Patent ID: 8694351

Claim:
A method for auditing installation of communications facilities, the method comprising: receiving network engineering information in a server, the network engineering information including telecommunications installation requirements specified by a communications service provider for one or more telecommunications projects and a budget associated with each of the one or more telecommunications projects; displaying a portal configured to receive telecommunications installation information directly from one or more contractors assigned to perform the one or more telecommunication projects; suggesting, with the portal, at least one of the one or more telecommunications projects for audit based in part on installation histories of the one or more contractors; receiving, with the portal, a selection of at least one of the suggested telecommunications projects for audit; receiving auditing information associated with the selected telecommunications projects in the server, the auditing information received from one or more auditors and addressing compliance with at least the telecommunication installation requirements; automatically comparing the auditing information and the network engineering information to the telecommunications installation information in the server to determine deviations; and generating a report for adjusting the compensation of the contractor, wherein the report comprises descriptions of physical and financial deviations between the engineering information and the installation information, a physical deviation code, and a financial deviation code.