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Security and access control inspection checklists
Security and access control inspection checklists for the rough-in, final and punch walks: 3 free lists, 37 items and 32 photo requirements, each item naming what to look for and the photo evidence it needs. Work is commonly verified against NEC (NFPA 70) and TIA structured-cabling standards; the edition in force is the AHJ's call on each project.
The security and access control walks, in build order
Where each walk sits in the schedule
01rough-in
Security and access control rough-in inspection checklist
After device locations are marked and before drywall and ceilings close, while boxes, conduit stubs and door prep are all still reachable.
Run by: The low-voltage lead pulling and dressing cable, coordinating with the door-hardware installer and the GC's superintendent before the walls are boarded.
02final
Security and access control final inspection checklist
After devices are terminated and the head-end is programmed, before turnover, and only once the fire-alarm system is live enough to prove the release.
Run by: The security integrator's lead with the GC's superintendent, and coordination with the fire-alarm contractor for the release interface.
03punch
Security and access control punch checklist
During closeout, after other trades finish ceilings and finishes and after the first weeks of live use surface the misbehaving doors.
Run by: The security integrator's technician on a callback, with the GC's superintendent closing security punch items.
What most often sends security and access control work back
- Reader and strike back-boxes set at a height that fights the door hardware, discovered only when the leaf and lockset are hung.
- Access-control cable run in the same bundle as line-voltage or tied to conduit, so it picks up noise the readers never shake off.
- Door contacts stubbed to the hinge side or the wrong jamb, leaving no clean path once the frame is grouted and the wall is closed.
- Doors mislabeled at the head-end, so a card event or an alarm points to the wrong opening and the wrong floor.
- Readers and cameras aimed and mounted but never walked against a coverage plan, leaving blind spots at the very doors they were bought for.
- The fire-alarm release checked by unlocking a door manually instead of dropping it on an actual alarm signal, so free egress on alarm was never proven.
- A strike that only latches when the door is pulled hard, logged as intermittent, closed without adjusting the strike to the leaf.
- As-built device list and credential records left incomplete, so the owner can't tell which reader is on which door.
Verified against
Families only, never clause numbers. Adoption varies by jurisdiction; confirm the edition your authority having jurisdiction enforces before you run a walk against it.
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Common questions
5 answers
- Which security and access control inspections do these checklists cover?
- Security and access control rough-in inspection checklist (rough-in): After device locations are marked and before drywall and ceilings close, while boxes, conduit stubs and door prep are all still reachable. Security and access control final inspection checklist (final): After devices are terminated and the head-end is programmed, before turnover, and only once the fire-alarm system is live enough to prove the release. Security and access control punch checklist (punch): During closeout, after other trades finish ceilings and finishes and after the first weeks of live use surface the misbehaving doors.
- Who runs a security and access control inspection?
- The low-voltage lead pulling and dressing cable, coordinating with the door-hardware installer and the GC's superintendent before the walls are boarded. The security integrator's lead with the GC's superintendent, and coordination with the fire-alarm contractor for the release interface. The security integrator's technician on a callback, with the GC's superintendent closing security punch items.
- What most often sends security and access control work back?
- Reader and strike back-boxes set at a height that fights the door hardware, discovered only when the leaf and lockset are hung. Access-control cable run in the same bundle as line-voltage or tied to conduit, so it picks up noise the readers never shake off. Door contacts stubbed to the hinge side or the wrong jamb, leaving no clean path once the frame is grouted and the wall is closed. Doors mislabeled at the head-end, so a card event or an alarm points to the wrong opening and the wrong floor.
- Which standards is security and access control work verified against?
- NEC (NFPA 70), published by the National Fire Protection Association; TIA structured-cabling standards, published by the Telecommunications Industry Association. Adoption varies by jurisdiction. Confirm the edition your authority having jurisdiction enforces before you run a walk against it.
- Can I run these checklists in RTI?
- Yes. Start a free RTI workspace and load any of the 3 lists (37 items in total). The Photo Gate holds the submit button until every mandatory item is answered and its photos are attached, and approved inspections roll into a branded turnover package with a tamper evident audit trail.
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Tag one area, scan it, and the submit stays locked until the photos exist.
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