Title: Schedule and handoffs guides | Cercha

Description: Plan residential trade handoffs around readiness, scope and return visits. Use these guides to confirm conditions before the next crew arrives.

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# Schedule and handoffs guides

Guides: Schedule and handoffs.

- [Callbacks: who comes back and who pays](</guides/callbacks-and-warranty-work/>)

  You need a repair plan before deciding who pays. Record the symptom, send the qualified trade to investigate, and review the cause against the written terms.
- [Closeout on a residential job](</guides/closeout/>)

  You need to hand over a usable house and its records. Coordinate approvals, remaining work, owner documents, and warranty contacts as separate closeout tasks.
- [The day-before confirmation call](</guides/day-before-confirmation/>)

  You need a firm answer before tomorrow’s crew travels. Confirm the people, work area, materials, approvals, and start conditions with the responsible trade lead.
- [What is dry-in?](</guides/dry-in/>)

  You need to release the interior crews. Treat dry-in as a checked weather-protection milestone, then confirm inspections and material conditions separately.
- [After a failed inspection: rescheduling the trades behind it](</guides/failed-inspection-rescheduling/>)

  You need to protect the next trades from a premature start. Identify the failed requirement, assign the correction, and release dependent work after approval.
- [Foundation waterproofing: release the buried work together](</guides/foundation-waterproofing-handoff/>)

  You need the concrete, waterproofing, drainage, and backfill crews to agree on what is ready. Record each scope and its evidence before the buried work disappears.
- [The order of trades on a new home](</guides/home-building-sequence/>)

  Use the build phases to map dependencies, then confirm each trade's release conditions. A house schedule includes repeat visits, inspections, and overlapping work.
- [Inclusions and exclusions in a trade bid](</guides/inclusions-and-exclusions/>)

  You need the builder to understand what your bid buys. State inclusions and exclusions as specific tasks, then identify who covers each remaining interface.
- [Punch lists: close out a house cleanly](</guides/punch-list/>)

  You need each unfinished item assigned and verified. Use a punch list to record the correction, responsible trade, due date, and acceptance result.
- [What rough-in means for each trade](</guides/rough-in/>)

  Rough-in places building systems before finishes conceal them. Define each trade's package, coordinate shared spaces, and confirm required approvals before the next release.
- [Trade handoffs: who accepts the work before the next crew](</guides/trade-handoffs/>)

  You need the next crew to receive work it can use. Name who checks the interface, record open conditions, and release the next activity explicitly.
- [Writing a trade scope a sub can price](</guides/trade-scope-of-work/>)

  You need comparable bids for the same work. Issue one scope and document set, then resolve materials, interfaces, exclusions, and return visits before award.

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