Construction Β· Quality & Handover
Punch list, snag list, deficiency list β every market has a name for the same discipline: find defects, assign them to a trade with a due date, chase the overdue ones, and prove closure at handover and through the defects liability period.
Raise it on site
Capture the snag where you find it, with severity, trade and location.
Assign trade + due date
Every item has an owner and a deadline, so nothing floats unowned.
Track overdue
The register shows open items by severity, with overdue ones flagged for the chase.
Close out
Work through items to closure for inspection and handover.
Through DLP
After handover, defects raised in the liability period are tracked the same way β to closure.
Snags carry severity, trade, due date and status, and the register keeps the overdue ones in your face until they're closed β the same view for the site engineer raising them and the manager chasing them.
Many defects are really information problems. RFIs to the consultant carry due dates and overdue tracking, and drawing revision control means the site only ever sees the latest revision β with full history behind it.
Handover isn't the end of quality. Closeout tracking carries the project through DLP, with defects raised after handover tracked in the same discipline as construction-phase snags.
The product uses the term your market uses β the workflow underneath is identical.
Punch list
United States
Snag list / snagging
UK Β· Australia Β· NZ
Deficiency list
Canada
Defects list
Contract / DLP usage
Snags, RFIs, drawings and DLP defects in one register discipline from first walk to final closure.