Room-based schedules
Organize flooring, wall finishes, cabinetry, lighting, plumbing, and hardware by the spaces where they belong.
THE DOVETAIL PLATFORM
One project.
All its particulars.
Room-based specification management, expanded with AI that helps turn scattered information into coordinated, reviewable work.
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STRUCTURE WITHOUT THE REPETITION
A place for every
important detail.
The specification remains the backbone. AI makes it easier to create, check, and maintain.
Reusable project standards
Start with an established room structure and carry your office’s preferred details into new work. Review project-specific exceptions rather than copying blindly.
Product and source records
Keep the selection connected to supplier references, technical documents, dimensions, finish codes, and the date each detail was checked.
Revision-aware collaboration
Record what changed, why it changed, who needs to respond, and which version is ready for the next handoff.
Reviewable issue packages
Prepare room schedules, outstanding-item lists, and decision summaries that distinguish confirmed information from unresolved questions.
INSIDE A BUILDABLE RECORD
A name and a picture
are only the beginning.
Each field answers a practical question for someone downstream. AI can help find the answer; a source and a reviewer make it usable.
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Honed stone countertop
- Identity
- Manufacturer · Product · Reference code
- Application
- Kitchen island · Horizontal surface
- Dimensions
- Thickness · Edge profile · Overhang
- Finish
- Color · Surface treatment · Sample reference
- Installation
- Substrate · Cutouts · Supplier instructions
- Decision
- Owner · Status · Approval date
- Evidence
- Document · Page · Revision · Checked date
Illustrative record structure. Values need project-specific review.
Keep the detail.
Keep the reason.
A dimension without a unit is not a complete instruction. A finish name without a manufacturer can be ambiguous. A selection without an approval state can look ready when it is not.
Dovetail organizes these distinctions into the record instead of leaving them hidden in the person who last read the email.
- Distinguish a candidate value from a checked value.
- Keep product-level details separate from project-specific installation decisions.
- Reference the document revision used for review.
- Carry unresolved questions into the next handoff.
ONE CONNECTED SPECIFICATION
The beautiful part.
And everything behind it.
A finish is more than a picture. Keep the product, dimensions, installation notes, source, and approval attached to the same decision.
THE LIVING PROJECT RECORD
A specification is not
a one-time document.
It changes as availability, budgets, layouts, and client decisions change. The useful system retains the reasoning behind those changes.
Selected
A product and its intended application.
Checked
Documents, dimensions, and open questions.
Approved
A recorded decision by the responsible team.
Issued
A controlled package for the next recipient.
THE LIFE OF A SPECIFICATION
One record.
From the first choice to the final issue.
A specification needs more than an uploaded PDF. It needs a clear status, a responsible person and a record of how the decision got there.
USEFUL OUTPUTS, NOT ANOTHER INFORMATION PILE
What leaves the workspace
should be ready to use.
Room schedules
See selections in the context of the space: identification codes, dimensions, finish, installation notes, revision and approval status.
For room-by-room review and coordination.Trade-specific packages
Group relevant instructions for the cabinetry, electrical, plumbing or finishes team rather than asking everyone to interpret the entire project.
For focused pricing, procurement and site discussions.Open-item registers
Separate missing information, contradictory records and proposed changes. Attach an owner, a source and a clear next question to each item.
For weekly project reviews and decision follow-up.Supplier & RFI drafts
Prepare a precise request: identify the selected item, explain the unresolved detail and include the source documents the recipient needs.
For answers that can be captured back into the record.Revision summaries
Explain what changed between issues, what stays the same and which recipients need the updated information.
For handoffs where version control matters.Reusable office knowledge
Keep field requirements, preferred details and past decisions organized so a new project can start from useful structure rather than old attachments.
For consistency without blindly reusing stale information.DESIGN FORWARD. BUILD WITH CLARITY.
Leave nothing
to interpretation.
Bring us a room, a spec sheet, or a process you want to improve.
Let’s talk about what better coordination could look like.