Punch List Creation & Distribution for Site Preparation

12 tasksPunch ListSite Preparation

The Punch List Creation & Distribution workflow provides site preparation contractors with a structured system for finalizing work. It includes documenting tasks such as grading corrections, cleanup, or utility adjustments, assigning them to crews, and distributing the list to all stakeholders. By standardizing this process, contractors reduce disputes, prevent costly errors, and improve communication. Clients benefit from transparency and confidence in complete project delivery. Teams gain accountability and alignment. With this workflow in place, site prep companies can protect profitability, strengthen professionalism, and close projects more reliably with smoother results and stronger client trust.

1Walk pad, trench, and grade with site lead——Add yours

Most tasks do not need a long instruction. Add your company’s how-to in Subtrak only when the step needs one.

2Flag erosion, debris, or grade errors——Add yours

Most tasks do not need a long instruction. Add your company’s how-to in Subtrak only when the step needs one.

3Assign pad fixes with trench or grid ID——Add yours

Most tasks do not need a long instruction. Add your company’s how-to in Subtrak only when the step needs one.

4Snap trench slope or erosion spots——Add yours

Most tasks do not need a long instruction. Add your company’s how-to in Subtrak only when the step needs one.

5Walk fixes with grading or prep operator——Add yours

Most tasks do not need a long instruction. Add your company’s how-to in Subtrak only when the step needs one.

6Set trench and compaction fix deadlines——Add yours

Most tasks do not need a long instruction. Add your company’s how-to in Subtrak only when the step needs one.

7Deliver site fixes to grading operator——Add yours

Most tasks do not need a long instruction. Add your company’s how-to in Subtrak only when the step needs one.

8Verify erosion or pad issues corrected——Add yours

Most tasks do not need a long instruction. Add your company’s how-to in Subtrak only when the step needs one.

9Verify trench or grade fix done——Add yours

Most tasks do not need a long instruction. Add your company’s how-to in Subtrak only when the step needs one.

10Send grade and trench fix report——Add yours

Most tasks do not need a long instruction. Add your company’s how-to in Subtrak only when the step needs one.

11Book pad and trench completion walk——Add yours

Most tasks do not need a long instruction. Add your company’s how-to in Subtrak only when the step needs one.

12Archive pad and site prep punch notes——Add yours

Most tasks do not need a long instruction. Add your company’s how-to in Subtrak only when the step needs one.

You found the SOP

Now make sure it actually gets done.

12 tasks is the easy part. The hard part is that six months from now the project still has to run this way when you are not the one watching.

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Jon Engquist
Jon Engquist

Founder of Subtrak · Twenty years in commercial roofing operations

“One session and this template becomes how your company actually does the work, with a name and a date on every step.”
Assigned to the right person
Scheduled from real milestones
Your how-to where it matters
A record that it happened

Every project runs your way. And you can see that it did.

Put a name and a date on every step, and the crew gets a reminder when their part comes up.

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