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Sheet 01 · Who It's For, What It Checks, Why It's Separate
A construction QA QC review isn't one single thing — it's whichever party is paying for it, checking for whatever that party cares about most. Owner's QA/QC construction review means the owner is the one paying, the owner is the one it reports to, and cost and schedule exposure to the owner is what it's actually scoped to catch — not design intent, and not bid accuracy.
Independent · Reports To The Owner Only · $50K Exposure Guarantee
What "Owner-Side" Actually Changes
Every large, multi-discipline project already has QA/QC happening on it — the design team runs it, the GC runs it, sometimes a code consultant runs it. Owner's QA/QC construction review isn't a fourth version of the same check. It's a review with a different client: paid for by the owner, reporting to no one else, scoped specifically to find the cross-discipline conflicts that turn into cost and schedule exposure for the party writing the checks.
That distinction is the whole point of an independent construction document review. Every other QA/QC pass on the set answers to someone with a different set of interests — necessary interests, just not the owner's specifically.
Owner's QA/QC Construction
Paid by the owner. Scoped to owner cost and schedule exposure.
Owner's Rep Construction Review
The role most often ordering it — an owner's rep hiring the second set of eyes.
Independent Construction Document Review
The procurement phrase — independent from the design and construction teams both.
Why It's Different From Architect QC Or GC Review
This isn't a case against either one — both are real, necessary, and should keep happening exactly as they do today. The point is narrower: neither was ever built to answer to the owner specifically, so neither one closes the gap an owner-side review is scoped to close.
The Architect's QC
CHECKS THE SET AGAINST DESIGN INTENT
Did the mechanical sheet end up matching what the mechanical engineer meant to draw. Did the structural sheet match structural intent. That's a real and necessary check — it's just not the same question as "does this conflict expose the owner to cost or schedule risk."
The GC's Coordination Review
SCOPED TO PRICE THE WORK ACCURATELY
Run to keep trades from colliding in the field and to bid the set as drawn. Also real, also necessary — and also reporting into the construction side of the table, not the owner's.
"Doesn't our GC's or architect's review already cover this?"
No — and that's the whole point. Both are real and necessary. Neither is scoped to work for the owner alone. Owner's QA/QC construction review is paid by the owner, reports to no one else, and runs alongside your usual QC/QA process — not instead of it.
The Construction Document QC Process
Owner's QA/QC doesn't require the project to be at any particular stage of BIM maturity, and it doesn't require special software on your end. It runs directly against the issued set.
30 minutes to look at the set and confirm an owner-side review makes sense before anything is signed.
Nothing moves until confidentiality is in place — the set is protected before a sheet leaves your hands.
Drawings and specs, however you already have them — no template, no required software.
A severity-ranked findings report, with $ exposure and schedule impact per item, walked through live.
Full process detail on the homepage, or the complete procedural walkthrough at what happens during a construction document audit.
Who Runs An Owner's Rep Construction Review
Joe Rossi oversees every review personally — five-plus years producing construction documents and running project administration on jobs up to $60 million before founding Preempt Global. The work is done by reviewers who've drawn these sets themselves, never outsourced and never a black box, with his name on every finding.
Reports To
OWNER ONLY
Turnaround
48 HRS
Guarantee
$50K OR FREE
On Every Finding
MY NAME
Why Independent Construction Document Review Matters
A set can pass architect QC and GC coordination review and still carry six-figure exposure for the owner, because neither check was ever scoped to look for that specifically. That's not a failure of either process — it's a gap in coverage that only an owner-side review is positioned to close.
See how this plays out concretely in why "it passed QA/QC" doesn't mean the set is coordinated, and how the roles actually divide in what architect QC covers — and where an owner-side review picks up.
Before You Ask
It means a construction QA QC review paid for by the owner, reporting to the owner alone, and scoped to protect the owner's interest specifically — cost exposure and schedule risk — rather than design intent or bid accuracy. It runs alongside the architect's QC and the GC's coordination review, not instead of either one.
No. The architect's QC checks the set against design intent — did the drawings end up matching what the design team meant to draw. Owner's QA/QC checks the set for cross-discipline conflicts that create cost and schedule exposure for the owner specifically, regardless of whether the set matches design intent. A/E firms reading this — see why it's not a critique of your design →
Not by itself. The GC's coordination review is scoped to price the work accurately and keep trades from colliding in the field. It's real and necessary, but it reports into the construction side of the table, the same way the architect's QC reports into the design side. Owner's QA/QC is the review that reports to no one but the owner. GC's asking this — see why it's not an audit of your work →
A demo/scoping call, an NDA signed before anything moves, the issued set (drawings and specs) sent over, and a 48-hour turnaround producing a written, severity-ranked findings report plus a live walkthrough meeting. No model or special software is required to start.
The owner or the owner's rep, on any project with multiple trades sharing tight coordination — there's no minimum construction value. It's ordered specifically because neither the design team's QC nor the GC's coordination review is scoped to work for the owner alone. See the full breakdown built for owners →
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Go on retainer for unlimited set reviews, or book a single one-time review — either way it's owner's QA/QC, run the same way, with the same $50K-exposure-or-free guarantee.
Full pitch, process, and FAQ on the Preempt Global homepage.
