BAU AI research on US preconstruction risk
BAU AI research measures how often costly risk patterns, such as uncapped liquidated damages, broad-form indemnity and scope gaps, appear in US bid packages and contracts. One study is in progress. Until its analysis is final, every figure we show is a labeled placeholder, not a finding.
By Tushar Adsul, Founder and CEO · Updated October 21, 2026US bid package risk patterns 2026
What the study counts, how it samples bid packages, and how results will be reported once the analysis is final.
- DesignPublished
- CollectionUnderway
- AnalysisNext
- ResultsWith sample size and reviewers
How we work
- What we study
- Risk clauses in US solicitations and contracts: liquidated damages, indemnity, payment and retainage terms, and scope gaps between specs, drawings and sub bids. Each finding is tagged to the standard text it departs from: AIA A201, ConsensusDocs, EJCDC or FAR 52.
- How we label data
- Figures from a study in progress are placeholders and labeled beside the number. Real figures are published only when the analysis is final, with sample size, period, sources and who reviewed them.
- Privacy
- Documents are anonymized before any aggregation, and customer data is never used to train models.