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Contract Review

Upload a subcontract or GC contract. The AI reviews every clause, flags risky terms, compares against standard clauses, and produces a risk score with a redline-ready summary.

Engine Phase: Award Runtime: 60-150 seconds Pro+

What it does

Contract Review reads the full contract, extracts every material clause (LDs, indemnification, insurance limits, warranty, pay-if-paid, termination, change-order process, dispute resolution, etc.), and flags each one as OK, risk, or critical. It also detects missing standard clauses — things that should normally be there but aren't (e.g., no force majeure, no waiver of consequential damages).

The engine is role-aware: a clause that protects a GC may be the same clause that harms a sub. Set your role (GC / Sub / Material Supplier) before running so the flags reflect your side of the table.

When to use it

What to upload

One contract document. Supported: PDF (best), DOCX. Plain text works but loses formatting context. Contracts up to ~60,000 words analyze cleanly; longer ones trigger the partial-analysis truncation banner — split by section if needed.

Step by step

  1. Open the engine + set role

    Sidebar → EnginesContract Review. Set your role before uploading — GC, Sub, or Material Supplier.

  2. Upload the contract

    One document. Multi-page contracts are expected.

  3. Run analysis

    30–90 seconds — contracts are the longest-prompt engine.

  4. Check the risk score

    Top of the result: overall risk rating (low / medium / high / critical) and a 0–100 risk score.

  5. Review flagged clauses

    Filter the clause table by risk level. Each flagged clause has its text, the risk note, and a recommended redline.

  6. Check missing clauses

    Below the main table — standard clauses this contract should have but doesn't.

  7. Accept risks / annotate / export

    For each flagged clause: click Accept risk (keep as-is and note who accepted), or add an annotation for your lawyer. Export PDF when you're done.

  8. Chain forward

    Chain to PM Contract Summary for a 2-page brief, or PM Handoff for a full handoff bundle. Chain to COI Tracker to verify insurance against what this contract requires.

Understanding the results

Risk banner + score

Overall risk rating + 0–100 score + risk breakdown (# critical / # risk / # OK).

Role badge

Reminds you which perspective the analysis was run from.

Clause table

Every material clause extracted: text, clause ID, risk level (pill), and a short note. Click any row to see the full clause excerpt and the recommended redline.

Missing clauses

Standard clauses that aren't present. Each can be marked Will address or N/A so you have a clean closeout record.

Truncation banner

If the contract exceeded the model's context window, shown as an amber banner — the analysis is partial; split by section for full coverage.

AI summary

Narrative paragraph at the bottom with the top 3–5 things that matter most.

Every control, explained

Role selector

GC / Sub / Material Supplier. Changes which clauses are favorable vs risky.

Run analysis

One run.

Filter (Critical / Risk / OK / All)

Narrows the clause table to a risk level.

Accept risk button

Marks a flagged clause as accepted with your name + timestamp. Useful when you've decided to take a specific risk.

Add annotation

Free-text note on a specific clause. Appears in the PDF export — useful for passing redline requests to a lawyer.

Missing clause: Will address / N/A

Disposition marker on each missing-clause row. Cleans up your review record.

Export PDF

Formatted clause-by-clause review with risk score, all annotations, and accept-risk markers.

Export XLSX

Raw data per clause — useful for pasting into a client risk register.

Chain to Contract Summary

Generates a 2-page PM-level executive brief of the same contract.

Chain to PM Handoff

Full handoff bundle including risks, deadlines, contacts.

Chain to COI Tracker

Pre-populates the COI Tracker with this contract's insurance requirements as the target for vendor compliance.

Chains

Chains into

Compare PO vs Invoices — During construction — verify invoices match the contract and PO terms.
Review Change Orders — When COs come in — check if the work was already in scope.
Generate Contract Summary — Create a concise PM-friendly summary of the key contract terms and obligations.
Review Pay Applications — Review payment applications against the contract terms you just analyzed.
Verify Insurance Coverage — Contract requirements carry forward \u2014 verify that COI meets the insurance provisions in the contract.
Track Contract RFIs — Contract terms carry forward \u2014 RFIs are checked against original contract scope and obligations.
Contract Context for Report — Contract terms and risks carry forward to provide context in the owner progress report.

Chained from

Review the Subcontract — Upload the full subcontract for clause analysis and risk review.
Review the Winner's Contract — Upload the winning vendor's contract — AI checks for unfavorable clauses, notice traps, and liability exposure.
Check the Underlying Contract — Review the contract behind this PO for risk clauses.
Re-check the Contract — Verify whether the change order work was covered in the original contract scope.
Check the Underlying Contract — Found billing discrepancies? Review the contract to check payment terms, retainage, and allowable charges.
Run Full Contract Review — Run a detailed AI contract review to surface more risk flags and obligations for this handoff.
Run Full Contract Review — Dive deeper with a clause-by-clause risk analysis of the contract.
Check the Underlying Contract — Review the contract behind these documents for risk clauses.
Check the Underlying Contract — Review the contract behind this PO for risk clauses.

Exports

Troubleshooting

Truncation banner on a large contract

Split by section: General Conditions separately, Scope separately, Supplementary Conditions separately. Run each as its own review, then reconcile.

Risk score seems too high/low

Check the role setting. A neutral-to-GC clause can look risk-level-critical from a Sub perspective.

Clause text not extracting cleanly (scanned PDF)

OCR is applied but scanned contracts are noisier. Upload the original Word or digital PDF if you have it.

Disagreement with a flag

Use the chat: "Clause 14.3 is standard in our market — re-evaluate." The engine respects expert context from chat.

Not legal advice

Contract Review is an analytical aid. It flags risks a human reviewer would probably catch, but it doesn't replace a lawyer's review. Always have significant contracts reviewed by counsel before signing.