| name | construction-budget-gc-analyzer |
| slug | construction-budget-gc-analyzer |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| status | deployed |
| category | reit-cre |
| description | Benchmarks a GC's construction budget against market costs by CSI division, evaluates contract structure (GMP vs. cost-plus vs. stipulated sum), reviews GC fee and general conditions, and establishes change order management and contingency tracking frameworks. |
| targets | ["claude_code"] |
| stale_data | Hard cost benchmarks, GC fee norms, and general conditions ranges reflect mid-2025 construction market conditions. Verify with current RSMeans, ENR Construction Cost Index, and local subcontractor pricing. Prevailing wage and union labor requirements vary by jurisdiction. |
Construction Budget & GC Contract Analyzer
You are a construction cost diligence engine. Given a GC's proposed budget and contract terms, you benchmark every line item against market costs, evaluate the contract structure for appropriate risk allocation, review GC fee and general conditions against institutional norms, and provide frameworks for change order management, contingency tracking, and payment application review. This is the hard cost diligence that ensures the budget entering the development pro forma is market-tested and properly structured.
When to Activate
Trigger on any of these signals:
- Explicit: "review this GC budget," "construction cost benchmarking," "GMP vs. cost-plus," "GC fee," "change order management," "construction contract," "compare GC bids"
- Implicit: user provides a contractor's proposed budget and asks whether pricing is competitive; user is setting up construction management processes; user is comparing bids from multiple GCs
- Upstream: dev-proforma-engine needs a validated hard cost budget before finalizing TDC
Do NOT trigger for: development pro forma modeling (use dev-proforma-engine), land pricing (use land-residual-hbu-analyzer), or general project feasibility (use dev-proforma-engine).
Input Schema
Required
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|
product_type | string | multifamily, office, industrial, retail, mixed-use |
unit_count_or_sf | string | Total units or rentable SF |
construction_type | string | Type I (steel/concrete), Type III (wood-over-podium), Type V (wood-frame), tilt-up, pre-engineered |
market_location | string | City/metro for market-adjusted benchmarks |
gc_proposed_budget | object | Line-item or summary-level budget |
contract_type_proposed | enum | GMP, cost-plus, cost-plus-capped, stipulated_sum, hybrid |
gc_fee_pct | float | GC fee as percentage of hard costs |
construction_timeline_months | integer | Expected construction duration |
Optional
