Read the bid package in minutes, not an evening

What it pulls out

CrewBuddy reads the invite and the spec sections for your trade and writes a one-page summary: bid due date, time and how to submit, the sections and pages that describe your work, materials and finish requirements, schedule and phasing, insurance limits and additional insured wording, bond and license requirements, site walk dates, and anything unusual such as prevailing wage, liquidated damages or a long retainage.

Each point has a page or section reference, so you can check the source before you rely on it. Items that seem to belong to your trade but are written vaguely, like patching before paint, go on the question list.

Long packages and their limits

A full spec book can run hundreds of pages. CrewBuddy reads it in parts, keeps the sections that touch your trade, and checks its summary against the pages before it answers. A big package takes longer, so send it the day it arrives.

Text is the limit. Drawings are pictures, and scanned pages have no text inside, so neither is read. Send photos of a drawing detail or a scanned page if you want CrewBuddy to look at one. The questions go to the GC from you; CrewBuddy drafts them.

Once you decide to bid, the materials and estimate recipe builds the number, and the insurance watch keeps the certificate they asked for current.