The Challenge Institutional owners such as universities and healthcare systems create detailed design standards covering everything from finishes and mechanical systems to laboratories and specialist equipment. The challenge is making sure those standards are actually reflected in each new project. A single project specification can contain thousands of pages. Comparing it manually against hundreds or thousands of pages of owner requirements is extremely time-consuming, diffi

The Challenge Preparing a construction submittal requires more than choosing a product. Teams must determine exactly what the specification and drawings require, identify the correct products and finishes, collect supporting manufacturer documentation, and make sure the completed package satisfies the project requirements before it reaches the general contractor. Much of that work still involves manually searching specifications, drawings, product literature and previous subm

The Project Volpatt Construction completed the renovation of Newell-Simon Hall for Carnegie Mellon University, a project that required extensive LEED documentation, including Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), Health Product Declarations (HPDs), and construction waste diversion reporting. Like many sustainable construction projects, documenting compliance required hundreds of hours of administrative effort from project engineers and managers—time that could otherwise