Decision Tool
The Five Tests Scorecard — One Page Per Company
What This Tool Does
Print one scorecard per company and fill it in from documents, not conversations. A test passes only when its evidence exists on paper; anything else is marked open — and open lines are negotiation, not detail.
The Checklist
- Standing: program and agency named for your state; company found on the program's own list
- Depth: seal map produced; every licensee verified on the board lookup, in the right discipline
- Honesty: scope split received in writing; the four orphan lines (crossovers, anchorage timing, fire continuity, site-built elements) each owned
- Seams: detailer and inspector named for structure, crossovers, and fire continuity; sign-off stages stated
- Record: close-out file seen; sets issued as identified revisions; seal register kept against them
- Price read last: the offer priced only after the five tests were scored — a cheaper offer with open lines repriced with the orphans included
