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Sheet 01 · A Real Findings File, Unedited
The actual UCCS findings file a client receives from a review — anonymized and unedited. 133 sheets, already run through a top-5 GC's own coordination process. Every finding below is what an independent, owner-side pass adds on top of that review.
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Prepared by Joe Rossi, Founding Principal, Preempt Global.
26
findings
4
critical — permit or life-safety
$327K–$975K
total cost exposure
343–716
days of schedule risk
The Full Register
Sheet reference, mechanism, dollar range, schedule impact — one line each. Click any row for the full write-up; click a column header to sort.
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| # | Severity ▾ | Category | Sheet Reference | Finding | Cost Exposure | Schedule |
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The Four Critical Findings, In Full
Permit blockers, missing life-safety systems, and scope no trade can price. Every finding in the register is written to this standard — these four get the long form because they're the ones that don't wait.
Sheet Reference
Data/Server Room S103 — all disciplines
No UPS or emergency generator is shown anywhere in the set for the server rooms, the Watch Center, or the security panels. On a mission-critical facility, backup power is not an optional system — it's the reason the building exists.
Field-Cost Exposure
$189K – $504K
Schedule Risk
56 – 112 days
Sheet Reference
FP2.1 / P2.1.C / S103
Wet-pipe sprinkler is explicitly prohibited above S103, but no alternative suppression system — clean agent or pre-action — is specified anywhere in the set. As drawn, this room cannot pass permit.
Field-Cost Exposure
$25.2K – $75.6K
Schedule Risk
56 – 84 days
Sheet Reference
G0.0 / G2.4.X series
The G2.4.X additive alternate drawings are referenced 12+ times across every discipline in the set — and do not exist anywhere in the issued package. No trade can price the full scope of work without them.
Field-Cost Exposure
$10.1K – $31.5K
Schedule Risk
21 – 42 days
Sheet Reference
P2.1.C / M7.1 / fire ratings
The CRAC condensate pump discharge route passes through a fire-rated assembly with no firestop detail or listed system called out anywhere in the set. An unaddressed penetration of a rated assembly is a life-safety code violation — it fails inspection as drawn and, if built, compromises the rating of the assembly.
Field-Cost Exposure
$3.8K – $12.6K
Schedule Risk
5 – 14 days
What To Resolve Before Award
Exactly as they'd appear in your debrief call.
Critical means permit-blocking, life-safety, or unbiddable scope. Documentation errors land in Medium no matter how widespread.
Critical
4 findings — permit blockers, life-safety, missing scope
High
11 findings — coordination gaps, undefined scope, long-lead risk
Medium
9 findings — documentation errors, VIF dimensions, ambiguity
Low
2 findings — unresolved tags, minor field verifications
Total Exposure
if none are caught before bid
Schedule risk runs alongside the dollars: 138–252 days tied up in the four critical findings alone, against 343–716 days across the full register. On a mission-critical build, that is the difference between hitting a lease commencement date and missing it.
Why This File Exists
So instead of telling you about the process, we're giving you the output — unedited except for the names, at the same level of specificity a paying client gets: sheet reference, mechanism, dollar range, schedule impact, one line each.
Twenty-six findings. Four critical. All twenty-six turned up on a set that had already been through a general contractor's own internal coordination review — which is the case for why a dedicated, owner-side pass is worth running alongside it, not instead of it. One independent, cross-discipline pass: drawings vs. drawings, drawings vs. specs, trade vs. trade.
"SOFTWARE FLAGS MAYBES. THIS FILE PUTS A DOLLAR FIGURE — AND OUR OWN FEE — ON EVERY ONE OF THEM."
Note on cost basis. Five line items in the original review (backup power, fire suppression, storefront, wet-pipe reroute, dimension corrections) reflect figures from that review, used as-is. The remaining line items are order-of-magnitude estimates for comparable RFI, redesign, and engineering scope, informed by current (Q1–Q2 2026) nonresidential construction cost trends. All 2021 dollar figures are escalated by a 1.26x factor to mid-2026 dollars. That factor is deliberately conservative: nonresidential buildings final-cost inflation ran roughly 8% in 2021 and 12% in 2022 — the sharpest two-year run since 1980–81 — and cumulative final-cost indices from mid-2021 to mid-2026 track closer to 1.35–1.40x (per Construction Analytics' composite index; the Mortenson Quarterly Cost Index alone rose 6.8% in the trailing 12 months as of Q1 2026). We carry the lower factor so every figure on this page understates, rather than overstates, current-dollar exposure. Actual costs should be verified against qualified contractor and current supplier quotes — this is a coordination-risk estimate, not a bid.
What This Looks Like On Your Project
One set. 48-hour turnaround. Every conflict located by sheet and detail, with a dollar range and a fix — at the exact standard you just read. If we don't find at least $50,000 in exposure, you pay nothing. If we do, it's $3,000 — credited in full toward a full-project engagement.
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— Joe Rossi, Founding Principal, Preempt Global
