RFI Response Automation
AI that drafts RFI responses using project documentation.
Definition
RFI Response Automation uses AI to accelerate the RFI response process by automatically retrieving relevant information from project drawings, specifications, and documentation to draft responses. The system understands the RFI question, searches across all project data, and generates a draft response citing specific drawings and spec sections. Engineers review and refine the AI draft rather than starting from scratch, reducing response time from hours to minutes.
In Depth
RFIs are the daily grind of construction administration — questions from the field that need answers from the design team, usually under time pressure. A typical commercial project generates hundreds of RFIs, each requiring someone to search the project documents, find the relevant information, draft a response, and get it reviewed and issued.
AI RFI response automation accelerates the research step. When an RFI comes in asking about the specified concrete mix for a particular slab, the AI searches the structural specifications, structural drawings, geotechnical report, and any relevant addenda. It produces a draft response that synthesizes information from all of these sources, with citations to specific document sections and drawing numbers. The engineer reviews the draft, adjusts as needed, and issues the response.
The time savings are substantial. For a routine RFI where the answer exists in the documents, the research-and-drafting step drops from 20-30 minutes to 2-3 minutes. Across hundreds of RFIs per project, that is hundreds of hours saved — hours that design professionals can redirect to design work, coordination, and the complex RFIs that actually require engineering judgment.
Examples
Automatically finding relevant specification sections to answer material questions
Retrieving applicable drawing details for design clarifications
Drafting responses that cite meeting minutes and addenda
Nomic Use Cases
See how Nomic applies this in production AEC workflows:
Compatible Platforms
Nomic integrates with these platforms so you can use rfi response automation across your existing project data:
Frequently Asked Questions
RFI Response Automation uses AI to accelerate the RFI response process by automatically retrieving relevant information from project drawings, specifications, and documentation to draft responses. The system understands the RFI question, searches across all project data, and generates a draft response citing specific drawings and spec sections. Engineers review and refine the AI draft rather than starting from scratch, reducing response time from hours to minutes.
Automatically finding relevant specification sections to answer material questions. Retrieving applicable drawing details for design clarifications. Drafting responses that cite meeting minutes and addenda.
Project Research: Get AI-drafted responses to RFIs using your project documentation.