Counsel — Project Intelligence for Construction Professionals
Project intelligence for construction

An adviser that reads your project — and answers when you ask.

Counsel surfaces what matters, what's missing, and what to do next, and turns it into client-ready reporting.

The analysis is fast. The judgement stays yours.

Start free: 3 report credits, no card required.

Counsel is a single adviser with two modes: it reads your project — documents, notes, cost reports, correspondence — and it answers your questions, about this project or about how the industry works. Both are fast. Both keep the professional judgement where it belongs — with you.

Three things, done the way a professional would.

Reads your project

Upload documents, meeting notes, cost reports and correspondence. Counsel reads all of it and understands it the way a construction professional would — RIBA stages, NEC and JCT, CDM, the Building Safety Act.

Tells you what matters

It surfaces the risks worth your attention, the information that's missing, and the decisions your client needs to make — proportionately, not as an undifferentiated list.

Answers when you ask

Ask Counsel about your project, or about how something works — a contract mechanism, a stage requirement, a point of process. It draws on deep construction knowledge to give you an informed, considered starting point.

It reads the project the way a professional would.

Counsel understands the language of construction — what a compensation event is, why an Early Warning matters, what belongs in a Stage 3 report, how a cost position should be presented. It reads across everything you give it, reconciles what the documents say, and builds a structured picture of where the project actually stands — not where a single out-of-date document claims it is.

Counsel — project review
Riverside Mixed-Use — Stage 4NEC4 ECC
Compensation event undecided beyond contractual reply periodCE-014 · raised 18 days ago · cost impact unquantifiedConfirm
Early Warning open — no risk-reduction meeting recordedEW-009 · programme + cost riskConfirm
Stage 4 cost report references a superseded contract sumReconciled against latest CE registerConfirm
Building Safety Act gateway evidence — completeNo action requiredConfirm

A list of forty items is not insight.

Counsel weighs what it finds, so the things that need your attention stand out from the things that don't. It tells you what's moved, what it means, and what to do next — rather than reproducing every row of every register.

Project Status Report · Stage 4
Riverside Mixed-Use — Monthly Report

2.0 Key matters for decision

Recommendation
Convene a risk-reduction meeting on EW-009 before the next valuation; the open compensation event (CE-014) should be quantified to protect the contract position.

Some questions don't need a report. They need an answer.

Counsel is built on a foundation of construction expertise — contract forms, regulatory frameworks, the RIBA stages, cost and programme practice. Ask it the way you'd ask a knowledgeable colleague:

  • What's still outstanding on this project this month?
  • How does an Early Warning differ from a compensation event?
  • What should a Stage 3 report actually contain?
  • What does the Building Safety Act mean for a project like this?

For questions about your project, Counsel answers from your own information. For questions about how the industry works, it answers from the expertise built into it. Either way you get a clear, well-informed place to start — and the judgement on what to do with it stays where it belongs: with you.

How does an Early Warning differ from a compensation event?
CounselAn Early Warning is a forward-looking notice that flags a matter which could affect cost, time or quality — its job is to trigger a conversation before the impact lands. A compensation event is a defined event that, once notified and assessed, changes the prices and/or the completion date. One warns; the other adjusts the contract. Want this in the context of your NEC4 project?
Yes — and what's outstanding on Riverside this month?
Ask Counsel about your project…

Counsel does the reading, the assembly, and the first draft. It does not make the judgements your clients pay you for.

And it never pretends to. Every output is a draft for you to review, challenge and own before it's issued. This matters in our profession. RICS and APM both set sensible terms for using AI — human oversight, transparency, real diligence. Counsel is built to those terms: it supports the professional, it shows its working, and the professional stays accountable.

Human oversight Shows its working You stay accountable

Your project information is yours.

Documents are never stored beyond the work they're used for, and never used to train AI. For a profession that handles sensitive, confidential and contractually significant information, that isn't a feature — it's a baseline.

From documents to a report you can issue — in five steps.

1

Set up your project

Stage, contract, your role. Counsel reads everything through the right lens.

2

Add your information

Upload what you have. Nothing is stored beyond the work; nothing trains anyone's AI.

3

Review what Counsel found

See the extracted risks, issues, figures and decisions, and confirm or correct them. You stay in control of the facts.

4

Generate a client-ready report

A structured, professional report in minutes.

5

Review before you issue

Every report is a draft until you say otherwise. Check the dates, figures and judgements, then issue it as your own.

Built for the people who carry the project.

Project Managers Employer's Agents Contract Administrators Architects acting as CA Quantity Surveyors Independent consultants Small practices

Pay for a report only when you generate one.

Start free — 3 report credits, no card required. Extraction and review are always free; you only use a credit when you generate.
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  • One credit per generated report
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  • Full RIBA, NEC & JCT, CDM, BSA coverage
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Questions, answered plainly.

Does Counsel store my documents?
No. Documents are used only for the work you ask Counsel to do, and are never stored beyond it — and never used to train AI.
Does it replace my professional judgement?
No. Counsel does the reading, the assembly and the first draft. The professional judgements your clients pay you for stay with you. Every output is a draft for you to review, challenge and own before it's issued.
Is Ask Counsel legal or contractual advice?
No. Ask Counsel gives you an informed, considered starting point drawn from construction expertise. It isn't legal advice, and the decision on what to do with it is yours.
Which contracts and frameworks does it cover?
The NEC and JCT families, RIBA Plan of Work stages 0–7, CDM, and the Building Safety Act. Coverage is kept current as standards evolve.
Who is Counsel for?
Project managers, Employer's Agents, Contract Administrators, architects acting as CA, quantity surveyors, and independent consultants and small practices.
How long does a report take?
The analysis and draft take minutes. The time that matters most is your review — checking the dates, figures and judgements before you issue it as your own.

See what Counsel finds in your project.

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