Bradford,
Our firm is nearing completion on the final punch of a 740,000 sf hospital project.
The whole notion of generating a punchlist the 'old fashoined' way was daunting to say the least.
In collaboration with the construction managers, we employed the use multiple tablet pc's that were sync'd up
after every session to a web-based tracking program that goes by the name, FinishLine.
Upon establishing select menu of pull down categories of work, additional activity items were pre-linked to related action oriented tasks and the trade contractors that would most likely need to be involved in completed them.
Each of these entry fields can also be revised or modified as needed as well as augmented with additional comments, if necessary. The FinishLine program has a very intuitive interface that allows users to easily import and annotate photos, too.
The key driver however, involved importing all of the different plan views (from cadd or pdf files) we felt would be needed for our use to post comments. A unexpected benefit of doing this was the creation of a readily accessible project map that could be accessed and utilized by various stakeholders to use to review, comment and generate reports for their very own specific needs. So, what started out to be our primary tool for just identfying punchlist deficiencies also became a very dynamic tool for identfying and tracking a whole assortment of other project tasks (inspections, equipment locations, etc), due to the FinishLine programs ability track items under separate modules.
Check it out, I think you will be impressed. It has served us well.
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Gregory Schneekluth AIA
CO Architects
Los Angeles CA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-01-2012 18:16
From: Bradford Prestbo
Subject: Punch List
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We are punchlisting a project in the very near future, and are interested in using a smartphone or tablet.
What kind of systems do you or your practice employ to make this process more streamlined?
Are there any good applications to use?
Thank you,
Brad
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Bradford Prestbo AIA
Project Architect
Sasaki Associates, Inc.
Watertown MA
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