construction-budget-gc-analyzer

Name: construction-budget-gc-analyzer
Author: mariourquia

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How to install construction-budget-gc-analyzer?

mariourquia/cre-skills-plugin/construction-budget-gc-analyzer

$npx -y skills add mariourquia/cre-skills-plugin --skill construction-budget-gc-analyzer

Installs into the current project.

Summary

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.

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SKILL.md

1	# Construction Budget & GC Contract Analyzer
2
3	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.
4
5	## When to Activate
6
7	Trigger on any of these signals:
8
9	- Explicit: "review this GC budget," "construction cost benchmarking," "GMP vs. cost-plus," "GC fee," "change order management," "construction contract," "compare GC bids"
10	- Implicit: user provides a contractor's proposed budget and asks whether pricing is competitive; user is setting up construction management processes; user is comparing bids from multiple GCs
11	- Upstream: dev-proforma-engine needs a validated hard cost budget before finalizing TDC
12
13	Do NOT trigger for: development pro forma modeling (use dev-proforma-engine), land pricing (use land-residual-hbu-analyzer), or general project feasibility (use dev-proforma-engine).
14
15	## Input Schema
16
17	### Required
18
19	\| Field \| Type \| Notes \|
20	\|---\|---\|---\|
21	\| `product_type` \| string \| multifamily, office, industrial, retail, mixed-use \|
22	\| `unit_count_or_sf` \| string \| Total units or rentable SF \|
23	\| `construction_type` \| string \| Type I (steel/concrete), Type III (wood-over-podium), Type V (wood-frame), tilt-up, pre-engineered \|
24	\| `market_location` \| string \| City/metro for market-adjusted benchmarks \|
25	\| `gc_proposed_budget` \| object \| Line-item or summary-level budget \|
26	\| `contract_type_proposed` \| enum \| GMP, cost-plus, cost-plus-capped, stipulated_sum, hybrid \|
27	\| `gc_fee_pct` \| float \| GC fee as percentage of hard costs \|
28	\| `construction_timeline_months` \| integer \| Expected construction duration \|
29
30	### Optional
31
32	\| Field \| Type \| Notes \|
33	\|---\|---\|---\|
34	\| `stories` \| integer \| Number of stories \|
35	\| `parking_type` \| string \| structured, surface, podium \|
36	\| `contingency_in_gc_budget` \| float \| GC-controlled contingency amount \|
37	\| `owner_contingency` \| float \| Owner-controlled contingency (default 5%) \|
38	\| `prevailing_wage` \| boolean \| Davis-Bacon or state prevailing wage applies \|
39	\| `union_labor` \| boolean \| Union labor requirement \|
40	\| `specialty_systems` \| string \| Structured parking, curtain wall, lab, cold storage \|
41	\| `competitive_bid` \| boolean \| Whether 3+ GCs bid (default true) \|
42	\| `other_gc_bids` \| list \| Other GC proposals for comparison \|
43
44	## Process
45
46	### Step 1: Hard Cost Benchmark Comparison
47
48	Compare the GC budget to market benchmarks by CSI division or major trade:
49
50	\| CSI Division / Trade \| GC Budget ($) \| GC Budget ($/SF) \| Market Benchmark ($/SF) \| Variance (%) \| Flag \| Notes \|
51	\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|
52	\| 02 - Sitework \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
53	\| 03 - Concrete \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
54	\| 04 - Masonry \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
55	\| 05 - Metals \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
56	\| 06 - Wood/Plastics \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
57	\| 07 - Thermal/Moisture \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
58	\| 08 - Doors/Windows \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
59	\| 09 - Finishes \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
60	\| 14 - Conveying (elevators) \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
61	\| 15 - Mechanical (HVAC/plumbing) \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
62	\| 16 - Electrical \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
63	\| General Conditions \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
64	\| GC Fee \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
65	\| GC Contingency \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
66	\| Total Hard Costs \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
67
68	Flags:
69	- Over (>15% above benchmark): negotiation target. GC has embedded margin or is pricing risk conservatively.
70	- Under (>15% below benchmark): scope risk. GC may have excluded scope items, under-estimated, or plans to submit change orders.
71	- OK (within +/-15%): in market range.
72
73	Normalize for: market location (labor/materials vary 30-50% across US), product type, construction type, specialty systems, prevailing wage, union labor.
74
75	GC budgets contain margin in every line item. The stated GC fee is only part of total margin. Line-by-line benchmarking reveals embedded margin across trades.
76
77	### Step 2: Contract Structure Analysis
78
79	\| Dimension \| GMP \| Cost-Plus (Capped) \| Stipulated Sum \|
80	\|---\|---\|---\|---\|
81	\| Cost overrun risk \| GC bears (above GMP) \| Owner bears (to cap) \| GC bears \|
82	\| Savings benefit \| Shared or G

