Specs: The Hidden Driver of Risk and How AI is Changing Everything

Revealing the true cost of RFIs, rework, and scope gaps, and how AI is finally turning specs into a strategic advantage

  • Document Crunch
  • S. P. McCarl & Company
  • Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors
Specs: The Hidden Driver of Risk and How AI is Changing Everything

Webinar

Specifications have long been a critical yet under-leveraged part of construction project documents. When missed or misunderstood, they quietly drive massive downstream risk — from scope gaps and RFIs to rework, delays, and dreaded legal disputes.

In this roundtable-style session, construction leaders and tech experts will unpack how AI is changing the way teams engage with specs. You'll hear firsthand how the shift from manual review to intelligent spec insight is helping teams surface risk earlier, align faster, and prevent costly mistakes — all without adding more work.

What you will learn:

  1. Why specs are often the root cause of RFIs, rework, and disputes — and how to fix that
  2. How AI is transforming spec workflows across precon, operations, and legal
  3. What leading teams are doing differently before and after AI
  4. How intelligent spec tools are helping contractors improve clarity, coordination, and cost control

Speakers

  1. Scott Bekker Webinar Moderator Future B2B
  2. Ryan Gaiss Enterprise Account Executive Document Crunch
  3. Reza Shirazi Senior AI Product Manager Document Crunch
  4. Chris McCarl Director of Estimating S. P. McCarl & Company
  5. Kristen Ortiz Director of Project Controls Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors