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Construction Budget GC Analyzer

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.

What this skill does

Construction Budget GC Analyzer is an A.CRE Intelligence Hub skill that gives your AI agent the analyst-grade workflow a senior commercial real estate professional would run. 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. 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. Activate it inside ChatGPT, Claude, Manus, or OpenClaw by saying something like "Use the Construction Budget GC Analyzer skill" — the Hub routes the request to this skill and the underlying primary-source CRE data feeds backends automatically. Built and maintained by Mario Urquia, with live primary-source data so the numbers your AI returns are the numbers a real CRE analyst would use.

How you'll use it

"Use the Construction Budget GC Analyzer skill"

Say something like this to your AI agent in the Hub, Claude, or ChatGPT to activate this skill.

Skill activation rules

Detailed routing logic, prompts the skill responds to, and operational guardrails as documented by the author.

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.

What's inside

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…

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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:

Full instructions and any reference files ship in the .skill bundle.

Bundle structure
construction-budget-gc-analyzer/
├── SKILL.md                          # Required: instructions + metadata
└── references/                       # Optional: documentation
    ├── contract-analysis-guide.md    # 15.8 KB
    └── csi-division-benchmarks.yaml  # 12.2 KB

Who built it

With contributions from Avi Hacker.

How to run it

Not in the Hub? Download the .skill bundle above and follow the A.CRE skills install guide → to load it into Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any other agent that supports skills.

Already in the Hub. If you're an AI.Edge Pro or A.CRE Accelerator member, this skill is bundled into the A.CRE Intelligence Hub direct connector (MCP server) — just ask your agent.

About this skill

Third-Party skill. This skill is redistributed under the Apache-2.0 license and is not authored or endorsed by Adventures in CRE. Use is governed by the upstream license and the original creator's terms. Original attribution: Mario Urquia (link) and contributors (Avi Hacker).