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AI review for the firms that manage and review work for others.

Dozens of engagements, each with its own manual, each package due back in days. Specset reads every submittal against the governing spec, builds the register from the manual, and returns reviews annotated the way your engineer of record would, with the citation on every comment.

How the work arrives

Your work arrives as someone else’s package.

A submittal lands from the contractor, a revised set lands from the designer, an RFI lands from the field. Specset checks each against the record it belongs to: the conformed spec, the current sheets, the register. The review comes back as a marked-up PDF with a verdict per item, ready for your stamp.

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What you would run

The agents built for this work.

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01Design

Design quality review

Review specifications and drawings in project-wide context. Return verified conflicts, omissions, and constructability risks with the source open.

Specs + drawingsCited findings
See design review
02Construction

Submittal review

Fully automated reviews of mix designs, shop drawings, product data, safety plans, and more against every applicable requirement. The package comes back annotated, the way a project engineer would return it.

Package + recordAnnotated PDF
Explore submittal review
03Any phase

Plan comparison

Compare two plan sets, or two revisions of one sheet. Every change comes back matched by sheet, classified by what it touches, and shown beside the drawing, clouded or not.

Two plan setsClassified change log
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05Construction

RFIs & revisions

Track each RFI against the conformed specs and current drawings, check the answer before it reaches the field, and hand sheet-to-sheet deltas to plan comparison.

Question + recordCited, tracked RFI
Explore RFIs & revisions
06Preconstruction

Submittal log

Interpret the project manual and build a cited register of required product data, samples, shop drawings, and closeout packages.

Project manualCited register
Explore submittal log
07Any phase

Spec intelligence

Merge the base spec, every addendum, and the special provisions into one conformed text per section. Search it, scan it, and cite it to the paragraph.

Manual + addendaConformed, cited set
Explore spec intelligence
10Construction

Schedule intelligence

Import the P6 or Microsoft Project file and Specset computes the network itself. Ask what slipped, what is driving the finish, and what the crews do next week.

.xer / .mppCited answers + versions
Explore schedule intelligence
12Your playbook

Custom skills

Write your firm's procedure down once: a checklist, an extraction, or a deliverable in your template. Agents run it with full coverage on every project.

Your procedureRunnable skill
Explore custom skills
13Design

Constructability review

What a constructability review checks, a practical checklist, and how Specset reads drawings and specifications against each other.

Design setBuildability issues
See constructability review
14Construction

Caltrans SSPs

Review Caltrans Standard Special Provisions against the Standard Specifications, plans, and submittals. The project special provisions merge into the sections they amend.

Book + SSPsCited review
Review Caltrans SSPs
15Construction

FAA airport specifications

Read FAA Advisory Circular 150/5370-10 the way the project uses it. Item numbers, special provisions, and modifications are conformed into the governing text, then checked against submittals and plans.

AC book + amendmentsCited review
See airport specifications
16Construction

WSDOT GSPs

Review WSDOT General Special Provisions against the Standard Specifications, plans, and submittals. Fill-ins, region provisions, and project provisions merge into the sections they amend.

Book + GSPsCited review
Review WSDOT GSPs
17Construction

FDOT provisions

Review FDOT supplemental specifications and special provisions against the Standard Specifications, plans, and submittals. Those provisions merge into the sections they amend.

Book + provisionsCited review
Review FDOT provisions
18Construction

BNSF specifications

Review BNSF engineering specifications against the project special provisions, plans, and submittals. Project provisions merge into the sections they amend.

Standards + provisionsCited review
Review BNSF specifications
19Any phase

Non-MasterFormat specs

Review a specification book that is not organized as MasterFormat. The parser follows the headings and section numbers in the uploaded file.

Book as issuedCited review
Review non-MasterFormat specs
20Construction

Evaluate submittal review

How to evaluate AI submittal review tools: what published benchmarks miss, the questions to ask, and a trial on a submittal your team already knows.

A known submittalA trial scorecard
Read the trial guide
Why it matters
~1 in 5of submittals were approved as submitted in one studied projectAlves et al., 2016
Citedevery comment, traced to the governing specSpecset
Over 1/3of submittals needed full revision before acceptance in one studied projectAlves et al., 2016
Common questions

What CM and engineering firms ask about Specset.

01What does Specset do for a construction manager or engineer of record?

It reads every submittal against the governing spec, builds the register from the manual, and returns the review annotated, with a citation on every comment. A revised set from the designer or an RFI from the field is checked against the same record: the conformed spec, the current sheets, and the register.

02What does a reviewer get back from a Specset submittal review?

A marked-up PDF with findings drawn at the page location, a consolidated issue list with citations, and a suggested disposition. The package comes back with a verdict per item, ready for your stamp. Approve, revise and resubmit, and reject stay with the engineer of record.

03What does Specset check a submittal against?

The conformed contract record: the governing specification sections with addenda and special provisions applied, plus the drawings, including schedule values, details, and notes. Checks run spec-first, drawing-first, and submittal-first so a gap in any direction can surface.

04How does Specset build the submittal register for a CM firm?

It interprets the project manual and returns a cited register of required product data, samples, shop drawings, and closeout packages. An existing owner or contractor register can be the starting point. Nothing becomes a project record until your team approves the draft.

05Can Specset review a revised design set, not only submittals?

Yes. A revised set is reviewed as specifications and drawings together, and the findings come back cited. Plan comparison matches two issues of a sheet and classifies every visual change beside the drawing.

06How does Specset keep review comments from being noisy?

Every candidate finding faces a second, independently scoped agent whose only job is to disprove it. Uncited claims are rejected. Your reviewer dismisses or confirms what remains before the review is stamped.

07Does Specset replace Procore or Autodesk Forma Build (formerly Autodesk Build)?

No. Keep the system of record you already run. A package can sync in from Procore or Autodesk Forma Build, the review runs in Specset, and the status returns when the decision is ready. The submittal register can be created in Specset or pushed to Procore or Autodesk Forma Build.

Start with one live project

See it on your documents.

Bring a real package. We run it, you check the citations, and you decide whether it earns a place in the workflow.