Short, plain answers to the questions construction teams actually ask about submittals: what they are, how the log gets built, what can be automated, and where SubPro fits. For definitions of individual terms, see the glossary.
Documentation a contractor provides to the design team to show that a proposed product, material, or assembly meets the project specifications. Common types are product data, shop drawings, samples, and test reports. See the glossary.
Work through each specification section, find its submittals article, and record every required item as a row with its CSI section, type, responsible party, and source page. SubPro drafts that first pass so the team reviews rows instead of typing them. See submittal log automation.
The first pass can. SubPro reads the spec book and drafts the log rows with source references, and a person reviews and confirms them. The judgment stays human, the transcription does not.
The terms overlap. When teams separate them, the register is the fuller source-backed list of every obligation and the log is the working status view used day to day. See submittal register automation.
A submittal is the content provided for review, such as product data or a shop drawing. A transmittal is the cover that formally sends it, identifying the project, the enclosed items, and the handoff details. See construction transmittal software.
A package pairs the requirement with its supporting evidence: product data, safety data sheets, shop drawings or samples where required, and a cover identifying the project, section, and item. See submittal package software.
No. SubPro prepares the log and package before tracking, then hands off cleanly to whatever your team uses to route, stamp, and track approvals. It feeds a tracking tool rather than replacing one. See where SubPro fits.
No. SubPro prepares a reviewable first pass with source context and flags. A person on your team reviews and decides before anything is submitted or approved.
Specifications are processed for the job, then deleted, and are never used for training. The public website chat cannot accept project files, and data handling is confirmed before any real project work. See AI submittal software.
General contractors, specialty contractors, preconstruction teams, document control leads, and PM or PE teams handling spec-heavy commercial work.
Each answer links to a focused page. Start with the broad workflow or the definitions.
The full workflow from spec book to reviewable handoff.
Definitions of every submittal term in one place.
How specs become the first log rows.