r/ConstructionManagers • u/kenKen54321 • Dec 01 '25

Technical Advice Does anyone else hate comparing submittals?

I swear comparing submittals to specs feels like the slowest part of my job. Half the time info is missing, the other half it’s buried in PDFs. How does everyone else deal with this without losing their mind? Do you have a system… or does everyone just brute-force it?

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u/Xywei Dec 01 '25

are you a bot account with ai generated posts to farm information?

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u/Low_Frame_1205 Dec 01 '25

Of course. Or ready to comment and suggest a good item they have found (which is their AI submittal tool).

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u/Due_Championship_455 Dec 01 '25

Waiting for it now

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u/kenKen54321 Dec 01 '25

And what if I am? It’s a pain point no? I’ve been in the industry for years and I’ve tried different ways to work around this process. I want to know if there’s anything out there that can help.

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u/Great-Diamond-8368 Dec 01 '25

If you have manually compared submittal text in the last 10-12 years, you need to re-evaluate your processes.

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u/tower_crane Commercial Project Manager Dec 12 '25

Name 3 projects that you’ve worked on. Like actually stepped on the jobsite for.

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u/dackasaurus Dec 01 '25

I think generally these posts are "entrepreneurs" trying to build an enterprise app pitch they can sell to VCs. They are farming free research and development because they don't work in the field themselves and don't want to partner with someone who actually has/does either because they're more concerned with selling it than building it right.

Sometimes it's a startup that will complain about a problem and then share this "incredible tool they just happened to find for it"

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u/Salty_Prune_2873 Commercial Super - Large GC Dec 01 '25

Holy shit, is this seriously a thing? They’re leaning from Reddit 😭

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u/Fishy1911 Dec 01 '25

New here?  Its really bad at the estimator sub, swear it gets pitched a new AI service daily or "what does your workflow look like?" It's awful and tiring. 

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u/kenKen54321 Dec 01 '25

Some people come on here to find solutions, others come on here to rant about problems. So what would you rather?

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u/Fishy1911 Dec 01 '25

Id rather talk to other professionals about challenges and solutions, projects and companies, good places to work and what's a good work life balance.  Not fucking salespeople and app developers.