The AEC industry is built on paperwork.
For decades, subcontractors and general contractors have struggled with the chaotic, disorganized, and time-consuming process of creating submittal packages and shop drawings. Missing project spec books, unorganized product data, and endless revision cycles lead to project delays and frustration.
How We Solve It
We bring order to the chaos. By centralizing the submittal and shop drawing process, we eliminate the back-and-forth emails, the lost documents, and the formatting nightmares.
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Streamlined Workflows: We handle the heavy lifting of compiling comprehensive submittal packages, formatting, and cross-referencing product data against project spec books.
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Expert Drafting: Our specialized team creates precise, compliant shop drawings and technical drawings tailored to your specific trade and MasterFormat division.
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Guaranteed Compliance: We ensure every submittal package is GC-ready, drastically reducing rejection rates and revision cycles.
Our Story
The founder of SubmittalShop has more than eight years of hands-on construction management experience. Having navigated the complexities of commercial and industrial projects from the ground up, they witnessed firsthand the immense friction caused by disorganized documentation.
It became clear that while the physical building process was highly coordinated, the administrative side—specifically submittals and shop drawings—was often an afterthought, leading to costly delays and miscommunications.
Realizing that this side of the industry desperately needed to be organized, SubmittalShop was born.
Today, our mission is to empower subcontractors and general contractors by taking the pain out of paperwork, allowing you to focus on what you do best: building.
The High-Yield Side Hustle for AEC Professionals
Are you an experienced draftsperson, estimator, BIM modeler, designer, or project engineer? Monetize your specialized construction division knowledge in your spare time with zero business development or client management overhead.
Leverage Your Trade Talents Remotely
We help full-time USA-based AEC professionals unlock steady, lucrative drafting side jobs. If you are fluent in division-specific project spec books, and have active, real-world skills designing shop drawings, submittal packages, and structural or MEP schematics, you can join our premier freelance CAD network.
Get matched with high-paying assignments matched perfectly to your specific MasterFormat division expertise—whether that's mechanical coordination, architectural millwork detailing, or curtain wall systems. Keep your full-time job while earning excellent income doing what you do best.
Top-Tier Payouts
Earn high fixed-rates on a per-project basis with guaranteed pay on milestones.
Flexible Hours
Work 100% remotely around your current full-time job. No weekend or direct calls.
Zero Client Admin
We handle the customer acquisition, billing, scope definition, and client-management.
Elite Tech-Stack
Work within your preferred environments: AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, or Procore.
How the Freelance Side Hustle Works
Apply Online & Register
Submit your software proficiencies, license type, preferred MasterFormat divisions (e.g. Division 21 Fire Suppression, Division 26 Electrical), and your LinkedIn profile on our quick secure portal.
Accept Project Matches
When a subcontractor submits specifications matching your profile, we ping you with detailed guidelines, files, and a fixed, predefined project payout. Accept the project if it fits your availability.
Draft Offline at Your Convenience
Create custom submittal sheets, organize manufacturer data books, or draw precise shop details. Fulfill the criteria entirely at your own pace/hours outside your company's active core hours.
Pass QA & Get Paid Directly
Submit files for our QA/QC team verification. As soon as compliance aligns, we disburse your guaranteed payouts instantly via standard electronic funds transfer. No administrative friction!
Apply to Join
Submit your details below for evaluation by our founder.
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Send us your project specs and we'll provide a comprehensive quote within 24 hours.
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