Chapter 2. What Redline does · Step 3 of 10
One upload, back in minutes
Drop in the GC's subcontract and your proposal, plus the prime contract if you have it. Redline reads all of it against your company's standards and the law in the project's state. The 101-page showcase contract took three minutes 14 seconds.
One review, one screen
Everything about the contract, in one place
This is a finished review of the Harbor Point subcontract. The whole contract, already marked up, with every issue beside it and every file you'll need one click away.
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The score at the top
20 high, 5 medium, 3 low. You know how bad it is in one look. - 2
Your files, ready
Redlined PDF, Word redline, the review report and the GC packet. - 3
The contract, marked up
Struck and rewritten where the problems are, with the reasons on the right.
What comes back
Five things, every contract
Every clause that can cost you
Ranked by risk, each with the page, the reason and replacement language. Harbor Point: 28 findings, 20 high risk.
See it 2What it could cost, in dollars
Days of delay that erase your profit, money held back, who carries the owner's credit risk.
See it 3The contract, marked up to send back
Word tracked changes, a marked-up PDF and a clean list of asks for the GC.
See it 4Every deadline, on one card
The clocks the contract starts on day one, printed for the people on site.
See it 5A clear verdict before signing
One honest answer to whether it's ready to sign, and a sign-off on the record.
See itIt learns your company once
Your rules, applied to every contract
Tell Redline your trade, which side of the table you're on, your home state, your standard positions and insurance, and who signs off. Every contract after that is read against them, so a new PM checks a contract the way your best PM would.
Starting a review then takes two basics and the files.
What it is, and isn't. Redline is not a law firm and doesn't give legal advice. It's the first read, not the last word: it finds, prices and drafts, and your team and your counsel decide.
The fastest way to judge Redline is on a contract you actually have.