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SiteSubmittal — AI-Powered Construction Submittal Review

SiteSubmittal helps construction teams review infrastructure submittals faster by using AI to extract project requirements, match submitted products to specifications, and surface clear compliance decisions for engineer review.

Overview

SiteSubmittal is an AI-powered construction submittal review platform built for public infrastructure projects, especially projects governed by SUDAS, Iowa DOT, ASTM, and AASHTO requirements.

The Challenge

Construction teams spend significant time reviewing PDF submittals, plans, manuals, addenda, and material documentation by hand. Engineers must compare submitted products against project-specific specifications, bid items, standards, and revisions.

This process is slow, repetitive, and vulnerable to missed details — especially when requirements are spread across plans, manuals, change orders, and SUDAS references.

The Solution

SiteSubmittal streamlines that workflow by turning project documents into searchable, structured compliance data. Users can create projects, upload plans and manuals, add later documents such as addenda, and submit product PDFs for review.

What SiteSubmittal does automatically

  • Extracts project materials, quantities, and specifications from PDF plans and manuals.
  • Organizes requirements by document hierarchy — plans, addenda, change orders, and SUDAS references.
  • Reviews uploaded submittals with AI.
  • Identifies products, manufacturers, standards, and technical properties.
  • Matches submitted products to the correct project items.
  • Produces approval, rejection, conditional-approval, or needs-review results with reasoning.
  • Gives engineers a review workflow to approve, reject, or request more information.
  • Provides AI chat support for project and SUDAS-related questions.

How We Built It

We combined document processing, structured project data, and AI analysis into one workflow. Azure Document Intelligence extracts information from project PDFs, while AI-powered submittal analysis reviews submitted documents against the extracted project requirements and relevant construction standards.

The result is a faster, more consistent submittal review process that helps engineers and contractors reduce manual checking, improve traceability, and make better compliance decisions with project-specific context.

Results

  • Faster, more consistent submittal reviews.
  • Less manual checking for engineers and contractors.
  • Improved traceability across plans, addenda, and standards.
  • Clearer, project-specific compliance decisions.

Business Value

SiteSubmittal helps construction teams review infrastructure submittals faster by using AI to extract project requirements, match submitted products to specifications, and surface clear compliance decisions for engineer review.

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