AI for Construction

Reduce Commercial Administration. Strengthen Payment and Notice Control.

Use controlled AI workflows to organise records, track notices, support valuation and identify risks across tender, payment, change, delay and claims.

30+

years' construction
industry experience

MRICS

Chartered Quantity
Surveyor

MCIArb

Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators

JCT, NEC, FIDIC

and bespoke
contracts
Workflow Groups

Where AI Applies in Construction

Four commercial areas where AI workflows organise records, surface risks and produce structured outputs for commercial review.

Tender, Scope and Contract Formation Workflows

Controlled AI workflows for tender review, scope analysis, qualifications and contract formation risks.

Workflow areas include:

  • Tender risk review
  • Scope gap identification
  • Contract amendment checks
  • Qualifications and clarifications
  • Obligation and deliverable summaries
  • Handover notes for the project team

Contract Administration and Notice Control Workflows

Controlled AI workflows for obligations, notices, response periods and contract administration records.

Workflow areas include:

  • Obligation tracking
  • Notice requirement summaries
  • Response period tracking
  • Contract administration checklists
  • Correspondence and instruction review
  • Project record organisation

Payment, Variation and Recovery Workflows

Controlled AI workflows for payment cycles, valuation support, change records and recovery reporting.

Workflow areas include:

  • Payment cycle checks
  • Valuation substantiation
  • Pay less notice review
  • Variation and change tracking
  • Aged recovery reporting
  • Final account record organisation

Delay, Disruption and Claims Records Workflows

Controlled AI workflows for organising delay, disruption, access, sequencing and claims records.

Workflow areas include:

  • Delay event record review
  • Access and sequencing records
  • Disruption and productivity records
  • Programme record organisation
  • Claims record schedules
  • Chronology and issue summaries
01/AI AUTOMATION CASE STUDIES

AI Automation in Construction

These matters are examples of ICRS appointments in this area. Each case summarises the issue, ICRS's involvement, the work delivered and the outcome.

Case study

AI Tender Pricing Automation for an M&E Subcontractor

The workflow reduced manual first pass pricing and applied historic tender and cost data consistently across new BOQs.

Client
M&E subcontractor
Issue
Estimators manually applied historic cost and tender data when pricing new BOQs.
Case study

AI Contract and Project Issue Review for a Façade Subcontractor

The workflow reduced manual record and contract review and provided the commercial team with traceable analysis to support subcontract administration and decisions.

Client
Façade subcontractor
Issue
Project issues required manual review of project records and amended subcontract terms to identify the supporting facts and governing subcontract provisions.
Case study

AI Factual Chronology Automation for a Civil Engineering Subcontractor

The workflow reduced the manual work required to prepare factual chronologies for claims, adjudications and contractual correspondence.

Client
Civil engineering subcontractor
Issue
Preparing factual chronologies for delay and disruption events required extensive manual review, referencing and collation of project records.
02/AI Automation Catalogue

Repeatable processes affecting entitlement, commercial recovery, notices and substantiation

Each automation is a controlled workflow built around the contract, project records and required output.

It compares, reconciles and structures records where payment, notice, change or delay issues affect commercial recovery.

11Categories
106Example workflow areas
7Control stages

Bespoke Automation

Need a Process Automated That Is Not in the Catalogue?

We design AI automations for commercial, contractual and planning processes not covered by the catalogue.

Each automation is scoped against contract terms, project records, reporting requirements and approval route.

03/How the automation works

Repeatable processes, automated under control

Each automation compares, reconciles or structures agreed project records, then routes the result to the responsible reviewer.

The output requires approval before it supports payment, notice, claim or final account decisions.

01

Project Records In

Contracts, correspondence, notices, programmes, payment applications, valuation records and site evidence.

02

Automation Runs

Specified task, source references, output template and approval route. The same controlled process each cycle.

03

Reviewed Output

Structured report, register or action list routed for valuation, notice, claim or final account review.

04/Outcomes

Commercial Outcomes from AI Automation

01

Commercial Time Saved

Automate Repetitive Commercial Reconciliation

Automate comparison and reconciliation across payment applications, valuations, variations, notices and supporting records.

02

Contractual Notice Control

Required Actions Identified Before Contractual Deadlines

Track contractual notice requirements, notice dates and response periods against the relevant deadline.

03

Stronger Evidence

Assemble the Record Behind Recovery

Assemble and cross-reference the records relied on for valuations, variations, delay, loss and expense and claims. Identify evidential gaps early.

04

Protected Margin

Identify Change and Cost Earlier

Identify variations, delay events and additional cost early enough to address notice, valuation and evidential requirements before recovery is affected.

05/AI Automation Review

Protect Recovery and Entitlement

A focused review of where AI automation will protect recovery and entitlement, and where it should not be used.

AI Automation Review

From £1,000

The review gives you:

  • Processes ranked by under-recovery risk, notice exposure and evidential weakness
  • Payment and valuation processes where recovery may be delayed or under-supported
  • Variation, change and compensation event processes where entitlement may be missed
  • Notice and response-period processes where contractual position may be weakened
  • Delay, disruption and loss and expense records requiring stronger substantiation
  • Final account and claim preparation processes where records need earlier organisation
  • A map of project records, required outputs, commercial risks and approval routes
  • Controls for source records, excluded information, output review and permitted use
  • Staff guidance for approved use, review responsibility and output reliance
  • A pilot plan covering scope, source records, output format and review route
06/Controls and confidentiality

Every automation runs with controls, approvals and audit

AI requires controls where contracts, payment records, correspondence and commercial data may affect entitlement, commercial recovery or confidentiality.

Defined Controls

Source records, task boundaries, exclusions, output template and approval route are fixed before use.

Source Referencing

Outputs cite source records so reviewers can check entitlement, substantiation and reliance before use.

Confidentiality

Permissions, staff rules, audit trails and supplier checks are agreed before confidential or commercial information is used.

ICRS Consult

Credentials and Experience

ICRS Consult brings more than 30 years of construction experience across commercial management, contracts, claims, disputes, adjudication and expert appointments.

30+
years' construction
industry experience
MRICS
Chartered Quantity
Surveyor
MCIArb
Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators
JCT, NEC, FIDIC
and bespoke
contracts
  • LLM in Construction Law and Arbitration
  • Expert appointments in arbitration, litigation and adjudication
  • Expert witness in professional negligence proceedings
  • Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence
  • UK and Middle East project experience across JCT, NEC and FIDIC contracts
Client Feedback

What Our Clients Say

Very experienced in claims preparation and defence and has provided valuable advice on complex contractual matters. I would recommend the professional and strategic approach to the resolution of construction claims and disputes.

Contracts ManagerInternational Rail Contractor

His technical understanding, level of investigation, and analysis together with the ability to come up with the substance of the case undoubtedly make him the best choice of consultant in the field.

Commercial ManagerM&E subcontractor

Highly experienced in the preparation of construction claims. He produced a very clear and comprehensive EOT claim for us.

Commercial ManagerInternational Main Contractor

A highly experienced claims practitioner who has an in-depth understanding of complex construction claims.

General ManagerMain Contractor

I reviewed an EOT claim prepared by Matt and his team. It was to a high standard which made it easy to follow and evaluate.

Senior Project ManagerDeveloper

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