The architect or engineer of record prepares the contract documents, responds to requests for information, reviews submittals and shop drawings for conformance with the design concept and the information given in the contract documents, and certifies applications for payment.
BuildControl keeps each response with the item it answers and makes it readable by every party on the project, so the same question does not have to be asked again.
A response is recorded against the request, with its date and the sheets it referenced, and stays readable to everyone on the project.
Spec section, responsible party, lead time and need-by date. Approved, approved as noted, revise and resubmit, or rejected — each recorded as the outcome it is, with the reason attached.
Certify the work in whole or in part. Where a different amount is certified, the figure is held inside the signed entry and covered by its certificate, so the amount certified cannot be restated by another party.