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Pavement markings and striping inspection checklists
Pavement markings and striping inspection checklists for the rough-in, final and punch walks: 3 free lists, 37 items and 21 photo requirements, each item naming what to look for and the photo evidence it needs.
The pavement markings and striping walks, in build order
Where each walk sits in the schedule
01rough-in
Pavement markings and striping rough-in inspection checklist
After layout is chalked and before application, when the surface is clean, dry and cured and conditions suit the material, because a mislaid or badly bonded stripe means grinding it off and starting over.
Run by: The GC's superintendent with the striping foreman, walking the layout before any material goes down.
02final
Pavement markings and striping final inspection checklist
After application and before the material has fully cured for traffic, so alignment and accessible-stall dimensions can still be corrected.
Run by: The GC's superintendent with the striping foreman, walking the finished lot before it opens.
03punch
Pavement markings and striping punch checklist
During closeout, after the lot has seen daylight and a night to reveal thin or crooked lines and any tracking.
Run by: The GC's superintendent closing striping punch items with the foreman on a callback.
What most often sends pavement markings and striping work back
- Stalls laid out off a dimension that fits the striper's roll rather than the striping plan, so the count and accessible stalls end up wrong.
- Paint applied on green or damp asphalt and lifting within weeks because the surface was never confirmed cured and dry.
- Thermoplastic put down below its application temperature so it never bonds, then peels in sheets.
- Accessible stalls striped but the access aisle short of the required width, or the aisle missing its marking entirely.
- Glass beads skipped or applied unevenly on the paint, so the lines don't read under headlights at night.
- Traffic let onto the lot before the material cured, tracking lines across the surface.
- A crooked line painted over rather than removed, so the old shadow shows through the correction.
- A missed stall or aisle added later in a slightly different width or color that no longer matches the rest of the lot.
Common questions
4 answers
- Which pavement markings and striping inspections do these checklists cover?
- Pavement markings and striping rough-in inspection checklist (rough-in): After layout is chalked and before application, when the surface is clean, dry and cured and conditions suit the material, because a mislaid or badly bonded stripe means grinding it off and starting over. Pavement markings and striping final inspection checklist (final): After application and before the material has fully cured for traffic, so alignment and accessible-stall dimensions can still be corrected. Pavement markings and striping punch checklist (punch): During closeout, after the lot has seen daylight and a night to reveal thin or crooked lines and any tracking.
- Who runs a pavement markings and striping inspection?
- The GC's superintendent with the striping foreman, walking the layout before any material goes down. The GC's superintendent with the striping foreman, walking the finished lot before it opens. The GC's superintendent closing striping punch items with the foreman on a callback.
- What most often sends pavement markings and striping work back?
- Stalls laid out off a dimension that fits the striper's roll rather than the striping plan, so the count and accessible stalls end up wrong. Paint applied on green or damp asphalt and lifting within weeks because the surface was never confirmed cured and dry. Thermoplastic put down below its application temperature so it never bonds, then peels in sheets. Accessible stalls striped but the access aisle short of the required width, or the aisle missing its marking entirely.
- 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.
Run these lists with the Photo Gate.
Tag one area, scan it, and the submit stays locked until the photos exist.
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