Submittals & RFIs · SubTrade feature
Know who is sitting
on your paperwork
The submittal you sent three weeks ago is holding up your material order, and nobody upstairs is in a hurry. SubTrade logs every submittal and RFI with dates and status, so you always know what is out, what is late, and you have the record when the delay becomes a claim.
No credit card. Up and running in under 10 minutes.
The register
Every open item, aging in plain sight
Shop drawings, product data, samples, questions: everything you have sent up the chain sits in one register with its status and how long it has been waiting. The slow ones get chased before they slow you.
- Every submittal logged: sent date, response due, status
- RFIs asked once, in writing, with the answer attached
- Waiting time visible on every open item
- Resubmittals and revisions tracked in the chain
- Nothing falls through, nothing lives in sent mail
Paper trail
When their delay costs you, the log proves it
Slow answers become schedule impacts, and schedule impacts become claims. The register is your evidence: what you asked, when you asked it, and how long the answer took. Verbal answers on site become written records the same day.
- Complete dated history on every item
- Delay documentation built as you work
- Answers attached permanently to the question
- Site-issued verbal answers captured in writing
- The record exists before the dispute does
Common submittals & rfis questions
Questions, answered straight
What can I track with submittals?
Shop drawings, product data, samples, anything you send up the chain: each with sent date, response due date, current status and how long it has been waiting.
How do RFIs work in SubTrade?
Ask the question once, in writing, tied to the project. The answer attaches permanently, and the full dated history stays on record.
Can I see how long the GC has been sitting on something?
Yes. Waiting time is visible on every open item, so the slow ones get chased before they slow your schedule.
Why does the paper trail matter?
Because slow responses become delay claims. A dated register of what you asked and when it was answered is the evidence that wins those conversations.
Can I capture verbal answers from site?
Yes, and you should: log the verbal answer the day it is given, and it becomes part of the written record attached to the RFI.