Cast in place concrete is designed to ACI 318, and a concrete subcontractor that does not read the structural scope, the reinforcement, and the finishes is pricing the wrong placement.
What ACI 318 sets on a concrete package
ACI 318, the Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete, governs the design of cast in place concrete, and the Division 03 specifications and the structural drawings set the mixes, the reinforcement, the formwork, and the finishes the concrete sub must provide. The structural scope and the finishes set the formwork, the placement, and the labor.
Why concrete scope is easy to misprice
The mixes, the reinforcement, the formwork complexity, and the finishes sit across the Division 03 specifications and the structural drawings, not the title. A sub that misreads the formwork or the finish carries the wrong labor into the bid.
How an AI bid agent reads concrete packages
An AI bid agent reads each concrete solicitation or sub package, identifies the ACI 318 design basis and the Division 03 scope, and surfaces the reinforcement, the formwork, and the finishes that drive the work. The concrete sub prices the actual placement.
You can see how the agent reads a concrete package in our AI bid agent demo for specialty trade contractors. It pulls the ACI 318 scope, reinforcement, and finishes so the placement is priced correctly.