Touchscreen entry of construction punch list items directly on a plan

A touchscreen system for graphically displaying construction defects in connection with floor plans comprising:

• a central server storing a set of electronic floor plans for a construction project;
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• a plurality of portable touchscreen computer devices synchronizable with the central server, each portable touchscreen device having a viewer window, the viewer window having a touchscreen and capable of displaying a selected floor plan and a selective text display, each portable touchscreen computer device having touch means for construction deficiency text entry by touching the selective text display on the touchscreen and for construction deficiency symbol entry on a selected location of the selected floor plan by touching the selected location on the touchscreen, with the construction deficiency symbol appearing in both the selective text display and the selected floor plan.

A touchscreen system for graphically displaying construction defects in connection with floor plans comprising:

• a central server storing a set of electronic floor plans for a construction project, each plan identified in an object list from which a floor plan is selected;
• a plurality of portable touchscreen computer devices in selective electronic communication with the server, each portable touchscreen device having a viewer window, the viewer window capable of displaying the object list, a selected floor plan, and a construction deficiency list, the portable touchscreen computer device having touch means for floor plan selection, text entry and construction deficiency symbol entry and having a selective text display capability for entering text in the viewer window, with construction deficiency symbol entry appearing in both the text display and on the selected floor plan, the construction deficiency symbols designating construction defects or conditions that are associated with text in the text display.