The Daily Punchlist

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That's Issue #27. Also a Veterans Day thank you, Civ Robotics as tool of the day, and a Christmas joke. Free here: https://t.co/LqWXgvvwhB

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Gritt's robot arms are going on MasTec solar jobs. They bolt onto the skid steers and forklifts crews already have and set panels while the crew runs it.

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Buildxact's Blu reviews your estimate for stuff you missed. Ageiro's Ark Watcher keeps an eye on Procore, Aconex, Forma and SharePoint for spec changes and RFIs.

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Happy Veterans Day to everyone who served. A lot of you came home and picked up a hammer. Thank you.

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@Michael_Flood2 Two catches in one day. That's a tight punch list.

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@BostonDynamics Give it a tool belt and it'll beat everyone to the gang box.

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@ConstructionEqt The yard is the cheapest place to find a dead battery. The jobsite charges extra.

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@EpicZacharia Wafers have a clean room. Punch lists have a guy who swears he already fixed that.

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4/4 Plus an Agility Robotics humanoid post trending on X, OpenSpace as tool of the day and a clean old joke. Full issue and the 5:52 episode: https://t.co/eciXUCKUda

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1/4 Trimble put AI on the punch walk. Talk through the inspection and an agent transcribes it, tags the location and pins each item to the drawing. Another new tool matches supplier invoices against POs and field delivery receipts and flags billing gaps. Both are live now.

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3/4 Quick hit for the dirt crews: Trimble's new MP1087 puts Earthworks machine positioning in one compact unit with Wi-Fi, cellular and UHF radio. Trimble says it improves uptime by up to 15% in tough spots like tree cover and urban canyons. Dealers get it late Q4 2026.

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@JulieChangRE At 8,000 items the punch list needs its own superintendent and a parking spot.

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4/4 That's Monday's Daily Punchlist: three stories, a robot welding clip, the old joke, nPlan as tool of the day and a 5:45 episode. Read it free: https://t.co/fwBuSvQNCa

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1/4 Denver launched StartSmart on Nov 5, a free AI completeness check for building permit and site plan applications. It flags missing or incomplete items before you submit. Built with CivCheck, which caught 87% of in-scope intake errors in Seattle's 2025 test.

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3/4 Obayashi and Tohoku University started a five-year institute on Nov 1 for "Tough Physical AI": physical simulation, robot control and AI for uncertain outdoor and disaster sites, with testing on Obayashi jobsites.

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@CaltransDist3 @CaltransHQ @PlacerCA @CHPGoldRun A stormwater detail that does its job with nobody watching. Best kind of sub.

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@Itsokaytobeeme Pressed pants on a super is a power move. Subs start showing up on time and nobody knows why.