Time saved / Keep the defect list
Defect list for subcontractors, with photos pinned on the drawing
Add each defect with its photo, pin it in its zone on the drawing, and close it out with a photo of the fix. Download the list on your letterhead.
The builder's walk finds twenty things, the client finds ten more, and every one of them holds back practical completion and your retention.
- By hand
- 10 h 48 min
- In Excel
- 8 h 24 min
- In YourCA
- 1 h 30 min
- Saved
- 9 h 18 min
Estimate for a 6-month electrical job with 10 people on it, each defect, from found to closed. Set your own job.
The risk it heads off
- A defect is fixed but nobody can prove it, so it is argued at handover.A defect is marked fixed or closed only with a photo of the fix.
- A defect sits past its date and holds back practical completion.Shows how many defects are past their fix-by date at the top of the list.
Step by step
| Step | By hand | Excel | YourCA | What YourCA does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Write the defect down with its photo | 10 min | 8 min | 2 min | Takes what is wrong, who found it, who fixes it and by when, with the photo, on the phone at the spot. |
| Mark where it is on the drawing | 8 min | 8 min | 0 min | Pins the defect in the zone you pick, so it shows on the drawing and in that room. |
| Close it out with a photo of the fix | 8 min | 6 min | 2 min | Asks for a photo of the fix before a defect is marked fixed or closed. |
| Send the builder the list | 10 min | 6 min | 1 min | Downloads the list as shown, open, fixed or late, as a PDF, Word or Excel file. |
| Total, each defect, from found to closed | 36 min | 28 min | 5 min |
How to do it in YourCA
Questions subbies ask
- Is a defect the same as a non conformance?
- No. A non conformance comes from a failed inspection point and stays with the ITP. A defect is anything found on a walk that has to be fixed.
- Does YourCA send the list to the builder?
- No. You download it and send it yourself. YourCA never sends anything for you.
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