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PrimeRiskReview is a focused prime-contract screening tool for agreements between project owners and their contractors. It helps identify provisions that may warrant attention before signing, but it is not legal advice.
What does PrimeRiskReview do?
It screens a prime construction contract — an owner–contractor agreement, GMP or CM-at-risk contract, design-build agreement, or EPC agreement — for provisions that commonly affect payment, schedule, claims, liquidated damages, indemnity, incorporated documents, warranty, termination, and related negotiation risk — then turns the findings into negotiation deliverables: prioritized issues with proposed replacement language, a negotiation memo, a complete redline of the contract with tracked changes (with or without explanatory comments), and a clean amended draft, all for review with counsel.
Is it legal advice?
No. The output is AI-generated information for negotiation support. It should be reviewed by qualified construction counsel before you sign or rely on it.
What files can I upload?
The tool accepts PDF and Word documents. Text-based PDFs and clean Word files generally produce better results than scanned, heavily marked-up, or low-quality copies.
What clauses does it look for?
The screening runs an independent search for each risk category: payment conditions (including payment tied to lender funding), owner payment security, retainage, lien waivers, incorporated documents and order of precedence, scope, site conditions and design responsibility, change orders and construction change directives, schedule, delay, no-damages-for-delay, force majeure and concurrent delay, liquidated and consequential damages, limitation of liability, indemnity and insurance, change in law and tariffs, termination for cause and for convenience, suspension, withholding, setoff and audit rights, dispute resolution and attorneys’ fees, warranty and substantial completion, and boilerplate terms such as assignment, confidentiality, non-compete, and acceptance. It also identifies common protections that are absent — for example, a missing liability cap, mutual consequential-damages waiver, force-majeure clause, change-in-law relief, or an owner obligation to provide evidence of project financing — and proposes language for them.
What does the output include?
The output includes a risk-allocation score, an executive review, a categorized issue list with explanations of why each provision matters, direct links back to the contract text, and negotiation points with a protective position and a fallback position for each issue. From those you can generate downloads: a discussion memo, a negotiation memo, a complete redline with tracked changes, a clean amended-contract draft, and Word and PDF copies of the full review.
What is the complete redline?
The complete redline is the full extracted contract text with your selected negotiation positions applied as true Microsoft Word tracked changes — deletions struck through and insertions underlined — that can be accepted or rejected change by change in Word. You can include an explanatory margin comment on each change (why it is proposed and the fallback position) or download a changes-only version with no comments, suitable for sending to the other side after counsel review.
What is the negotiation memo?
The negotiation memo lists each requested change in document order, memo style. Each entry identifies where the provision appears in the contract, the subject of the change, the proposed replacement language, and the reason the change is being requested, with the fallback position noted where one exists. It is designed to be handed to counsel or used to walk the counterparty through the requested modifications.
How are the proposed positions chosen?
Proposed revisions come from a built-in playbook of positions commonly taken by general contractors, construction managers, design-builders, and EPC contractors negotiating owner paper, with protective and fallback tiers for each issue. The playbook adjusts to your role, the agreement structure (lump-sum owner–contractor agreement, GMP or CM-at-risk contract, design-build or EPC agreement, or master agreement with work orders), the project type, and the risk-tolerance setting you choose. The positions are negotiation support to review with counsel, not legal advice.
How much does it cost?
The current price is $299 per screening. There are no seats, subscriptions, or minimums.