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Quantities, network occupancy and materials

Assess project lengths, building port provision and material quantities together with their sources.

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On this pageWhat does each total represent?The basis of quantitiesReview quantitiesInterpret network provisionObtain a material list

What does each total represent?

Bill of quantities (BoQ) shows trench, duct and cable lengths; Capacity shows building potential and target/assigned ports; Fiber strand assignment shows fiber connections and usage. These figures use different units. Fiber count cannot substitute for building or endpoint count.

Check the length source and type distribution used for quantities.
Assess network provision values with the distinction between known and missing records.

The basis of quantities

For cables and ducts, a valid Measured length takes priority; otherwise Design length is used. If neither exists, the saved route supplies an estimate, or the map line if there is no route. Cable slack and Vertical risers are added only to estimates. A measured or design length is treated as total physical length; slack is not added again.

Trench and aerial line lengths use recorded measurement or design values, or geometry if neither exists. The aerial line design field is Span (design).

Displayed source Interpretation
Measurement / design The feature's recorded length; accuracy depends on the entered information.
Route estimate Calculated from the lengths of ordered route sections.
Map estimate Based on the map length of the line.
Partial estimate The route is discontinuous; do not treat it as a complete quantity.
Derived Length derived from a cable split.

Each trench segment is counted once. Ducts or cables passing through it do not multiply the trench total. Ducts and cables are calculated from their own records. Totals are separated by length classification; this screen does not assess suitability for sharing.

Review quantities

  1. Open the project and Bill of quantities (BoQ).
  2. Review Segments, Ducts and Cables.
  3. Read the source and continuity information beside each length. Select a row to open the record on the map.
  4. Correct a discontinuous route or invalid length in the relevant record.
  5. Reopen Bill of quantities (BoQ) to check totals.

Records belonging to disabled modules may be excluded. Read the excluded-record explanations alongside the totals.

Interpret network provision

Potential in Capacity is calculated from buildings' current plans. Target / assignment shows the ports required and allocated for the selected purpose; Open is the total building shortfall. Unknown potential or target values are identified separately.

Planned access and Actual access depend on saved building and endpoint information. A cable endpoint at a building alone does not constitute access. Connected endpoint · active endpoint is not assessed in this panel; inspect technical connections through Technical circuits.

If addresses have not been grouped into buildings, a calculated zero potential does not represent actual field potential. Declarations from addresses not linked to buildings and imported source rows are not added directly to potential. See Addresses, buildings and units.

Obtain a material list

  1. In Exports, select Material list / bill of quantities (BoQ).
  2. Set the scope with Status filter. Select All for full quantities and for equipment/connection sections without a status.
  3. Use View to check the contents and explanations.
  4. Download XLSX, CSV or PDF.

The material list produces quantities, not unit prices or costs. Length and fiber-metre totals use unrounded lengths, so manually adding rounded rows may produce small differences. Field outputs explains scope and bundle options.