Project Delivery
Punch List
Also called: snag list
The itemised list of incomplete or defective work identified at walkthrough that must be corrected before final acceptance and payment.
A punch list closes a project cleanly when items are specific: room, device, defect, and the correction required. Vague entries like 'audio not right in boardroom' generate return visits and disagreement over whether they were resolved.
Distinguishing punch items from change requests is what keeps a closeout on schedule. Correcting a misaligned camera is punch; adding a camera is a change order, and mixing the two is how final payment stalls.
Related terms
- Commissioning
- Systematically configuring, testing, tuning, and documenting an installed system so it verifiably performs as designed — the step between installed and working.
- Change Order
- A written, priced amendment to contracted scope, schedule, or cost — the formal mechanism for anything not in the original agreement.
- Scope of Work
- The document defining exactly what is included, excluded, and assumed on a project — deliverables, quantities, responsibilities, and acceptance criteria.
- As-Built
- Documentation reflecting what was actually installed — final device locations, cable routes, labelling, IP addresses, and configuration — rather than what was originally drawn.
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