Construction
The contractor submits, you review (with a consultant when you need one) and issue the determination. Every revision, markup and decision stays on one record, grouped by CSI division.
What it does
Build the Submittal Register from the project's published specifications with "Generate from uploaded specs", upload a specification schedule PDF, or add required items one at a time. Each item is lettered per spec section, such as 033000-A, and the contractor ticks them off when submitting.
Press "Begin review", mark up the document in ARK View (or in a Bluebeam Studio Session if your firm uses Bluebeam), write review notes and issue a determination: Approve, Approve as noted, Revise & resubmit, Reject, Submit Revised Copy or Submittal not required.
After "Revise & resubmit" the submittal waits on the contractor's revised copy, which becomes the next revision on the same record, with the earlier revisions and determinations kept.
Press "Send to Consultant/Other", pick the reviewer and an optional due date. The consultant marks up the document and returns a recommendation; you still issue the determination, with their recommendation in front of you.
When the firm turns on AI Submittal Review, the "AI Review" card checks the submittal against the linked specifications and lists findings by spec section: the requirement, the evidence, the gap and a suggested comment. Tick the ones you agree with and add them to your review notes. A person always issues the determination.
Group related submittals into a review package, send the whole package to one reviewer, and apply the one decision to every submittal in it.
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Construction is $69 per active project, per month, à la carte, and it is included in ARK Unlimited. Contractors, consultants and clients take part free.