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How to install construction-budget-gc-analyzer?

mariourquia/cre-skills-plugin/construction-budget-gc-analyzer

$npx -y skills add mariourquia/cre-skills-plugin --skill construction-budget-gc-analyzer

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	# Construction Budget & GC Contract Analyzer
2
3	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.
4
5	## When to Activate
6
7	Trigger on any of these signals:
8
9	- Explicit: "review this GC budget," "construction cost benchmarking," "GMP vs. cost-plus," "GC fee," "change order management," "construction contract," "compare GC bids"
10	- Implicit: user provides a contractor's proposed budget and asks whether pricing is competitive; user is setting up construction management processes; user is comparing bids from multiple GCs
11	- Upstream: dev-proforma-engine needs a validated hard cost budget before finalizing TDC
12
13	Do NOT trigger for: development pro forma modeling (use dev-proforma-engine), land pricing (use land-residual-hbu-analyzer), or general project feasibility (use dev-proforma-engine).
14
15	## Input Schema
16
17	### Required
18
19	\| Field \| Type \| Notes \|
20	\|---\|---\|---\|
21	\| `product_type` \| string \| multifamily, office, industrial, retail, mixed-use \|
22	\| `unit_count_or_sf` \| string \| Total units or rentable SF \|
23	\| `construction_type` \| string \| Type I (steel/concrete), Type III (wood-over-podium), Type V (wood-frame), tilt-up, pre-engineered \|
24	\| `market_location` \| string \| City/metro for market-adjusted benchmarks \|
25	\| `gc_proposed_budget` \| object \| Line-item or summary-level budget \|
26	\| `contract_type_proposed` \| enum \| GMP, cost-plus, cost-plus-capped, stipulated_sum, hybrid \|
27	\| `gc_fee_pct` \| float \| GC fee as percentage of hard costs \|
28	\| `construction_timeline_months` \| integer \| Expected construction duration \|
29
30	### Optional
31
32	\| Field \| Type \| Notes \|
33	\|---\|---\|---\|
34	\| `stories` \| integer \| Number of stories \|
35	\| `parking_type` \| string \| structured, surface, podium \|
36	\| `contingency_in_gc_budget` \| float \| GC-controlled contingency amount \|
37	\| `owner_contingency` \| float \| Owner-controlled contingency (default 5%) \|
38	\| `prevailing_wage` \| boolean \| Davis-Bacon or state prevailing wage applies \|
39	\| `union_labor` \| boolean \| Union labor requirement \|
40	\| `specialty_systems` \| string \| Structured parking, curtain wall, lab, cold storage \|
41	\| `competitive_bid` \| boolean \| Whether 3+ GCs bid (default true) \|
42	\| `other_gc_bids` \| list \| Other GC proposals for comparison \|
43
44	## Process
45
46	### Step 1: Hard Cost Benchmark Comparison
47
48	Compare the GC budget to market benchmarks by CSI division or major trade:
49
50	\| CSI Division / Trade \| GC Budget ($) \| GC Budget ($/SF) \| Market Benchmark ($/SF) \| Variance (%) \| Flag \| Notes \|
51	\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|
52	\| 02 - Sitework \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
53	\| 03 - Concrete \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
54	\| 04 - Masonry \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
55	\| 05 - Metals \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
56	\| 06 - Wood/Plastics \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
57	\| 07 - Thermal/Moisture \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
58	\| 08 - Doors/Windows \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
59	\| 09 - Finishes \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
60	\| 14 - Conveying (elevators) \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
61	\| 15 - Mechanical (HVAC/plumbing) \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
62	\| 16 - Electrical \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
63	\| General Conditions \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
64	\| GC Fee \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
65	\| GC Contingency \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
66	\| Total Hard Costs \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
67
68	Flags:
69	- Over (>15% above benchmark): negotiation target. GC has embedded margin or is pricing risk conservatively.
70	- Under (>15% below benchmark): scope risk. GC may have excluded scope items, under-estimated, or plans to submit change orders.
71	- OK (within +/-15%): in market range.
72
73	Normalize for: market location (labor/materials vary 30-50% across US), product type, construction type, specialty systems, prevailing wage, union labor.
74
75	GC budgets contain margin in every line item. The stated GC fee is only part of total margin. Line-by-line benchmarking reveals embedded margin across trades.
76
77	### Step 2: Contract Structure Analysis
78
79	\| Dimension \| GMP \| Cost-Plus (Capped) \| Stipulated Sum \|
80	\|---\|---\|---\|---\|
81	\| Cost overrun risk \| GC bears (above GMP) \| Owner bears (to cap) \| GC bears \|
82	\| Savings benefit \| Shared or G

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