Use this wall panel project mock-up review checklist to connect an approved product reference with the proposed wall layout, interfaces, workmanship record and reviewer decision before repeated installation begins.
A physical product sample helps review a surface. A project mock-up can show how selected panels, joints, corners, edges, substrate conditions and adjacent finishes come together at a larger scale. The project team must decide whether a mock-up is required, what it needs to demonstrate and who has authority to accept it.
1. Define the decision before building the mock-up
- State whether the review is for appearance, layout, workmanship, interface coordination, installation sequence or a separately defined test.
- Name the specification section, drawing, sample or written requirement that controls each review point.
- Identify the owner, architect, contractor or other responsible reviewer and the permitted dispositions.
- Separate visual review from performance testing, regulatory approval and final project acceptance.
- Agree when the decision must be recorded before broader installation or procurement continues.
This page is planning guidance, not an installation method, test plan, project specification or approval. Any measurable acceptance criterion must come from the current project record and responsible professional.
2. Freeze the product and document references
- Record the exact material family, model, finish, format and sample reference.
- List the current product information, installation record, drawings and specification revision used.
- Identify the proposed substrate, preparation responsibility and relevant adjacent materials.
- Record which crew, tools and methods are intended to represent later work.
- Mark every substitution, missing document and assumption as an open item rather than silently treating it as approved.
3. Choose a representative scope
| Review area | Question to define |
|---|---|
| Scale and location | What wall zone, viewing distance and lighting condition must the mock-up represent? |
| Panel field | How many repeats, joints or finish variations are needed to show the intended visual result? |
| Edges and geometry | Which inside or outside corners, openings, terminations and cut edges need review? |
| Interfaces | Which trims, adjacent finishes or project-designed transitions must be included? |
| Construction record | Which substrate, preparation, fixing and sequence details must be documented? |
A mock-up should not be described as representative if it omits the condition the reviewer needs to decide. Conversely, it should not be expanded into an undefined performance demonstration. Record the scope and exclusions before work starts.
4. Record the build, not only the finished photograph
- Record date, location, participants, product and sample identifiers.
- Photograph the substrate and interfaces before they are concealed.
- Record the preparation and sequence actually used, with current document references.
- Capture overall views and close views of joints, corners, edges, openings and transitions.
- Log deviations, damage, rework and unresolved questions with an owner and due date.
5. Review against criteria agreed in advance
Review the mock-up under the planned lighting and viewing conditions. Check the product reference, layout direction, repetition, alignment, joints, edges, corners and adjacent interfaces against the cited project record. Where the project defines dimensions or tolerances, record the measurement method and result. Do not invent a universal tolerance or infer fire, water, weather, environmental or structural performance from appearance.
6. Issue a clear disposition and preserve the reference
Use a disposition such as accepted for the stated review scope, accepted with listed comments, revise and resubmit, or rejected. Identify every comment, responsible party and required close-out record. Acceptance of a visual or workmanship reference should not be written as approval of an undocumented deviation, product claim or complete wall system.
If the accepted mock-up will remain as a project benchmark, label and protect it, retain dated photographs and references, and state when it may be altered or removed. Carry the same identifiers into installation checks and later exception records.
Connect the mock-up to the earlier decisions
- Use the sample evaluation checklist to select and record the physical reference.
- Use the flexible-stone installation planning checklist or PU-stone installation planning checklist for material-specific planning questions.
- Use the product-data and submittal checklist to keep manufacturer information separate from project design and approval.
- Send the exact product, wall condition, mock-up scope and document question through the JUZZI message form.