your project manager still reviews the draft and submits every package, by whatever route that customer uses.

Monthly support follows if you continue, and any further job is its own decision at its own price.

// Next, if you choose

What could follow the closeout index

Ideas, ranked
Priced one by one
  1. 01

    Structural modification scopes

    A report and its drawings laid out as a draft scope sheet, with their conflicts listed for your estimator.

    Next
  2. 02

    Condition assessment write-ups

    A climb's notes and photos drafted in the owner's report format, deficiencies by elevation.

    Then
  3. 03

    Returned package comments

    A customer's comments on a rejected package turned into a list of what the crew or the office has to fix.

    After that

// One hard limit

Your project manager submits every package.

The test never touches your project management system, a carrier portal or a live closeout. It never decides that a sweep passed, that a waiver is good or that a checklist line is truly satisfied, and it submits nothing. It never interprets a structural analysis or decides that a rigging plan is safe; your engineer of record owns every structural call. It reads copies and lists what it found and what is missing, and a person decides.

Priced per job. You get a range before the proof of concept and a fixed price before you sign.

Rob gives the range on the call, once he knows how many closeouts you send in a month and how many customer checklists you work to.

// Questions

Closeout questions

Can it tell us whether a sweep or a ground test passed?
No. It carries the result over as your crew or test set recorded it and notes the setup the file states. Whether that result meets the customer's limit is a call for your project manager or the person who ran the test.
What if a photo is missing or the crew named files badly?
That is most of the job. Badly named files get matched to checklist lines where the content supports it, and anything with no match goes on the open list for someone in your office to chase.
Does the test run on our live closeouts?
No. It runs on copies of sites your team already closed and packages already submitted. Live sites only come in after your reviewer says yes, and then a person approves each item before it goes anywhere.
Does this cover FCC or FAA paperwork?
Only if the customer's list names it. A list may ask for a photo of the posted antenna structure registration number or for the date construction finished, and the draft shows whether that record is in the folder. Filing stays with the structure owner, and this is not legal advice.
Our carrier customers use their own portals for submission. Does that matter?
Not for the test. The draft is a package and an index your project manager can use however that customer takes it. Uploading to the portal stays with your project manager, and we never log in to one.
Rob Eason

Rob Eason, founder

// Book a proof of concept call

Start with one finished site and the list it was closed against.

Half an hour with Rob about your crews, the checklists you work to and roughly how many closeouts go out each month. Keep the folders until the NDA is signed.

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