LibreUnit-price work gets paid on paper. Put a photo behind every unit.
Pole set, framed, grounded, transferred, old pole out. LibreCam stamps each step with GPS and time, sorts it by work order, and turns the closeout into a PDF that rides along with the invoice.
A pole replacement, documented from staking to closeout
Staking, set and frame, closeout. The utility's inspector checks the same things in the same order.
Staking
- The existing pole as found, whole, with the tag in frame
- The staking sheet or work order at the location
- Locate marks before anyone digs, dated
- Access, traffic control and anything in the way
- Voice-caption the work order and the location
Set & frame
- The new pole set, with the class and height marks visible
- Framing, crossarms and hardware as they go up
- Grounding and bonding at the base and the top
- Anchors and guys, installed and tensioned
- Transfers: primary, secondary, services, third-party attachments
Closeout
- The whole pole, energized, from the ground
- The new tag in frame
- The old pole removed, or topped and left for the attachers
- The site restored: hole filled, ruts repaired, debris gone
- Tap Generate: the work order closeout PDF, every unit backed by a photo
The unit is billed. The photo is what proves it.
Distribution contractors bill the utility by unit: a pole set, a crossarm, a ground, an anchor, a transfer. The utility's inspector, or its auditor a year later, checks the units against the work, and a unit with no photo behind it is a unit someone has to drive back out and look at. LibreCam gives each work order its own project, stamps every photo with GPS and time, and a checklist built from the utility's closeout spec shows which shots are still missing before the crew leaves the location. Tags match photos to units, the closeout is a PDF in two taps, and the full-resolution export is ready the day an invoice is questioned. Locate marks get photographed before anyone digs, with the date on the photo.
Same work order. Two very different invoice reviews.
"Where's the photo of the ground?"
The foreman shot every step, on a personal phone, along with eleven other work orders that week. The closeout form says the ground was installed. The utility's reviewer wants to see it, the photos are in a camera roll with no work order on them, and the invoice sits until someone finds the one that matters.
WO 88213 — Pole replacement, Elm & 4th
Existing pole as found 7:42, locate marks 7:50, new pole set 10:15, ground at the base 10:40, anchor 11:05, transfers 1:20, old pole out 2:55 — each stamped with GPS and time and tagged to its unit. The closeout PDF went with the invoice.
Built for line contractors and the crews that build the system
A checklist from the closeout spec
Whole pole, tag, grounding, anchors, transfers, old pole removed. The utility's photo requirements become a list the foreman can see is complete.
Tags per unit
Pole, crossarm, ground, anchor, transfer. Tag as you shoot and every unit on the invoice has a photo you can pull in seconds.
A project per work order
Every location lands under its work order. Search the WO number or the pole tag and the whole job is there.
A closeout PDF per work order
Select the work order, tap Generate. Every unit, stamped and in order, ready to attach to the invoice.
Export for the invoice review
When the utility questions a unit, export every photo from that work order at full resolution with its location and time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The Common Ground Alliance's Best Practice 5-11 recommends documenting locate marks with dated photos, video or sketches before excavation begins, because it settles disputes later. LibreCam puts the date, time and GPS on the photo, so the record is there if a facility gets hit.
Yes. Share a link per work order or per project. It opens in a browser with no app, and you can see who has opened it and revoke it when the job closes.
No. Every utility has its own closeout form or system, and LibreCam doesn't replace it. It produces the photo record you attach — stamped, tagged by unit and in order. Utilities and contractors that want photos in their own systems can use the built-in MCP and API.
The company does. Photos go into the company's project, not the foreman's camera roll, and when a foreman moves on, the record stays.
Yes. Photos, captions and checklists capture offline, queue on the phone and sync when the truck gets back to coverage.
Nothing. LibreCam is free for every lineman, every foreman and every office reviewer. The free plan is the product, not a trial.