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Punchlists and Commissioning Action Lists

January 10, 2022

The punch list process can work well for static installation and documentation items but almost never includes dynamic or operational issues at the time of substantial completion.

Why owners are so accepting

The following letters is in response to Rebecca Ellis’ December 2012 “Commissioning” column titled, “When Substantial Com-pletion Is Unsubstantial,” page 19.

March 11, 2013

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I would not recommend changing your position of commissioning as a prerequisite for substantial completion.

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What Is Substantial Completion?

Sort it out before you’re told that you’re there.

Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E.

March 4, 2013

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This month I will continue addressing what can be done to reverse the trend of building owners prematurely accepting projects as substantially complete.

Why Are Owners Taking This?

Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E.

January 2, 2013

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There are some good explanations for a bad trend.

Scope Creep: Identifying and Reducing this HUGE Project Management Pitfall

All engineering consulting firms want their projects to be as profitable as possible; however, most will identify their biggest project management pitfall as: doing work outside of the scope (aka scope creep), which greatly reduces profits. Depending on the size of your firm, scope creep could cost you thousands, or even millions, of dollars annually.

In this session, we will learn how firms can transition from being professionals providing services, to highly tuned businesses that can identify the needs of the marketplace and create services and products that are appropriately priced and yield consistent and greater profits.

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