Create a Punch List Item dialog box
Use this dialog box to create a punch list item.
Type
Select the punch list item's type from the drop-down list.
Item Description
Space
Click to open the Choose Space dialog box to select the type of space this punch list item is related to.
Location
Select the location this punch list item applies to from the drop-down list. You can also enter your own.
Element
Select the element this punch list item applies to from the drop-down list. You can also enter your own.
Description
Click to open the Select Description dialog box to choose a description of the problem. You can also enter your own.
1 If the Allow
Custom Descriptions and Elements to be Added to the Description List
checkbox is marked in the Punch List
category of the Activity Center Setup
tab of the Edit
Project Settings dialog box, custom terms entered in the Element
and Description fields will be
save to the database and will then be available for all punch lists.
When you enter text in a punch list's Element
or Description fields, Project
Center lists matching text.
When you enter an Element, the
first alphabetical Description
for that element is entered by default.
When you change the value in a punch list's Element
field, the Description is not
changed. The previous value is kept.
Responsibility
Assigned to
Click to open the Choose a Project Team Member dialog box to select the project team members to assign to the punch list item. The company name will also be listed.
Due Date
To enter the date a response is due back to the contact who sent the punch list, mark the checkbox, then select a date. The defaults are 5 and 3 business days, but you can enter a different value in the second drop-down list.
Remind
Mark the checkbox to add this item to the email notification message sent out by Project Center reminding you to respond back to the contact who sent the punch list. Select the number of business days before a response is due, which appears in the email message and in the Open Items tab of the My Project Center activity center.
1 Reminders can be sent to both internal and external project team members. The frequency at which reminders are sent is set in the General tab of the Project Center Administration activity center Servers tab. Reminders can disabled per project in the Edit Project Settings dialog box.
1 Remind is not available if the option is disabled for the project or in the Project Center Administration activity center.
Spec Section
Click to open the Choose Spec Section dialog box to assign a specification section to the punch list item.
Captured By
Click to open the Choose a Project Team Member dialog box to select the project team member who discovered the problem.
Date
Select the date the problem was discovered.
Team Members
Click to open the Choose a Project Team Member dialog box to select the project team members to include on the punch list item.
Details
ID
The ID number of the punch list is provided here. You can edit the number.
Discipline
Select the discipline to apply to the punch list item from the drop-down list.
Purpose
Select the purpose of the punch list item from the drop-down list.
Status
Select the status of the punch list item from the drop-down list.
Discussion tab/Remarks tab/Supporting Documents tab/Email Log tab/Related Items tab/Change Log tab
Refer to the Punch List activity center topic for a description of thee tabs.
Keywords
Click to open the Choose Keywords dialog box to apply keywords to the punch list.
Copy and Create New
Mark this checkbox to open another punch list item with the same information after this one is created.
To access this dialog box
Click Create a Punch List Item from the Tasks panel of the Punch List activity center.