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Construction & Field

What is Punch List?

A punch list is the closeout inventory of items that remain incomplete or need correction before a project is accepted — the scratched door, the missing cover plate, the door that does not latch. Work is not done until the punch list is closed.

In practice

Punch walks traditionally produce hundreds of photo-and-note items typed up later; voice and photo AI tools now capture, categorize, and assign punch items in real time as inspectors walk.

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