Draw Jacket is a reading desk for one construction draw at a time. You already have the paper. The page in front of you is either one line on a pay application, one waiver that is supposed to match a check, or one change order in the log.
The Pay Line is the application: the period, the schedule-of-values row, retainage, and the net amount on the cover. The Waiver is the release that goes out with the money. The Change is the order that adds or deducts work, or only adds days. You do not need the whole job file to use one of those pages.
The notes are written for the person holding that document, not for a bidding department and not for a lender. Draw Jacket is not a law firm, not a payment agent, and not the contractor of record on your job. Nothing here reviews your application, signs your waiver, or tells an owner what they owe.
A dollar figure or a day count marked as an illustrative example is a teaching number. It is not your contract amount. If a number matters, copy it off the page in your hand.
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