Punch List Consulting & Visual Designs

Reframing the Future of Construction

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Punch List is your on-call, full-service marketing and communications partner for Construction and Industry-related businesses - bringing strategy, branding, content, and outreach support without the overhead of an in-house department.

Whether you need a quick fix, a clearer website, or ongoing marketing support, Punch List offers practical ways to get started.

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Construction-Focused
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Practical tools for your next step in Construction.

Explore our new virtual communications and leadership series to build confidence, sharpen your message, and strengthen your business.

Start with an upcoming workshop, and check back as we add guides, booklets, and resources for Tradesworkers, Contractors, and Construction leaders.

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Questions Clients Usually Ask

  • We come from the Construction world, speak your language, and design strategies that align with your bids, projects, and workforce goals - not generic templates.

  • Yes.

    We can support you on a single project - like a website, brand refresh, or campaign - or serve as your on-call marketing partner for long-term growth.

  • No.

    While we’re based in Chicago, we partner with Contractors, Trades professionals, and Construction-related companies across the U.S via virtual meetings and digital collaboration.

  • We start with a discovery conversation about your business, bids, and goals.

    From there, we review any existing brand assets, website, and marketing materials, then recommend a clear scope and next steps.

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Chicago Makes History: Mayor Brandon Johnson Meets with Queer Construction Workers in First-of-Its-Kind Roundtable

Punch List Consulting & Visual Designs convenes the first sitting Chicago Mayor to sit down with a group of Queer Tradespeople, Apprenticeship Center Officials, and Workforce leaders to reframe the future of the Construction Industry.

CHICAGO - September 2, 2026 - Punch List Consulting & Visual Designs (PLC), a Chicago-based Construction marketing and communications firm, hosted Mayor Brandon Johnson for a roundtable with Queer Tradespeople, Apprenticeship Center Officials, and Workforce leaders on August 27, 2026 - believed to be the first time in Chicago's history that a sitting Mayor has convened specifically with a group of Queers working in Construction.

While Chicago has previously elected an openly LGBTQ Mayor and hosted LGBTQ+ small-business roundtables through BACP's ChiBizPride program, no prior administration is known to have brought City Hall into direct conversation with Queer workers on the tools - the Contractors and Trades professionals who build the city every day.

"Queer workers in Construction are proud of who we are, and we just want to work - and work hard. It shouldn't matter how the worker next to you identifies, but it does to a lot of the seasoned workers currently in charge of teaching and passing down the knowledge.

You can't complain about a labor shortage and then turn away the labor coming in because it doesn't look like what you're used to. Having a current Mayor sit down with the workers themselves - not with a chamber, not with a panel of executives - is what leadership looks like."

Three Asks on the Table

The roundtable, delivered three concrete policy asks organized around safety, pipeline, and contracting parity:

  • 1. Ban open-air urinal units. Require fully enclosed sanitation.

    Require fully enclosed, lockable portable sanitation units - no doorless urinal-only "pissers" - plus gender-neutral restroom access across all City-connected positions, including Construction worksites, CTA drivers, and other City Trade roles with little to no consistent facility access today. Most sanitation codes, including OSHA's 29 CFR 1926.51, technically exempt urinal-only units from full-enclosure requirements - a known, closable loophole, not a new standard.

    2. Give HR and apprenticeship intake a confidential protocol for document mismatches - and require inclusive onboarding.

    Require every City-funded Union apprenticeship program and City department to designate a single trained point of contact for reviewing application paperwork - birth certificates, high school diplomas, transcripts - that doesn't match an applicant's current legal name. Right now, that mismatch gets handled by whoever happens to be processing intake, with no privacy rule and no training, which can out a Trans applicant to office staff and the hiring committee before they've even started the job. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel's Gender Transition Policy already provides a working federal model. Pair the intake protocol with mandatory pronoun education and safe-space training at onboarding, so the culture of the jobsite catches up with the paperwork policy.

    3. Give LGBTBE real contracting parity with MBE, WBE, and Veteran status.

    Upgrade Chicago's 2020 LGBTBE resolution - passed by City Council 47-1 - from acknowledgment-only to real parity with MBE, WBE, and Veteran status, with actual contract-specific goals, aspirational participation goals, and bid incentives under the Municipal Code. New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, and Baltimore have already folded LGBTBE into their supplier-diversity programs with real contract credit.

    Why It Matters

    Industry estimates suggest only about 2% of Construction workers openly identify as LGBTQ+ - a figure that reflects not the actual size of the community, but the safety and cultural conditions of the jobsite. Basic issues like private sanitation, confidential handling of intake paperwork, inclusive onboarding, and real contracting inclusion for LGBTBE-certified firms are practical, closable gaps - not abstract policy debates.

    "A policy can say someone can't be fired for being Queer. It can't stop coworkers from quietly freezing someone out once they find out," Ebba added.

Our Clients

Logo for ARIX Service Group featuring a large stylized letter A with a red triangle shape inside, and the company name below in large black letters.
Logo for CEJA Illinois featuring illustrations of a house with solar panels, wind turbines, an electric vehicle charging station, and a car, with the words 'CEJA Illinois Climate & Equitable Jobs Act'.
Cisco logo with a black background, featuring a stylized blue bridge and the word 'Cisco' in bold black letters.
Logo of Milady Construction featuring a stylized building in red and grey, with a construction crane above, and the company name below.
A badge with a green background featuring a black star and a thumbtack icon, with multiple smaller stars in the background and a circular black logo in the bottom right corner.
Black background with the text 'Love &' in white and red.
Seal of the St. Paul Parish Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, organized in 1995, with blue and gold colors and a rope border around the church's name.
Logo for Suarez Fence & Construction, established in 1997, featuring a large letter S within a frame, on a blue background.
Close-up of a circular logo features the word 'HACIA' in the center inside a blue circle, surrounded by text that reads 'American Organic HACIA-45.'
A logo with yellow text saying "GRIND-WELL" on a black background with a yellow border.
Outline map of Illinois with the words 'ISACC' at the top and the categories 'Union, Education, Government, Employers' listed vertically inside the state outline, surrounded by four stars.
McBride Management logo featuring a gold M in a dark teal square, with the text Design • Build • Empower below.
Logo of FlightLine System with a radar screen icon to the left of the text.
Blueprint-style illustration of a city skyline with a construction crane, alongside a logo for the Federation of Women Contractors (FWC), established in 1989.

Memberships & Affiliations

Build Out > Alliance logo with word 'Build Out' in dark blue and 'Alliance' in orange, featuring an orange arrow pointing to the right.
Logo for Black Contractors Owners with the text 'BCO' and 'Black Contractors Owners Executives'
federation of women contractors logo
Logo with stylized geometric shapes and the text 'MHUB' below in bold black font.
hispanic american construction industry association logo
Rainbow Pride flag with a purple fist symbol and the text "PRIDE AT WORK"

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While Punch List Consulting is based in Chicago, we proudly partner with Contractors, Trades professionals, and Construction‑related companies across the U.S. and worldwide.

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