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Run one rebuild through seven stages, and do not pass stage one or stage five on a verbal.

The run sheet for The Reconstruction Project Manager's Playbook. The playbook is the reasoning. This is the sheet you carry through one rebuild.

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Reviewed October 2026. Licensing, lien and payment laws change, and they vary by state. Use this page to know what to ask, then confirm with your state agency or a construction attorney before you rely on it.

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How to use this page. Print a copy for each job and write the job name on it. Run one sheet per rebuild. Stages 1 and 5 are marked as gates: work does not start, and work does not proceed, until the gate line is signed and dated on this page. Every other stage is a sequence you can overlap. Those two are not.

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The job

• Property and address:
• Rebuild scope in one line:
• Contract value at award:
• Our contract is with, exact legal entity:
• Owner of record, exact legal name (this is who preliminary notice is served on):
• Reconstruction project manager (PM):
• Mitigation PM handing off:
• Handoff walk date:
• Retainage percentage held, and by whom:

Stage 1. The handoff. GATE.

The rebuild starts at the seam, and the seam is where margin and legal rights both go missing. Nothing mobilizes until every line below is signed and dated.

1a. Validate the scope against the building