- UH 01 77 00
- Section 01 77 00, Closeout Procedures, of the University of Houston's master construction specifications (revision date 29 January 2016). It is one owner's specification, used in this module as an example, so its rules are not universal.
- Substantial Completion
- The date recorded on the Certificate of Substantial Completion, signed and dated by the architect, for the Work or a designated portion. Under form G704-2017 required warranties commence on this date unless the parties name another start date.
- Punch list
- The contractor's list of items still to be completed or corrected at Substantial Completion. The form G704-2017 help page has the contractor prepare it in its synopsis and the architect provide it in its instructions, so the contract decides who writes it; the architect verifies and amends it. One owner's specification also has it show the value of each item and the reason the work is incomplete, while the form G704-2017 instructions have the architect establish a cost estimate of the work.
- Final Completion
- In the University of Houston specification, the point the final inspection determines. Before requesting it the contractor submits a final application for payment, the architect's certified list, evidence of continuing insurance and a pest-control report, and afterwards the architect prepares a final Certificate for Payment. The results of the Substantial Completion inspection form the basis of its requirements.
- Warranty
- In FAR 52.246-21, the contractor warrants that the work conforms to the contract requirements and is free of any defect in equipment, material or design furnished, or workmanship performed, and remedies a failure or defect at its own expense. Makers issue their own warranties under their own forms.
- Certified list of incomplete items
- In the University of Houston specification, a copy of the architect's Substantial Completion list, endorsed and dated by the architect, stating that each item has been completed or otherwise resolved. It is submitted before the final inspection.
- As-built and record drawings
- In UFGS 01 78 00, as-built drawings are the marked-up drawings the contractor keeps on site to show actual conditions and deviations. The record drawings are the final compilation of those actual conditions.
- Warranty management plan
- In UFGS 01 78 00, a plan the contractor develops that lists each warranty with its start date and duration, who to call, and a summary of the maintenance required to keep the warranty in force.
- Maintenance item
- Work that a warranty or specification leaves to the owner, such as inspecting the roof twice a year. Neglecting it can change what a warranty covers, so the warranty form must be read for the maintenance it requires.
- Reinspection
- A repeat inspection that the contractor requests, in the University of Houston specification, once the work found incomplete in an earlier inspection has been completed or corrected.
