Snagging List Software: Close It on the Walk
The snag is on the floor this week. The spreadsheet will not show the next trade where it was.
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A snagging list is the unfinished and defective work on a building. Site teams in the UK, India, and the Gulf live in this list every week. The usual record is photos in a chat thread and a spreadsheet that nobody updates. The snag then gets covered, and the argument starts at handover.
Defects list
A defects list is the same unfinished work, the wording used more often in India. Pin each defect on the walk, with one owner. A snagging list Dublin teams use at handover is this list. SpatialSense does not publish a separate city page. A person reviews the change list and sends it.
What a snagging app has to show
A useful snag has four fields: what is wrong, the exact spot, one owner, and whether it is still open. A photo with no location becomes "which one?" A location with no owner becomes nobody's job.
- The spot. Pin the snag on a 360° walk of that floor, not on a detached photo.
- The date. The walk is dated, so you can show the snag was open on Monday and closed on Friday.
- The owner. One person, one due date. "MEP" is not an owner.
- The close-out. The same viewpoint, walked again, is the check that it was actually fixed.
Two walks, then the list
Walk the floor once and pin the open snags. Walk the same route later. The two walks sit side by side, so a project manager can see what moved without rebuilding the spreadsheet from memory. SpatialSense can draft a written list of what changed. A person reviews it and sends it. It does not close snags by itself, and it does not score a percent complete.
The same job in the US is a punch list. This page uses snagging because that is the word on UK, Indian, and Gulf sites.
How to run snagging on one live floor
- Name the person who will walk the floor. No named walker, no useful record.
- Walk with a 360° camera on a hard hat. Trace pins the walk to the floor plan.
- Pin each snag on the walk, with one owner and a due date.
- Walk the same route again after the fixes. Compare the two dates.
- Send the checked list to the contractor or the client. Keep the walks as the backup.
Frequently asked questions
What is a snagging list?
A snagging list is the list of unfinished or defective work on a building, used in the UK, India, and the Gulf. Each item says what is wrong, where it is, and who closes it. In the US the same list is usually called a punch list.
What is a snagging app?
A snagging app records each snag with a photo, a location, an owner, and a status. SpatialSense pins the snag on a 360° walk of the floor, so the location is the spot in the walk, not a room number typed into a spreadsheet.
When do you snag a site?
Teams snag at handover, and many also snag floor by floor while the work is still open, before the next trade covers it. A list made only on the last day is longer and harder to close.
Does SpatialSense write the snagging list for you?
No. A person walks the floor and pins what they see. If you have two dated walks, SpatialSense can draft a written change list from them. A person checks it before anyone sends it.
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