<p>Treat any RFI answer that changes materials, sizes or methods as a model change trigger, not paperwork, and push it through the model before it reaches the field.</p> <ul><li><strong>Flag it at intake.</strong> When an RFI response upsizes ductwork or swaps an assembly, tag it as scope-impacting before it disappears into the log.</li><li><strong>Put the change into the Revit model.</strong> Once the update lands and you publish, BidLight saves it as a versioned snapshot.</li><li><strong>Compare before and after.</strong> Compare two revisions element by element and show exactly what moved when someone questions the change.</li><li><strong>Pin an issue.</strong> Attach it to the affected elements so it carries the sheet and revision.</li><li><strong>Assign an owner.</strong> They see it in the next 6am digest.</li></ul> <p>Short version: do not let an RFI answer sit disconnected from the model. Route it through a publish and a comparison, and close the issue with a screenshot, a tagged user and the model commit.</p>