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One real question, answered from a real construction library. The source references below are actual documents, not illustrative citations written for a website.
EXAMPLE ANSWER
RESIDENTIAL GC LIBRARY · COST-PLUS
QUESTION
How should we price an owner-requested millwork change on a cost-plus project?
ANSWER
01
Allowance status first.
If the millwork is carried by an allowance, this is an allowance reconciliation—compare actual cost against the allowance amount and document the variance. It becomes a change to the contract sum only for the portion that falls outside the allowance.
02
Open a Change Event before pricing.
The Change Event records the request, the date, and the originating direction. The PCO prices what the Change Event has already established.
03
Price from the subcontractor quote—but write the scope internally.
Use the shop quote for cost. Do not adopt the subcontractor’s scope language as the contract description; write the scope in the company’s own terms.
04
Apply contractor fee only where the contract permits it.
Show fee as a separate line, and never apply fee on fee.
05
State schedule impact explicitly.
One of three: None, TBD, or +__ calendar days. Never leave it blank.
06
If the shop must be released before pricing is final, authorize it in writing.
Depending on what the contract provides, that may be an NTE, a T&M authorization, or a construction change directive. Never verbally.
SOURCES
From the operating library
FCM-03 §10.2
Allowance changes — price the delta against the allowance baseline; avoid blending base-contract and upgrade costs.
FCM-03 §8.2
Cost-plus change authorization and fee treatment
CHG-53 §8.6 / §9.2
PCO pricing presentation and contractor-written scope
CON-16 §7.4
Fee and markup rules
CHG-59
NTE / T&M / CCD authorization paths
WHAT CHANGES THE ANSWER
Allowance status first. Then subcontracted vs. self-performed work, what the contract permits for fee, whether pricing is final, and whether the project has a GMP cap.
The point is not simply to produce an answer. It is to show the company knowledge behind it and the conditions that could change it.
the real construction library built inside a large Boston residential GC
The corpus

The corpus behind this example.

The answer above comes from a documented construction operating library—not a generic prompt.
110
Distinct construction document types
38
Document categories
5
Construction lifecycle phases
This is the operating library behind the example above. A client implementation would be configured around that company’s own procedures, standards, pricing rules, templates, project history, and operating knowledge.
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The questions that matter

Ask how your company does the work.

The useful questions usually aren’t generic construction questions. They’re questions where the answer depends on construction knowledge and the way your company operates.

Changes
INSTEAD OF
How do you price a change order?
ASK
How should we price this owner-requested millwork change on this type of contract?
Contracts
INSTEAD OF
What belongs in a subcontract?
ASK
What does our company require before this subcontract can be issued?
From answer to action

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When the answer requires documentation or another project action, Construction Intelligence can point the PM toward the appropriate document or workflow in Document Workbench.
Owner-requested change
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Determine the authorization, pricing treatment, and company procedure.
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Prepare the appropriate change documentation.
Contract requirement
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Identify what is required before the agreement can move forward.
Document Workbench
Prepare the appropriate subcontract or supporting documents.
Potential RFI
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Determine whether formal clarification is required.
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Move into the appropriate RFI workflow when needed.
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The questions that keep coming back
The pricing question that always goes back to the estimator.
The contract question that always goes back to the owner.
The process question that always goes back to the senior PM.