How Often Do Drawings, Specs, and Addenda Conflict in Commercial Construction Bidding?

In short: Most commercial bid packages pick up at least one addendum between the original document release and bid day. Scope-related disagreements were the most common causes of disputed construction projects globally in 2025. Larger commercial packages and projects that go to bid on less-finished documents tend to pick up more addenda. Mismatches between the drawing set and the spec book, not dramatic late changes, are what most often blow up a bid after award.

Bidding appetite grows despite cost pressures

Contractors are showing greater appetite for work despite continued pressure from rising costs. The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) Tender Price Index Panel, comprising cost consultants from firms involved in multiple tenders each quarter, estimated that tender prices rose by 0.7 per cent between the… The post Bidding appetite grows despite cost pressures appeared first on Construction News.

Construction Is About to Leave $124B on the Table Due to Outdated Bidding

Shiva Dhawan of Attentive.AI says that contractors can use artificial intelligence as a force multiplier in the bidding and preconstruciton stages.

SCAPE opens bidding for £8bn construction framework

Three firms to be appointed to each of five construction lots

Builders need to be prepared for uneven state, federal DBE rules

As the federal government has curtailed diversity enterprise initiatives, some states have pushed back. Contractors bidding on public jobs should know where they stand, write two lawyers.

Metroun - Tendering & The Cost of Bidding 03052023

The cost of bidding can be extremely high for contractors. This video takes a look at how clients can structure their tenders to help wit the cost of tendering / bidding

Case study - Office design companies fined over £7m for bid rigging

Lessons from the CMA's investigation into office design companies who broke competition law by cover bidding.

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