Free Electrical Rough-In Checklist

Click here to download our electrical rough-in checklist for repair jobs and new construction projects, covering both post-framing inspection and pre-drywall.

What This Electrical Rough-In Checklist Includes

1. Project Information

• Project name

• Project address

• Project manager

• Electrical contractor

• Date of inspection

• Inspector name

2. Planning and Preparation

• Review electrical plans and specifications

• Confirm all required permits are obtained (e.g. electrical permits, commercial building permits, etc.)

• Ensure the work area is clear of debris

3. Service Entrance and Panel Installation

• Main service/electrical panel installed at the designated location

• Main breaker and grounding systems installed correctly

• All conductors properly terminated at the main panel

• Subpanels installed (if applicable)

• Panel labeling and circuit identification started

4. Electrical Wiring Installation

• All electrical boxes are installed at the correct height and location

• Cables and conduits are routed according to plans and codes (building codes, NEC electrical codes, etc.)

• Wires are properly secured and supported

• Appropriate wire gauge is used for all branch circuits, including 20A kitchen and bathroom circuits

• No excessive bending or twisting of wires

• Conduit fittings are properly installed and secured

5. Outlet and Switch Boxes

• Outlets are installed in all specified locations

• Ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs) and arc fault circuits (AFCIs) are installed where required

• Switch boxes installed and aligned with doorways

• Ensure the spacing of receptacles meets code requirements

6. Lighting Circuits

• All lighting fixtures are wired correctly

• Recessed and ceiling lights installed as per design

• Ensure proper clearance for insulation in ceiling fixtures

• Dimmer switches installed as specified

7. Specialty Circuits and Devices

• Dedicated circuits for appliances installed

• Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors wired and placed as per code

• Doorbell, thermostat, and other low-voltage wiring installed

• Electric-vehicle charging station pre-wiring completed (if applicable)

8. Final Inspection and Testing

• Continuity and insulation resistance tests completed

• Ensure all boxes and panels are correctly covered

• Confirm all circuit breakers and fuses are correctly sized

• Verify all grounding and bonding requirements are met

• Electrical rough-in inspected by local authority

9. Final Approval

• Inspector’s signature

• Date

• Project manager’s signature

• Date

Once rough-in inspections are complete and each checklist item has been addressed, project managers can contact contractors or office staff to explain their findings and ensure any necessary actions are initiated. 

Why PDF Rough-In Checklists Fall Short on Real Jobsites

A printed or fillable PDF gets the basics done. But once your crew is running multiple rough-in inspections a week, the cracks show fast.

It's Disconnected From the Job

A PDF checklist exists in a vacuum. It's not tied to the customer, the property, or the job record. Someone in the office has to manually match it back to the right job, file it, and hope nothing gets lost along the way. 

Every Job Gets the Same Static Form

Rough-in inspections vary. Panel type, service amperage, new construction vs. remodel — these all change what your tech needs to check. A PDF gives the same flat list every time. 

Foremen Can Skip It Entirely

PDFs can’t require that the team member responsible for rough-in inspection completes the checklist in full. Nobody knows a PDF was left half-blank until it's too late. 

No Photo Documentation

On a rough-in, you want photographic proof of wire runs, box placements, grounding connections, and panel work. A PDF can't accept photos, so photos are stuck on a separate camera roll, often scattered through texts or email, making them difficult to find when you need them.

You Can't Do Anything With the Data

Across hundreds of inspections, a stack of PDFs tells you nothing useful. You can't answer basic questions: 

• How often are crews finding grounding deficiencies? 

• Which team has the highest first-time pass rate? 

Version Control Breaks Down

When code requirements change, or you update internal standards, you have to redistribute a new PDF and hope everyone stops using the old version.

Digital forms, naturally integrated into your project management system, can solve all of these issues. In the next section, we’ll cover how forms and checklists work in ServiceTitan’s electrical contractor software.

How Electrical Rough-In Checklists Work in ServiceTitan 

ServiceTitan lets electrical contractors build custom digital forms that crews, inspectors, and team leads complete directly in the mobile app from the job site.

Instead of a static PDF that lives outside your workflow, these forms are attached to the job itself and become part of the permanent job record. Here's how that changes project inspections for electrical contractors:

Build Forms That Match How Your Crews Actually Work

You can create electrical inspection checklists from scratch or start with a proven template from TitanExchange — a library of forms used by other contractors — and customize it for your standards. 

The form can mirror the structure of a traditional checklist (pre-installation, installation, post-installation) while adding capabilities that paper can't match: 

• Dropdown menus and checkboxes for ease of use

• Stoplight buttons for pass/warn/fail status on each inspection item

• Required photo uploads at specific points 

You can also build separate forms for different job types. For example, a commercial electrical installation checklist includes additional fields for building code compliance and GC documentation requirements.

Require the Right Forms on the Right Jobs

ServiceTitan lets you set rules that control which forms must be completed, by whom, and at what point in the job workflow. You can require that a rough-in checklist is filled out before that job stage can be marked complete and projects can progress to the next step.

This enforcement is especially valuable for commercial electrical work where GCs expect documentation as part of project close-out.

Capture Photos and Notes Directly in the Form

Instead of taking photos on a phone and hoping someone matches them to the right job later, crew leads capture photos and video directly within the form. Each image is tied to the specific inspection item it documents, so it’s easy to pull up if you need it.

