Submittal Tracking Best Practices for General Contractors

Submittal tracking keeps fabrication and installation aligned with the contract documents. The sections below are placeholders for your long-form article.

Define the submittal register early

Align the schedule of submittals with procurement and the master schedule. Make responsibility for review obvious.

Tighten review and resubmittal cycles

Set realistic turnaround times and escalate when a package stalls in review.

Connect submittals to the field

When approved submittals are easy to find on mobile, supers spend less time hunting PDFs in email.

Control changes without losing history

Revisions and substitutions should be traceable. Your future self—and the owner—will thank you at closeout.