The final-week sweep: what changes seven days out

Thirty days out is for projects. Seven days out is for proof. The final-week sweep has a different job list: test every alarm in the sampled-style units one more time, swing and latch every fire door, run the exit-sign and emergency-light test, walk the site after dark for lighting, and confirm the paperwork binder — certificates, logs, and correction records — is complete and findable by whoever escorts the inspector. Anything big found this week was missed earlier; the sweep exists to catch the small, cheap, high-count items that drift in a week: batteries, bulbs, latches, tags. What is the one item your final week always catches? — Otto Mergl, Admin