How to Avoid Common Submittal Mistakes and Get Paid Faster

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[@saijoo2512]

One more question, the main contractor gave us a formatbfor material submittal and one of the sdction there is "Material safety, storage and handling", do u have an idea where i can get this and what is it exactly? Is it gonna be from the manufacturer? (this is for wood parquet flooring btw)

[@thegirlinthehardhat]

Yes, it should be from the manufacturer, but sometimes these can be found with a little digging online by searching the material and finding the data sheets/specs/ required safety forms for the materials.

[@joeturecek8243]

Very good content as usual Amy!

[@thegirlinthehardhat]

Joe, thank you for your continual and unwavering support.

[@dondonpaste8265]

Hi Madam! Who is preparing material submittals? which includes some of the ff., Concrete Mix Design, Method Statements, PDS, MTC, etc.

[@thegirlinthehardhat]

Janidons World, this depends on who is providing the material. Typically the firm or supplier providing the materials is required to provide the submittals. But this also depends if it is included in their contract. Whoever quoted and is providing the materials is to prove (by way of the submittals), what will be purchased and installed on the project. This is then verified and checked for completeness and that it is correct according to the specifications by the subcontractor or GC and then submitted to the consultant group for approval.

[@dondonpaste8265]

Are Document Controllers responsible for making submittals?

[@thegirlinthehardhat]

Our terminology may differ, please explain what you mean by document controllers and who that is within a company/ process to best answer your question.

[@saijoo2512]

Hey amy im doing the sumbittals for a small company im working with. Our companys main work is for wood flooring, we export it outside. I just noticed that materrlial safety data sheets are an uncommon document to wood flooring. Sometimes im missing documents like test reports too from the manufacturer. Is this normal? And will that not be a big deal to the client and consultant

[@thegirlinthehardhat]

Saijoo, Great question. MSDS, or now commonly known as SDS are indeed very important submittals. While it may not likley be on the wood floor material itself, it is more likley to be on adhesives or finishes of the floor. From the GCs perspective, these SDS sheets aren't typically needed by the design team (although some want to review them), the SDS submittals need to be transmitted to the site supervisor/ superintendent for safety reasons. If anything happens on site, and there is an incident related to that product, the site crews need to be able to quickly access that document to better understand what they are dealing with and how to properly mitigate it. The storage and maintenance is important because sometimes it cannot be stores with one of the other many products onsite because it may become a hazard.