Job photo documentation checklist

Copy this list and adapt it to your trade. Keep it short enough for your crew to actually follow it.

On arrival

• Wide shot of each work area.
• Existing damage, close up.
• Access, parking or anything that affects the job.
• The condition of nearby items you could be blamed for.

During the work

• Anything that will be hidden: pipes, cables, fixings, base layers.
• Materials and product labels.
• Surprises you found, along with any extra work you agreed.
• Each stage, before the next trade covers it.

At the end

• The same wide shots from the same spots.
• Close-ups of the finished details.
• The site left clean and safe.
• Keys, meters or settings returned as found.

Make it stick

Turn this list into a work list for each job so the crew can tick items off. Check a few jobs each week at first, and thank people for doing it well.

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