Review submittals against the source, not the contractor's word.
Every submittal that lands on your desk says the product meets the design. Link lets you check that in Claude or ChatGPT, against the manufacturer's own documents and the schedules on your own drawings, with the source of every page. Catch the old revision and the wrong capacity on the first review, not the third.
This submittal is for LCN 4050A closers. What's on file, and how does it compare to our hardware schedule?
On file in section 08 71 00: product data and a warranty, each with its source. Your schedule calls for the closer on 14 doors. Want me to read the finish options against what was submitted?
Product dataLCN · with its source and issue dateReviewed
Hardware scheduleFrom your drawing set · by doorRead
Checked against the source
How a review goes
Three checks before you stamp it
Name what the contractor submitted. Link does the looking up, and you make the call.
Check the product data
Name the manufacturer and the model from the submittal. Link shows what's on file for it, where each document was found and its issue date when the manufacturer printed one. If the contractor sent an old revision, you'll see it.
Check it against what you drew
Give Link your drawing set and it reads the schedules on it, every division: tag, description, make, model, quantity and sheet. Hold the submittal's tags, quantities and models up against your own design. Enterprise plan.
Read what the document says
Ask the assistant to read the pages that matter, the capacity table, the finish options, the listing, and compare them to your schedule. Reading a document's text is free.
Why reviewers use it
Every return costs the job weeks. Catch it the first time.
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Fewer review cycles
Every submittal that goes back is another review period on the clock and an order date that slides. Catching the problem on the first pass gives the job that time back.
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Your time goes to judgment
The lookups happen in the chat, so your review is about whether the product does what the design needs, not about hunting for the right data sheet.
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Evidence over assumption
Every document is marked approved, reviewed or needs review and shows where it came from. Nothing gets taken on the contractor's word, or on ours.
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You stay the reviewer
Link never stamps, approves, rejects or sends anything. It finds the evidence. You make the call.
Questions
Reviewing with Link
Does Link approve or reject submittals?
No. Link finds the manufacturer's documents, reads them when you ask and reads the schedules on your drawings. Every review decision is yours.
Which assistants does it work in?
Claude and ChatGPT. One Link account connects to both.
Does looking things up cost anything?
No. Searching, listing what's on file and reading a document's text are free. A free account gets 100 lookups a day. Paid plans don't cap them.
What plan do I need to read drawing schedules?
Reading the schedules on a drawing set is on the Enterprise plan. Email us and we'll set it up.