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The Cost of Not Knowing

60 Open RFIs. $64,800 in Limbo.

You have 60 open RFIs. At $1,080 each, that's $64,800 sitting in limbo. Fifteen of them will never get a response. The rest take 8-12 days on average. Every day of waiting costs you money, schedule, and credibility.

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The Silent Project Killer

RFIs don't make noise when they expire. They just silently drain your budget and push your schedule.

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$1,080 Per RFI
60 Open

At $1,080 each, your 60 open RFIs represent $64,800 in limbo — accumulating cost every day they remain unanswered.

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8-12 Day Response
Average Wait

The average RFI takes 8-12 days to get a response. That's 8-12 days of crews making assumptions or standing idle on affected work.

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25% Never Answered
15 of 60

One in four RFIs simply never gets a formal response. Field teams guess. Architects review later. Rework follows.

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Schedule Cascade
3-5 Day Delays

Each unanswered RFI on critical path creates 3-5 days of schedule impact. Four on critical path? That's a month of delays hiding in your inbox.

The Return on POD

What happens when every RFI has a tracker, an owner, a deadline, and a cost attached.

3x Faster

Decision Velocity

POD tracks every pending decision, its age, its cost impact, and who is responsible. Escalation happens before the deadline, not after.

100%

Zero Blind Spots

Every RFI, submittal, and decision request is visible on the morning dashboard — with aging indicators and critical path flags.

Day 5

Auto-Escalation

When a decision passes your threshold, POD automatically escalates — to the architect, the owner, or your internal team. No manual follow-up needed.

Real-Time

Cost Visibility

Every pending decision shows its dollar-per-day cost impact. Decision makers see the financial consequence of every day of delay.

The RFI Queue — Aging in Plain Sight

Each card is a decision stuck in limbo. The red ones will never get answered.

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Every Unanswered RFI Is a $1,080 Hole in Your Budget

Decision latency and information flow — the metrics that turn RFI chaos into actionable intelligence.

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Never Lose Track of a Decision Again

Decision Aging Dashboard

Every open RFI and decision with its age, responsible party, cost impact, and critical path status — updated in real time

Information Currency Index

A single score that tells you whether information is flowing or stagnant. Below threshold? POD tells you exactly where the blockage is.

Cost Per Day of Delay

Each pending decision shows its daily financial impact. Turn abstract delays into concrete dollars that drive action.

Auto-Escalation Engine

Set thresholds per decision type. When an RFI ages past your limit, POD escalates to the right person with the cost data attached.

Accountability Mapping

Every decision has an owner, a deadline, and a trail. No more "I thought you were handling that" conversations.

Critical Path Integration

POD doesn't just track RFIs in isolation — it shows which pending decisions are blocking critical path and by how much.

“We had 73 open RFIs and no idea which ones were actually blocking work. POD showed us that 6 of them were on critical path — costing us $4,200 per day each. We escalated all 6 that morning and had answers by end of week.”

— Project Director, Healthcare Construction

Frequently Asked Questions

Stop Losing $1,080 Per RFI

See how POD tracks every decision, flags every delay, and shows exactly who is holding up your project.

POD doesn't conform — POD defines the standard.

Last updated: March 2026