Construction Management Vocabulary

noun A list of items that need to be completed or corrected, often in a construction or building project

• The project manager reviewed the punch list to ensure all tasks were completed.
• Hey, can you double check the punch list before we submit it?
• Let's wrap up this punch list so we can call it a day.
• Addressing each item on the punch list is like crossing off tasks on a to-do list.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb, indicating time, place, manner, degree, etc.

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• Despite our best efforts, the project did not go to plan.
• Well, it looks like our weekend getaway didn't go to plan.
• Man, that party last night really didn't go to plan.
• Sometimes in life, things just don't go to plan no matter how hard we try.