Keep the job moving with clear, complete RFIs.

An RFI (request for information) is a written question a contractor sends to the architect or engineer to clarify a drawing, a specification or a conflict between them. For example, the drawing shows 45-minute walls while the spec calls for a 1-hour separation. The answer becomes part of the project record and can lead to a revised drawing, a bulletin or a change order. The more precisely the question cites the sheet and the section involved, the less likely it comes back with a request for clarification.

Usually the general contractor's team: the project manager, the project coordinator or the superintendent. Subcontractors send their questions to the general contractor, who reviews them and forwards them to the design team. On a project of any size that means hundreds of RFIs, and each one takes the same search through drawings, specs and revisions. Telamont does that search and helps the team draft, check and send every RFI.

You describe the discrepancy in a few words. Telamont writes the question, quotes the drawing and the spec section involved and cites each one to its page. You can start from a new RFI or from a risk Telamont already found. If the wording needs to change, a one-line instruction is enough and the citations stay in place. You review, adjust if needed and send a complete RFI.

Yes. Before an RFI goes out, Telamont searches every drawing, spec, revision, bulletin and answered RFI on the project. If the answer is already there, you get the cited passage instead of waiting for an answer that already exists. Telamont also flags anything that contradicts the RFI, with the page to back it, so you can fix the question before it goes out.

Your project documents: drawings, specs, revisions, bulletins and RFIs already answered. Every statement points to its source, down to the page, so you can check it yourself. When a new revision is added to the project, the next RFIs rely on the current version. You can also download an RFI's citations to attach them to your email.

Copy the RFI into your email from Telamont, with its citations. You send it from your usual mailbox, to the architect or engineer who needs to answer. In Telamont, each RFI keeps its status, draft, sent or answered, so the team sees at a glance what is still waiting for an answer.

Each answer is filed with its RFI, next to the rest of the project documents. The question, the answer and the cited documents stay together. If the answer changes the work, everything that supports the change order or the claim is in one place, even after the project closes.

No, Telamont adds to your tools. It works as an intelligence layer above your projects: it keeps an eye on your documents, flags what needs your attention and helps you act, for example by drafting an RFI. Your team keeps the tools it knows and works with peace of mind.

No. Your drawings, specs and RFIs are never used to train AI models. The model providers we work with keep none of your data: what is sent to draft or check an RFI is not stored on their side. Your documents remain your project's documents.