Find related records
Link RFIs and submittals to the drawings they concern.
Follow drawing revisions and supplier updates into the tasks your site team needs to review.
- AwardScope, schedule, and the owner behind it
- SubmittalsApproval before anything is built
- ProcurementMaterial against the look-ahead
- Field workCrews, RFIs, and daily record
- CloseoutEvidence the job is finished
Questions Vela can help answer.
Which submittal is holding the sequence?
Is this the current drawing?
What did the owner decide on that RFI?
Answers link to the project records behind them.
Check drawing revisions
See which issue is current and what changed from the previous one.
Track owner decisions
Keep open directives with the schedule activities they affect.
Example workflow
A new drawing replaces the site set.
Check field tasks and material orders that still use the previous drawing.
What arrivesArchitect's bulletinDrawing set revisionThe set is superseded and a submittal comes back
What changedDrawing setCurrentSupersededSubmittal statusApproved as notedResubmit
Affected workField sequence Crews working to the old set this weekMaterial orders Fabrication already released against it
Who reviews itProject managerReviews the proposed response and its sources before any update goes ahead.Waiting on sign-off
How Vela works
From the source document to a change your team can review.
Choose your sources
Give Vela access to the project files and conversations it needs.
Link the records
Vela connects requirements to equipment and milestones, with a source for each finding.
Check what changed
See which orders and tasks a revised document affects.
Review the next step
Vela drafts the update or reply. Your team approves it before anything is sent or changed.
The records behind the work.
Choose the project records Vela can read. Each finding links back to its source.
Your team approves changes before Vela writes them back.
Sources
Read-only
Job inboxOwner directives and subcontractor updates
Job driveDrawings, submittals and daily reports
Tracking sheetsRFI logs and procurement registers
Job calendarInspections and deliveriesGmail, Drive, Sheets and Calendar read today. Other tools shown here are planned. Check connector availability.
A view for each role.
Each team sees the records and decisions it needs.
Project management
Tracks the schedule and owner decisions.
Engineering leads
Reviews design packages and new requirements.
Procurement
Checks orders against the current design.
Project controls
Reviews progress, cost and schedule changes.
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