An honest read on what is working in cost-intelligence for QS firms, contractors, and procurement teams — comparable cost matching, risk-flag generation, document QA — and what is still vapourware. Plus the data-shape and currency challenges that determine whether your firm can attempt this at all.
This piece is being expanded into a full long-form article in the coming weeks. We publish each insight once the engagement it draws from has settled enough that we can name the trade-offs honestly — not while a pattern is still proving itself in production.
Field notes ship when the engagement they came from has stopped surprising us, not before.
Want the long-form version when it lands? Or want to skip ahead and talk through the same questions for your own company?