Member Meet-Up Networking Session: Submittal & RFI Turbo Workflows for Contractors - AI Strategi...

Описание: In this session, Chris Clausing, MSCM shares practical, easy-to-roll-out strategies to accelerate submittal and RFI workflows for highway and specialty contractors—with a focus on using AI to reduce friction without needing specialized technical staff or major capital investment.

You’ll learn how “turbo” workflows remove delays at every stage (intake, routing, response, and closeout) and how to build a solid foundation for automation through standardized metadata, consistent naming conventions, and strong version control. The presentation also covers how to evaluate AI-enabled tools, design future-state submittal/RFI pipelines with clear roles and decision gates, and implement a pilot program with metrics that prove ROI.

Key topics include:


Common bottlenecks that slow projects (incomplete submittals, RFI “ping-pong,” slow approvals, version confusion)
Minimum metadata standards for submittals and RFIs (to make information trackable and machine-readable)
Version control best practices (single source of truth, clear revision numbering, eliminating “final_final2”)
Workflow engineering: roles, hand-offs, priority flags, escalations, and automated status notifications
Pilot + scale approach, including KPI tracking (cycle time, on-time vs overdue, resubmittals/rework indicators)

Stay to the end for details on the next Member Meet-Up Networking Session: “Job Costing Deep Dive – Turning Field Data into Profit.”