AI for electrical contractors, tested first on Division 26 submittals.

The product sections of Division 26 typically ask for product data for each type of product they cover, from conductors and raceways to panelboards, wiring devices and lighting. Where your contract includes low-voltage cabling, fire alarm or security, Divisions 27 and 28 add their own. Each product section makes its own package, so one or two finished jobs can supply most of a 20 to 30 package test, and every one of them already came back marked by the engineer, in words such as reviewed, reviewed as noted, or revise and resubmit. Those marks are the answer key.

A package that comes back wrong costs more than a resubmittal. Under a common MasterSpec version of Section 01 33 00, Submittal Procedures, work covered by a package marked revise and resubmit can't proceed, and that explicitly includes purchasing, fabrication and delivery. Gear and lighting orders wait on the return. The check that happens before your stamp goes on the package is the work this test measures.

Change order pricing makes a strong second job rather than a first. It puts a number in front of your GC, so the first test should be one where a miss costs a resubmittal, not margin. The spec reading that submittals prove out carries straight into pricing.

The test doesn't depend on where your submittal log lives. Procore's Submittal Builder can generate a register from vector PDF spec sections, and Autodesk's AutoSpecs, built on Pype, does the same for Autodesk Build. Those tools list what is due by section; the package behind each line is what this test covers. Older owner standards that still call electrical work Division 16, from before MasterFormat 2004 split it into Divisions 26, 27 and 28, work the same way.