Automated Submittal Review
AI-powered analysis of contractor submittals for specification compliance.
Definition
Automated Submittal Review uses AI to analyze contractor submittals—including product data sheets, samples, and shop drawings—against project specifications. The system automatically extracts key product information, compares it to specification requirements, identifies discrepancies, and flags items requiring attention. This reduces the time engineers spend reviewing submittals from hours to minutes while improving accuracy and consistency.
In Depth
Submittal review is one of the most time-consuming workflows in construction administration. Each submittal package — containing product data sheets, shop drawings, samples, or test reports — must be compared against the specification requirements to verify compliance. AI automates this comparison, producing a marked-up review that the responsible professional evaluates and stamps.
The AI comparison reads both the submittal and the specification, extracts the relevant attributes from each (product performance values, material properties, dimensional requirements), and checks each attribute for compliance. Discrepancies are flagged with references to both the submitted data and the specification requirement. The reviewer receives a pre-analyzed package rather than starting the comparison from scratch.
Examples
Automatically comparing submitted HVAC equipment specifications against design requirements
Extracting and verifying product certifications from submittal packages
Identifying missing information in contractor submittals
Nomic Use Cases
See how Nomic applies this in production AEC workflows:
Compatible Platforms
Nomic integrates with these platforms so you can use automated submittal review across your existing project data:
Frequently Asked Questions
Automated Submittal Review uses AI to analyze contractor submittals—including product data sheets, samples, and shop drawings—against project specifications. The system automatically extracts key product information, compares it to specification requirements, identifies discrepancies, and flags items requiring attention. This reduces the time engineers spend reviewing submittals from hours to minutes while improving accuracy and consistency.
Automatically comparing submitted HVAC equipment specifications against design requirements. Extracting and verifying product certifications from submittal packages. Identifying missing information in contractor submittals.
Automated Submittal Review: Let AI do the first-pass review of submittal packages against your drawings and specs.