Closeout guides
Punch lists, warranties, O&M manuals and the final payment.
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How Do You Close Out a Subcontract?
A GC's checklist to close out a subcontract: settle the last change orders, take the final pay app, release retainage against waivers, record the warranty.
· 6 min read
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How Do You Collect O&M Manuals From Subcontractors?
How a GC collects O&M manuals from every trade: request them early by spec section, check them against what was installed, and send back the thin ones.
· 6 min read
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How Do You Get a Certificate of Occupancy?
The GC's sequence for a certificate of occupancy: plan the final inspections early, clear life safety first, and know when a temporary certificate helps.
· 6 min read
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How Does a Sub Close Out Punch List Items?
A subcontractor's method for punch lists: sort your items by area, fix them in one trip, prove each fix with a photo, and get them closed the first time.
· 6 min read
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How Does a Subcontractor Keep As-Built Drawings?
How a subcontractor keeps as-built drawings: one marked-up set, red, green and blue, updated weekly, buried work dimensioned, turned in on time.
· 6 min read
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How Does a Subcontractor Submit a Final Pay App?
A sub's final pay app: bill every line to 100%, reconcile change orders, list open claims, and send the closeout papers and final waivers. Worked example.
· 8 min read
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How Does Termination for Convenience Work?
What a termination for convenience clause lets an owner or GC do, what a sub must do on notice, and what it can recover, with a worked settlement.
· 6 min read
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How Should an Owner Track Building Warranties?
An owner's method for tracking building warranties: one list with start dates and terms, expirations worked out, and walks before the clock runs out.
· 6 min read
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How Do You Assemble a Construction Closeout Package?
A closeout checklist by spec section and company: O&M manuals, as-builts, warranties, attic stock, training, lien waivers. Build it at buyout. Example.
· 9 min read
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How Does an Architect Decide Substantial Completion?
How the architect inspects for substantial completion: the contractor's list, who walks, what blocks use and what is a punch item, and the certificate.
· 8 min read
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How Do You Build a Punch List?
Build a punch list by walking the job room by room before substantial completion, logging each item with location, trade, photo and due date. With example.
· 9 min read
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How Should a Builder Handle Warranty Requests?
How a home builder handles warranty requests: written intake, triage by urgency, inspection against a written standard, a dated fix and a sign-off.
· 6 min read
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How Do You Run a New-Home Walkthrough?
How a builder runs a new-home walkthrough: a pre-walk, one list both sides sign, each item with a trade and a date, and a clean handover to warranty.
· 5 min read
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What Should an Owner Get at Project Closeout?
The owner's closeout checklist: what you should get at substantial completion and before final payment, and how to check each document.
· 7 min read