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Automated submittal review
AI Submittal Log Tracking and Comment Closure Across Revisions

Submittal review is rarely one-and-done. Nomic tracks comments across submittal revisions, checks resubmittals against the prior review log, and surfaces which items are actually closed — so the log reflects reality instead of guesses.

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Nomic submittal review interface showing AI-assisted cross-reference of a submittal package against project specs and drawings
Build on prior reviews instead of starting over each revision
01 / Iterative review

Build on prior reviews instead of starting over each revision

Today, each resubmittal often gets reviewed as if it were brand new. Nomic carries forward the prior comments, owner responses, and reviewer decisions so the next reviewer starts where the last one left off — not from a blank log.

  • Carry comments and reviewer decisions forward across revisions
  • Surface which comments were addressed in the resubmittal
  • Flag items that still need attention or owner clarification
Verify what was actually addressed in the resubmittal
02 / Comment closure

Verify what was actually addressed in the resubmittal

Reviewers should not have to manually re-check every prior comment against a new package. Nomic compares the resubmittal and the response log against the prior comments and proposes a closure status reviewers can confirm.

  • Match owner responses to the original comment thread
  • Detect when the resubmittal actually changed what was flagged
  • Recommend status: addressed, partially addressed, still open
Keep the submittal log honest as the project evolves
03 / Log and tracker output

Keep the submittal log honest as the project evolves

The submittal log is the project record. Nomic updates the log artifact each cycle so it reflects the latest revision, comment status, and reviewer decision, with full traceability back to the submittal package and the source comments.

  • Excel-ready submittal log updates per revision
  • Versioned artifacts so prior states are auditable
  • Plug results back into the systems your team already uses
Outcomes

What teams get from this workflow

Honest comment closure

No more guessing whether the sub addressed the prior round of comments. Each resubmittal is checked against the live comment log.

Less repeat work

Reviewers stop redoing the prior cycle from scratch. Each revision starts with the prior comments and decisions already in context.

Cleaner project record

The submittal log stays current and traceable, so closeout, audits, and disputes have a defensible record of what was approved and why.

Questions about this automated submittal review workflow

Answers to common questions about this workflow.

Can Nomic compare a resubmittal to the prior submittal?

Yes. Nomic carries forward prior comments, owner responses, and reviewer decisions, then checks the new package against that history to surface which items have been addressed and which still need reviewer attention.

Does Nomic update the submittal log automatically?

Nomic produces updated submittal log artifacts each cycle and can hand them off to the systems your team uses for tracking. By design, Nomic does not silently overwrite source documents — reviewers stay in control of the record.

Can multiple reviewers contribute on the same submittal?

Yes. Submittal reviews are tied to project workspaces with role-based access, so multiple reviewers can collaborate on the same package while keeping a clear audit trail of who did what at each step.

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