Schools & education
A summer window that does not forgive a missed room.
School work runs on a calendar with no give: a wing has to be life-safety complete and finished across every classroom before students walk back in. Tag each room, phase the occupancy wing by wing, and see the open items before the handover date, not on it.
What gets in the way, and what RTI does about it
Today
The summer window is fixed and forty classrooms are in flight, so the punch that gets missed is the one nobody remembers on the last Friday in August.
With RTI
Every room is a tag with a mandatory checklist. A required item can't be skipped to make a date: the submit button stays locked until it is confirmed and photographed, so a missed room shows as open instead of quietly passing.
Today
Occupancy is phased wing by wing but the tracking is one flat list, so the wing due first and the wing due last blur together.
With RTI
Tags group by wing, and the tag list rolls each wing up on its own. The phase due first reads separately from the phase due later, and you manage the handover you actually have to make.
Today
The district asks for proof a room was life-safety ready before students returned and the photos are on three crew phones with no room numbers.
With RTI
Each photo is captured against its item on the room's tag, dated and attributable. Export the approved classrooms and every room's readiness comes out addressed to its own room, ready for the district to review, or to sign in the portal.
What this looks like on your job
One tag, one checklist, and the photos that have to come with it.
Tag
B-Wing Room 118, Occupancy Ready
SCH-B-118-OCC
- Sticker location
- Classroom corridor door frame, Room 118
- Assigned checklist
- Classroom life-safety and finish signoff
- Egress path clear, door hardware and closer operable2 photos required
- Sprinkler heads and alarm devices unobstructed2 photos required
- Ceiling grid, tile and lighting complete1 photo required
- Flooring, paint and casework finished and clean1 photo required
Start from a checklist that already knows the walk
Real guides from the RTI library. Sections in build order, what to look for on each item, and the photos that prove it. Free to read, one click to run on a tag.
- Fire protection FinalFire protection final inspection checklistHeads, escutcheons, spare stock and system interface verified before the AHJ final and turnover13 items13 photos
- DrywallDrywall inspection checklistPre-cover signoff, hang, rated assemblies and finish level.12 items23 photos
- Final inspectionFinal inspection checklist for constructionThe handover walk: systems, life safety, finishes and documentation.15 items25 photos
Questions schools & education ask
3 answers
- We hand over one wing at a time over the summer. Can RTI follow a phased occupancy?
- Yes. Tag every room and file the tags under their wing. The tag list rolls each wing up into approved, in review, rework and not inspected, so the wing due first reads separately from the wing due in August, and you know which rooms still stand between you and a handover date.
- Life-safety has to be right before a room is occupied. How is that documented per room?
- Each classroom carries its own tag and checklist covering egress, fire protection and life-safety finishes. Every item is answered and photographed against that room, so occupancy readiness is documented room by room rather than signed off for a floor in the abstract.
- The district wants a record before they let students back in. What can we hand them?
- On the Company plan, give the district a portal login scoped to their project. They review the evidence and sign off from their phone onto the same tamper evident record, or you export a room's inspection, or the project's approved rooms as one branded turnover PDF with answers, photos and signoffs in one package.
Put it on a real job.
Tag one area, run one walk, and see the record it leaves behind.
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