Snagging and handover checklist
What every snag should carry, and what has to reach the health and safety file before handover. Free, one page, no sign-up.
For site managers, contractors and clerks of works closing out a job. A tick on a snag list says somebody called it done. This checklist covers what a closed snag needs to show, and the changes made during snagging that the health and safety file needs to hold.
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A. Every snag should carry
If a snag cannot show these, it cannot be proved closed later.
Where it is: the room, the level, the exact spot.
A photo of the defect when it was raised.
Who owns it: one contractor, not "the trades".
The date it was raised, and the date it is due.
A photo of the finished work when it is closed.
Who signed it off, and when.
B. Before you call a snag closed
Somebody other than the contractor who fixed it has looked at it.
The repair matches the specification, not just the colour.
Any change of product or fixing made to close it is written down.
The area is clean and safe to hand over.
C. Before the health and safety file goes to the client
Regulation 12 requires the principal contractor to pass the principal designer the information the file needs, and the file to go to the client at the end of the project.
Changes made on site, including those made to close snags, have reached the principal designer.
Products and fixings that differ from the drawings are recorded for future maintenance.
Residual risks found during snagging are in the file, not only in the snag list.
The signed-off snag record is kept with the handover documents.
The printable version
The same checklist on one A4 page, to print, pin up or send round. Download the free PDF.
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This checklist is general information, not legal advice.