Chapter 3. What you get back · Step 10 of 15
Before you sign
Before anyone signs, Redline brings it all together: twelve questions a careful owner would ask before signing, ten scores across the kinds of risk in the contract, and one verdict. The verdict only turns green when every serious finding has a decision behind it. Deciding a risk counts as managing it; nothing is erased.
Live screen
The pre-signing gate, on your decisions
This is the gate from the portal, computed from the sample's findings and the decisions you made in step 6.
20 of 20 high findings still need a decision
The first pass negotiates the contract clauses, prices the scope gaps, insures the insurance gap and sends the state-law items to counsel. Watch the verdict and the questions change.
- 1
Highs block the verdict
One undecided high finding keeps the gate open. That is on purpose. - 2
Every score has a reason
Scores come only from this review's findings, so each one traces back to something you can open and read.
Not signature-ready: 20 undecided high-risk findings and 1 unanswered gate question.
The twelve questions before signature
Do you know exactly what you're building?
3 high-risk findings still undecided.
Do you know exactly what you priced?
1 high-risk finding still undecided.
Do you know everything you're legally agreeing to, including every incorporated document?
2 high-risk findings still undecided.
Can you realistically perform on the required schedule?
Field says the schedule is tight.
When will you get paid, and how much must you finance?
5 high-risk findings still undecided.
Will you actually get paid when the work changes?
1 finding awaiting a decision.
Who pays when the project doesn't proceed as planned?
4 high-risk findings still undecided.
Could exposure exceed the profit, the price, the insurance or the company?
3 high-risk findings still undecided.
Does insurance actually cover the contractual obligations?
2 high-risk findings still undecided.
Can your field and office comply with the notice and documentation requirements?
Nothing flagged.
How much commercial leverage exists with this GC?
Leverage not answered in the interview.
If everything that could reasonably go wrong did, what would this contract cost?
Exposure snapshot computed from confirmed terms.
Risk profile: scored per dimension
Scores derive only from this review's findings; a decided finding counts as managed risk, never erased. Preparation, not legal advice.