Submittals & RFIs · Concrete & masonry
No pour delayed by a pending submittal.
Mix designs, rebar shop drawings, and embeds have to clear the engineer before the field can place. One submittal stuck in review three weeks stops a pour cold.
The reality
A delayed pour is usually a delayed approval.
The PM logs a mix design submittal, emails it to the EOR, and forgets it until the field calls asking why they can't pour, then discovers the engineer returned it revise-and-resubmit two weeks ago and no one routed the markup back.
The operator logs each mix design, shop drawing, and embed submittal, routes it to the EOR, tracks the response clock, escalates anything aging past the pour date, and issues the approved set to the field with the RFI log current.
How the operator runs submittals & RFIs
Submittal log CMU-4102
routing- Mix design 4000 psi — logged
- Rebar shop drawings — routed to EOR
- Embed details — submitting
01Log & route submittals
Registers each mix design, shop drawing, and embed submittal and routes it to the engineer of record.
Submittal SM-4102-03 · Aging
chasing- Logged to EOR — day 0
- Day 12 — reminder sent
- Pour in 6 days — escalating
02Track the response clock
Watches each submittal against the pour date and escalates anything aging toward a field hold.
Submittal SM-4102-01 · Approved
releasing- EOR returned — approved as noted
- Approved set logged
- Release to field — issuing
03Issue approval to field
Records the engineer's stamp, routes revise-and-resubmit markups, and releases the approved set to the crew.
The outcome
−40% open submittals at any point in schedule
No pours delayed by pending submittal approvals.
- Revise-and-resubmit caught before it stops a pour
- Every submittal tracked against the date it's needed in the field
- The RFI log current enough to trust
Common questions
Submittals & RFIs
- What does the Submittals & RFIs operator do?
- The operator logs each mix design, shop drawing, and embed submittal, routes it to the EOR, tracks the response clock, escalates anything aging past the pour date, and issues the approved set to the field with the RFI log current.
- What impact does the Submittals & RFIs operator have?
- −40% open submittals at any point in schedule. No pours delayed by pending submittal approvals.
- How does the Submittals & RFIs operator work?
- Registers each mix design, shop drawing, and embed submittal and routes it to the engineer of record. Watches each submittal against the pour date and escalates anything aging toward a field hold. Records the engineer's stamp, routes revise-and-resubmit markups, and releases the approved set to the crew.
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