Writing the Report Narrative
The narrative is written on the Questionnaire tab, in pages and sections set up for your firm.
Runs on: Desktop and tablet. A web app you open in a browser; it is not built for phones.
Commercial inspections
Quick Reference
Open the job and click the Questionnaire tab.
Pick a page from the list on the left.
Answer each question. Use the toolbar for headings, lists and tables.
Click Tag Photo to attach photos to a section.
Click Save, then check the Required and Answered counts.
Before You Start
The job is assigned to you and its status is In Progress.
The Draw Sheet is complete, so your narrative can cite its figures.
Step 1 — Pick a Page
Twelve pages on the standard template
The report narrative is written in pages and sections set up for your firm. The standard commercial draw template has twelve: Inspection Summary, Requested Payment Information, Recommended Payment Information, General Job Information, Change Orders, Budget Review, Permits, Construction Schedule, General, Waivers, Insurance and Uploaded Documents.
The counts under the page title
Each page counts what is required and what is answered: Section(s), Required, Answered and Alerted.
Step 2 — Write the Answers
Paragraphs, headings, lists and tables
Answers take paragraphs, headings, bullets, numbered lists and tables, and yes or no where a question calls for it. The toolbar above each answer also has undo, redo, bold, italic and strikethrough.
Tag Photo
Tag photos to a section of the narrative with Tag Photo at the top right of the section.
Step 3 — Save Each Page
Save before you change pages
Click Save at the top right, then move to the next page in the list.
An unanswered question can print as "None" or be left out, by template.
Tips
DO
- •Use a table when you report several areas with a status each.
- •Tag the photos that prove a statement to the section that makes it.
- •Work the pages in order so nothing required is missed.
WATCH FOR
- •Required shows how many required answers a page has and how many are done.
- •The pages and sections follow your firm's template. RAZE sets them up to your firm's report.
Troubleshooting
Commercial draw workflow
- Write the report narrative (this guide)
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