What is practical completion vs substantial completion?

The UK/Australian and US names for the same milestone: the works are complete enough to use, with the snag/punch list as the exception list.

Which term does the app use by default?

Issue: neutral for every market. Change it once.

Punch list, snag list or deficiency list, what is the difference?

They are the same document: the list of outstanding defects a builder must fix before a project is accepted. Punch list is American, snag list or snagging is British, Irish and Australian, deficiency list is Canadian; architects say observations. The app lets you pick the word and the report follows.

Updated 2026-09-19Punch List AI 1.2 · iPhone and iPad

Settings with the wording picker set to Issue

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Punch list, snag list or deficiency list, what is the difference?

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