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Find every submittal the spec asks for before the engineer does

Most submittals that come back Revise and Resubmit failed on a sentence nobody read. This checklist walks you from the spec book to a package that goes out once. Print it for the job binder, or tick the boxes right in the PDF.

1. 01
   Read Division 01 firstThe ten answers to write down once per job, from file naming to how many reviews you get.
2. 02
   Read every section you ownWhere the demands hide in Parts 1, 2 and 3, beyond the SUBMITTALS article.
3. 03
   Build the registerOne row per package, with submit-by dates worked back from lead times.
4. 04
   Check each package before it goes outThe ten checks the reviewer will run anyway, so you run them first.
5. 05
   Keep it trueWhat changes the register while the job runs, and what closeout asks of it.