A handoff moves facts from one responsible trade to the next without blurring scopes. Concrete should not conceal the opening until the originating work, closure release, and restoration assumptions connect in writing.
Give each opening an identifier
Label each opening by area and number. Use it on the trade work order, photos, release, concrete scope, change record, and closeout. Record who opened it and why without assuming that contractor owns every later finish. A shared identifier matters when several slab cuts look alike or plumbing, electrical, concrete, flooring, and paint teams arrive on different days.
Separate completion from prerequisites
The originating trade should state completed work, applicable checks, what remains visible, and whether another inspection or decision is pending. Concrete should state its required starting condition, including access, opening dimensions, debris, base responsibility, and retained service points. “Plumbing done” or “electrical done” is insufficient. The receiving contractor needs a bounded release that makes no claim about work outside the releasing party’s scope.
Protect installed work from assumptions
Identify visible pipes, conduit, sleeves, boxes, drains, cleanouts, or other items around the closure. Approved documents and responsible trades determine clearances, supports, protection, access, and interfaces. The concrete scope should respect known requirements. If field conditions conflict, keep the area open and ask the responsible party; do not improvise around concealed work or infer a technical solution from a public guide.
Assign base, concrete, and finishes
List who supplies and places approved fill or base, prepares edges, places concrete, and completes joints, texture, curing protection, coatings, flooring, stucco, drywall, paint, cabinetry, or landscape. Include responsibility for specified materials, consumables, and related hardware. One general contractor may coordinate several items, but boundaries still matter. Concrete completion should not be mistaken for a completed room, yard, or utility project.
Use one decision channel
Name who can resolve a conflict, approve a changed boundary, and communicate timing. Record the question, observed fact, affected scopes, options, and written direction. Each trade closes its own work; the coordinator issues one list of completed, pending, excluded, recommended, and assigned items. The AWC kitchen-island conduit video illustrates route coordination, not another property’s assembly or completion. Before the receiving crew starts, compare the identifier, release, retained access, and boundary with what is visible. A scheduled date should not overrule a missing prerequisite. Give the field lead, coordinator, and owner contact the same current handoff and stop rule.
Trade handoff record
- Location or opening ID
- ________________
- Observed or documented fact
- ________________
- Responsible party
- ________________
- Current status
- ________________
- Approval or next step
- ________________
- Photo or record reference
- ________________
Before approval
Release the concrete stage after the originating trade record, retained-access needs, base responsibility, finish owners, and field decision channel agree with visible conditions.
- Opening identifier
- Originating scope
- Trade release
- Pending prerequisite
- Installed-work record
- Base owner
- Concrete owner
- Finish owners
- Decision contact
Common question
Who coordinates the trades?+
The agreement should name the contractor, owner, or manager responsible for handoff and decisions.
Does a plumber or electrician approve concrete details?+
Each party addresses its qualified scope; project documents must connect the requirements.
Related AWC context
Behind AWC: The Part of Contracting You Don't Usually See
Scope boundaries, coordination, documentation, and closeout.
Running conduit to kitchen island #concrete
A visible example of why a utility route and concrete restoration boundary should be coordinated; not a tutorial or another property claim.
