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All Systems Live — 2026-02-27

Your firm runs 40 projects.
You’re tracking them in 6 tools.
This replaces all of them.

One command center for every RFI, submittal, punch list, change order, and fee burn — live, real-time, and engineered to reduce cognitive load to zero.

Active Projects
0

Across all firm clients

On-Time Submittals
0.0%

+2.1% vs last quarter

Avg. Response Time
0 min

Consultant RFI turnaround

System Uptime
0.0%

Last 365 days

RFI Engine
Submittal Queue
Fee Monitor
Permit Tracker
Change Orders
The Problem

Six tools. Zero visibility.
One missed deadline away from disaster.

The average architecture firm runs 4–7 disconnected tools per project. By the time an RFI makes it from inbox to spreadsheet to Slack to shared drive, three days and two consultants are already lost.

Inbox

RE: RFI-0142 follow-up

consultant@mep.com · 2h ago

Submittal 22B — LATE

pm@contractor.io · 4h ago

Permit Set A correction

city.permits@gov.us · 1d ago

Change order approval?

client@devco.com · 2d ago

Spreadsheet
ProjectStatusDueOwner
Midtown TowerDelayedFeb 14K. Walsh
Harbor LoftsOn TrackMar 2S. Chen
Civic Hub???TBD
Eastside MixAt RiskFeb 28R. Park
# Slack Thread
K
Kevin W.10:22

did anyone send RFI-0142 yet??

S
Sara C.10:24

thought you had it?

K
Kevin W.10:25

checking the shared drive...

R
Raj P.10:26

wrong folder again 😬

Shared Drive

RFI_FINAL_v3_FINAL.xlsx

Feb 12

Submittals_DO NOT USE.pdf

Jan 30

Permit_Set_A_CORRECTED2.dwg

Feb 20

ChangeOrder_BACKUP.xlsx

Feb 25
4.2 hrslost per week per PM to tool-switching
23%of RFIs missed their response window last quarter
6 toolsaverage per active project at mid-size firms
After Catalyst

One glass pane.
Every project. Real time.

The same data that lived across six tools — RFIs, submittals, fee burn, permit status — reorganized into a single command center that updates the moment anything changes.

catalyst.app / dashboard / all-projects
LIVE
142 projects
+ New
ProjectTypeRFIsSubmittalsFee BurnPMDue
Midtown Tower
Commercial
3
12
68%
K. Walsh
Mar 15
Harbor Lofts
Residential
1
5
82%
S. Chen
Apr 2
Civic Hub
Public
7
20
44%
R. Park
Feb 28
Eastside Mixed
Mixed Use
2
8
91%
T. Nguyen
May 10
Waterfront HQ
Office
3
100%
M. Osei
✓ Done
RFI status updates in real time — no manual entry
📊Fee burn calculated from actual hours, not estimates
🔔Deadline alerts fire 72 hrs before due, not after
Head to Head

The exact workflows your firm
runs every day.

Side by side. No marketing language. Just what actually changes when your firm runs on Catalyst.

Without Catalyst
With Catalyst
RFI Tracking

Email thread + spreadsheet + Slack ping to consultant

2.5 hrs to closeRFIs fall through inbox cracks

Auto-logged on creation, consultant notified, SLA timer starts

12 min avg response92% closed before deadline
Submittal Review

PDF emailed, reply-all chain, version conflicts in shared drive

3–5 day cycleWrong version approved twice per project

Versioned queue, reviewer assigned, approval logged with timestamp

< 24 hr turnaroundZero version conflicts in 6 months
Fee Monitoring

Monday spreadsheet dread — pulling hours from 3 systems

4 hrs/week per PMFee overruns discovered too late

Live fee burn dashboard updates from timesheets automatically

Real-time, alwaysCaught 14 overruns before they happened
Consultant Coordination

Email + calendar invite + Slack + hope they respond

1.5 days avg replyCoordination gaps delay permit sets

Unified thread per project item, deadline visible to all parties

3.2 hrs avg replyPermit set delays down 67%

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