Use Conditional Logic to Guide Inspectors

Dynamic forms use conditional logic to show or hide fields based on previous answers. If an inspector marks a line item as "No" or "Fail," the form can automatically require a comment explaining the deficiency and prompt a photo upload.

This ensures flagged issues are documented with enough detail for the office to act on. Instead of a checkbox and a blank comments column, you get a specific description of the problem, a photo showing what's wrong, and a record of who flagged it and when.

Attach Forms to Jobs, Projects, Customers, or Locations

Completed forms are stored directly on the job or project record in ServiceTitan. That means the checklist, photos, inspector notes, and sign-offs are all accessible from the same place where you track financials, scheduling, estimates, and invoices for that job. 

Complete Forms On Site from Any Mobile Device

Crew leads and inspectors fill out forms on site using the ServiceTitan Field Mobile App, available on iOS and Android. Forms can be completed even in areas with spotty cell service and will sync once connectivity returns. Digital signatures from both the electrical contractor representative and the site supervisor can be captured right in the app, replacing the paper sign-off at the bottom of a traditional checklist.

The net result means inspection documentation becomes a built-in part of your project workflow rather than an afterthought that depends on PDFs and manual follow-up. 

How ServiceTitan Facilitates Electrical Project Management

To demonstrate how our platform can assist electrical contractors in facilitating project management, we’ll walk through some of our construction management features, including:

• Project dashboard

• Estimates

• Purchase orders

• Job costing

• Progress billing

Manage Projects from the Project Overview Dashboard

When a new project is created in ServiceTitan, a project overview page is automatically generated. From this one visible location, contractors and project managers can: 

1. View all of the basic project information (project name, job address, contact information, customer phone number, etc.).

2. View and log tasks for the project. 

3. Access project financials including project job costing and expense details that update automatically throughout a project.

4. Initiate key actions such as generating an estimate, purchase order, application for payment, invoice, and more.

5. View team members involved in the project.

6. Access an audit trail including events, notes, and project documentation.

Build Estimates with Accurate Pricing

Project estimates allow you to build detailed construction estimates by adding all of the specific tasks, equipment, and materials that will be needed to do the work. Users have the option to draw from pre-built job estimate templates or build estimates from scratch. 

Tasks, materials, and equipment can all be tagged with color-coded project labels to organize the project details and make everything easy to visualize. 

In addition, pricing and markups for each line item are automatically calculated based on the most up-to-date prices in your pricebook. 

Once an estimate is complete, it can be printed, emailed, or exported in PDF format and sent to the client. If amendments are made to originally approved plans, estimates can be updated or additional estimates can be created as needed throughout the project.

Initiate Requisition and Purchase Orders

When an estimate is sold, all of the details you’ve set up are automatically integrated into the rest of the project management workflow. For example, you can initiate a requisition of equipment and materials right from within your sold estimate.

Let’s say at the beginning of a project, you want to start the process of ordering your permits and materials for the electrical system — you can select those items right from your estimate, which will lead you through a workflow to create the purchase orders you’ll need. 

In the purchase order workflow, the line items are automatically populated from your estimate. You can simply select your vendors and shipping locations for each material to complete your order details. 

Then, you can save that order to create a transaction and send those purchase orders to your vendors — without ever leaving ServiceTitan. 

Automate Project Financials and Job Costing

As you progress through a job — creating purchase orders, logging labor hours, processing change orders, receiving progress payments, and so on — ServiceTitan keeps your project financials and job costing up to date automatically. 

No more manual updates to countless spreadsheets every time labor or material costs are incurred. ServiceTitan handles this for you in real time, instantly reflecting the work completed and entered into the system. This ensures that you always have accurate financial insights at your fingertips, allowing you to stay on top of your project’s budget without the hassle of constant data entry.

Continuing with our example from above, when you’ve made your initial purchase order of permits and materials, your project summary table is updated to reflect those expenses:

Furthermore, you can view a more detailed breakdown of your actual costs versus your budgeted costs.

This will automatically update as you accumulate expenses from materials, equipment, and labor hours. It will display your margins in dollar and percent form to help you track job costs and profitability throughout your project. 

You can also access a table breaking down your expenses in further detail:

You can click on any line item and see the exact source of that expense (e.g., which technician logged those hours, or which purchase orders and vendors a given set of materials came from). This allows you to easily check your numbers and feel confident in your data sources.

When it comes time to send applications for payment and invoices at each stage of progress billing, this can also be easily accomplished from the project overview dashboard.

Automate Progress Billing and Invoicing

The initial estimate you created also informs and populates your continuation sheet in your application for payment:

No more recreating documents for every billing cycle. With ServiceTitan, generating a payment application is as simple as selecting the billing period and choosing the percentage of each line item you want to bill for. 

Just a few clicks, and you can generate a PDF payment application with the details automatically filled out, and send it off to your client for review. The detail of the continuation sheet makes for a bill that’s much easier to defend in the event of pushback from construction companies or general contractors. As a result, subcontractors can get paid faster and avoid cash flow issues.

When applications are accepted, it’s just as easy to generate an invoice for that progress payment. And, when payments come in, you can update your accounts receivable through our Viewpoint, Sage, QuickBooks, and CSV accounting integrations. 

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What we’ve covered above is just a sampling of the features that ServiceTitan offers for facilitating construction project management. We also offer features for time tracking, inventory management, and more.