What does this vehicular traffic coating final checklist cover?

15 items across 4 sections, covering coats and thickness, detail coverage, watertightness, opening to traffic. Each item spells out what the person walking the job is actually looking for, not just a box to tick.

Who should run this inspection?

The GC's superintendent with the coating foreman, walking each completed bay before it opens to traffic.

When in the schedule should this walk happen?

After all coats are down and cured and any specified flood or spray test is complete, before the deck is striped and opened to vehicles.

Why do these items ask for a photo?

9 of the 15 items call for photo evidence, 13 photos in all. A checklist answer without the photo is a claim; the photo is what makes the record worth something in a dispute and lets a reviewer approve work without re-walking the job.

What most often fails a vehicular traffic coating final inspection?

Wet-film thickness never checked during application, so the base or wear coat comes in thin and the system wears through early at the drive lanes. Aggregate broadcast to refusal in the ramp but skipped in the flatter bays, leaving slick areas where the wear course has no grip. Deck opened to traffic before the top coat had fully cured, printing tire marks and picking up the coating at turns.

Can I use this checklist in RTI?

Yes. Start a free RTI workspace, build this list as a checklist, and the Photo Gate holds the submit button until every mandatory item is answered and its photos are attached. Approved inspections roll into a branded turnover package with a tamper evident audit trail.

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Vehicular traffic coating

Vehicular traffic coating final inspection checklist

Vehicular traffic coating final inspection is where the punch list is either short or expensive. This checklist walks the finished work the way an owner or AHJ will see it: devices on, systems running, everything labeled. Each item gets the photo that closes it instead of reopening it. Work is commonly verified against manufacturer's published instructions. Confirm the edition your authority having jurisdiction has adopted.

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The checklist

Every item, and the photo evidence it needs

The photo count on each row is what RTI would require before the item can be submitted. Work the list here and watch the gate hold, or load it into RTI and let it enforce the real thing.

Coats and thickness

Each coat applied and thickness verified
Primer, base and wear coats all present, wet-film checked during application and material consumption reconciled against the coverage rate for the area.
Aggregate broadcast in the wear course
Aggregate broadcast into the wet coat at the specified rate and locked in by the top coat, even texture across ramps and flat bays alike.
Cure reached before traffic
Top coat cured per the recall time for the deck temperature, surface not tacky, before any load or vehicle is allowed on.
Time between coats kept within the recoat window
Daily log shows each coat went down inside the maker's recoat window for the deck temperature; late coats abraded or re-primed per the maker.
No photo
Loose aggregate swept and blown off before the top coat
Unbonded aggregate removed from the cured wear coat so the top coat locks in what stays, with no loose grit or piles left along curbs and drains.
Heavy-duty build carried through ramps, turns and drive aisles
Where the drawings zone the deck, the heavier build and extra aggregate run through ramps, turns and drive aisles, with the standard build in the stalls.
No photo

Detail coverage

Coverage continuous at curbs, columns and walls
Upturns at curbs, column bases and walls carried to the specified height, no thin spots or holidays at the base of the vertical.
Drains and joints tied in and sealed
Coating turned cleanly into each drain, expansion joints and reglets sealed, no bridged or lifted edges at terminations.
Wear course texture even with no bald spots or pinholes
Each bay walked in low-angle light; no smooth bald patches, pinholes, roller marks or aggregate clumps, especially in the drive lanes.
Overspray and tracked coating cleaned beyond the terminations
Walls above the termination line, glazing, elevator sills, stair nosings and parked equipment free of drips, overspray and tracked material.

Watertightness

Flood or spray test performed where specified
Test run per the specified method on the deck or bay, water held or sprayed for the required time, underside and edges checked.
No photo
Any leaks traced, repaired and re-tested
Entry point found, repair photographed, the same area re-tested and documented before signoff.
No photo

Opening to traffic

Barricades held at each entry until the open-to-traffic time
Entries to the bay still closed, with the cure date and opening time the coating foreman gave marked on the barricade.
Striping crew given the cure date and compatible paint
Marking crew told when the top coat can take striping and which marking paint the coating maker lists as compatible with it.
No photo
Bay-by-bay coating record compiled for the warranty
For each bay: dates, lot numbers, material used against area, and any flood or spray test result, handed to the super for the warranty file.
No photo

What usually sends this back

The failures are almost always the evidence, not the work

Wet-film thickness never checked during application, so the base or wear coat comes in thin and the system wears through early at the drive lanes.
Aggregate broadcast to refusal in the ramp but skipped in the flatter bays, leaving slick areas where the wear course has no grip.
Deck opened to traffic before the top coat had fully cured, printing tire marks and picking up the coating at turns.

Common questions

6 answers

What does this vehicular traffic coating final checklist cover?: 15 items across 4 sections, covering coats and thickness, detail coverage, watertightness, opening to traffic. Each item spells out what the person walking the job is actually looking for, not just a box to tick.
Who should run this inspection?: The GC's superintendent with the coating foreman, walking each completed bay before it opens to traffic.
When in the schedule should this walk happen?: After all coats are down and cured and any specified flood or spray test is complete, before the deck is striped and opened to vehicles.
Why do these items ask for a photo?: 9 of the 15 items call for photo evidence, 13 photos in all. A checklist answer without the photo is a claim; the photo is what makes the record worth something in a dispute and lets a reviewer approve work without re-walking the job.
What most often fails a vehicular traffic coating final inspection?: Wet-film thickness never checked during application, so the base or wear coat comes in thin and the system wears through early at the drive lanes. Aggregate broadcast to refusal in the ramp but skipped in the flatter bays, leaving slick areas where the wear course has no grip. Deck opened to traffic before the top coat had fully cured, printing tire marks and picking up the coating at turns.
Can I use this checklist in RTI?: Yes. Start a free RTI workspace, build this list as a checklist, and the Photo Gate holds the submit button until every mandatory item is answered and its photos are attached. Approved inspections roll into a branded turnover package with a tamper evident audit trail.

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