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Progress Verification

Verify whether planned work is actually progressing through live views, 360 capture, time-lapse, milestone comparison, and documented reporting.

Primary readers

Project director, Planner, Owner representative

RDI loop

Problem, evidence, decision, outcome

Use the same structure across every pack so the category remains comparable across site problems.

  1. 01

    Trigger

  2. 02

    Evidence

  3. 03

    Interpretation

  4. 04

    Action

  5. 05

    Outcome

  6. 06

    Measurement

A workflow is complete only when the final measurement can improve the next decision.

Signal

Reference depth

The ledger signal shows how much active workflow and evidence depth sits behind this pack.

Active workflows
9
Evidence records
290
High confidence
7
Very common
4
Cost models
8

Value

Why this pack matters

The value case is grounded in evidence quality, decision speed, and measurable project outcomes.

Progress verification turns visibility into project control: faster programme review, stronger schedule confidence, and a reliable record when progress is questioned.

Example metrics

  • Schedule confidence
  • faster reporting
  • decision-ready progress evidence

Workflows in this pack

Very Common / High360° Interior Progress Tracking & Walk Documentationthe evidence system's 360° camera capture and walk documentation tool is the primary and complete system for this workflow. Scheduled or ad hoc 360° captures of interior spaces are uploaded and made navigable as virtual walk-throughs.Trigger: Interior fit-out, MEP installation, or finishing works reach a stage where progress verification, pre-close-in inspection, or client review is required.Outcome: Remote stakeholders have a complete, navigable, timestamped visual record of interior conditions, enabling progress sign-off, defect identification, and pre-close-in approval without a physical site visit.25evidence10stepsAmodelVery Common / HighAutomated Daily / Weekly Progress Photo Distributionthe evidence system's Snapmail feature automatically captures scheduled progress photos from site cameras and distributes them to a configured distribution list — replacing the manual process of a site operative photographing the site and emailing stakeholders.Trigger: A scheduled time interval arrives (e.g., daily at 07:00, or weekly on Monday morning) as configured in the evidence system's Snapmail settings.Outcome: Stakeholders receive a timestamped progress photo in their inbox at the agreed cadence for the duration of the project.30evidence10stepsBmodelVery Common / HighRemote Site Monitoring & Progress Checkingthe evidence system live camera feeds and recorded playback entirely replace the need for a PM, superintendent, or senior manager to physically travel to site to check on activity, manpower levels, and general site conditions.Trigger: The start of the working day, an incoming report of an incident or concern, or a routine need to verify site conditions — initiated by a PM, superintendent, senior manager, or owner who is not physically present on site.Outcome: The PM, supervisor, or remote stakeholder has a sufficient and accurate picture of site status to direct their day, issue instructions to site staff, respond to an incident, or update stakeholders — without having physically visited the site.90evidence9stepsAmodelVery Common / HighSchedule / Milestone Progress Verificationthe evidence system camera footage, time-lapse sequences, and the compare/snapshot tool are used alongside the project programme to visually verify whether work on site is tracking to plan — identifying delays, confirming milestone completions, and generating footage-backed evidence for EOT or prolongation claims.Trigger: A scheduled programme review meeting, a reported or suspected delay to a critical-path activity, a milestone payment point approaching, or a subcontractor's completion claim that needs visual verification against the programme.Outcome: The programme review is completed with visual evidence either confirming on-schedule progress or identifying and quantifying a delay, incorporated into the programme update or a formal EOT claim package.75evidence10stepsAmodelCommon / HighBefore / After Progress Documentationthe evidence system's Compare tool allows users to select two images from the same camera at different dates and display them side-by-side or as a slider overlay — the primary mechanism for before/after progress comparison.Trigger: Site manager/PM/client/engineer needs to demonstrate change in site conditions between two dates — to show progress, evidence disputed scope, document an RFI-relevant condition change, or prepare a stakeholder presentation.Outcome: Before/after comparison produced, reviewed, and used for its intended purpose. Comparison screenshot archived in project record.10evidence9stepsBmodelCommon / HighConcrete Pour & Structural Work Documentationthe evidence system fixed cameras and 360° capture document concrete pours and structural installations in real time — recording timestamps, equipment, personnel, pre-pour formwork/rebar condition, and post-pour curing.Trigger: Concrete pour or major structural installation scheduled — requiring contemporaneous documentation for programme verification, QA, and precautionary record against future defect allegations.Outcome: Pour/structural installation documented with complete timestamped video record retained in the evidence system archive.15evidence10stepsEmodelCommon / MediumMulti-Site / Portfolio-Level Remote Oversightthe evidence system multi-project dashboard and shared access model enable senior managers/directors/executives to monitor multiple sites simultaneously from a single platform interface.Trigger: Senior manager/director with multi-project oversight responsibility needs current status check — scheduled daily/weekly review, response to escalated concern, or portfolio board meeting preparation.Outcome: Portfolio-level review completed. Sites performing to programme confirmed; sites with identified concerns flagged to site team.15evidence8stepsAmodelCommon / HighPost-Project Close-Out & Handover Documentationthe evidence system's accumulated project record (cloud recordings, time-lapse, 360° capture, drone imagery, compare-tool snapshots) compiled and packaged as formal close-out/handover documentation.Trigger: Project reaches practical completion; contractor must assemble and hand over documentation. Or post-completion defect/dispute triggers retrieval of footage archive.Outcome: Close-out visual documentation package formally delivered to client. Footage archive remains accessible for the agreed retention period.20evidence11stepsBmodelCommon / MediumPre-Construction Baseline & Site Condition Documentationthe evidence system cameras and 360° capture deployed at project mobilisation to create comprehensive timestamped visual record of site conditions before construction commences.Trigger: Project mobilisation — contractor establishes site compound, prepares to commence works. PM/legal team identifies need to document existing conditions before ground disturbance/demolition/traffic movements.Outcome: Baseline condition record complete and archived. Record available for immediate retrieval throughout project and post-completion liability period.10evidence9stepsQqualitative

Evidence examples

360° Interior Progress Tracking & Walk Documentation

“Remote MEP engineer used the evidence system's 360° walk tool to verify first-fix pipe and duct installations across all floors of a hospital project before the ceiling voids were closed — identifying three installation errors that were corrected without the engineer travelling to site.”

Anonymized evidence record 19.1

Automated Daily / Weekly Progress Photo Distribution

“Snapmail configured to deliver daily site images to a client distribution list, explicitly replacing the previous manual photo-and-email process performed by the site foreman.”

Anonymized evidence record 11.1

Remote Site Monitoring & Progress Checking

“the evidence system essentially saved us from having to hire a new Verizon PM for the midwest. With the evidence system, I can remote project manage the jobs in the midwest from NJ.”

Anonymized evidence record 1.1

Schedule / Milestone Progress Verification

“They are using time-lapse and recordings to monitor subcontractor progress against the programme and to identify delays for EOT claims.”

Anonymized evidence record 2.1

Before / After Progress Documentation

“I use the Compare tool every single week for the client report. I pick the same camera position, the same approximate time of day, and I compare this week to the same week last month. It takes two minutes and it's the most powerful page in the whole report — clients can see exactly what's been built.”

Anonymized evidence record 40.1

Concrete Pour & Structural Work Documentation

“preserved footage used to verify the exact start and end times of a concrete pour — confirming that the pour was completed within the specified time window, validating the subcontractor's invoice for the pour operation and establishing the pour duration for QA records.”

Anonymized evidence record 28.1