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Projects, submittals & schedules

How to manage submittals without email chaos

Submittals hold material and fabrication. If they live only in email, the shop is guessing which PDF is issued. Spectr’s project structure is built so phases, submittals, and the work share one job — not a second document graveyard.

Key facts

  • A pretty SharePoint library is still not the product record the brake scans.
  • Spectr includes project structure for facade coordination; it is not a GC document platform.
  • The issued revision on the product is what you will need months later.
  • GCs may still require Procore. That does not make Procore your inventory system.

How shops handle this

  1. Name the file of record
    One issued set per phase. Not three PDFs in three chats.
  2. Issue products from that set
    CAD-to-BOM should follow the approved revision.
  3. Hold the shop until it is issued
    Unissued work on a CNC is a revision incident waiting to happen.
  4. Share status upstream, not your entire library
    A clean issued/held view is enough for most meetings.

Common questions

Does Spectr replace Procore for the GC?

No. Use Procore where the GC lives. Run the shop on the product record.

Can we still email a transmittal?

Yes. The contents and the revision should already exist on the job.

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