Commercial Pre-Construction Intelligence
Know What the Documents Actually Say.
A takeoff tells you how much.
Compass Global helps determine what is included, what conflicts, what is missing, what requires qualification, and where risk may exist before the bid becomes a commitment.
We combine experienced construction professionals with SQUARES AI™ to turn construction documents into structured pre-construction intelligence.
Human Construction Experience. Powered by SQUARES AI™.
01The Mission
Better Information Before the Bid.
Commercial construction documents are rarely perfectly coordinated.
Plans conflict with schedules. Details introduce requirements that may not appear elsewhere. Finish information changes. Assemblies remain incomplete. Addenda alter previously issued scope.
The problem is not simply measuring the project. The problem is understanding it.
Compass Global exists to give contractors a clearer view of the project before pricing becomes obligation.
02What Compass Does
From Documents to Intelligence.
Scope
Identify and organize the interpreted scope of work. Clarify what is documented, assumed, excluded, or unresolved.
Coordination
Compare drawings, schedules, details, specifications, revisions, and other project information. Expose meaningful contradictions and gaps.
Risk
Identify conditions that may affect pricing confidence, scope interpretation, or bid exposure.
Bid Position
Convert findings into structured intelligence that supports qualifications, RFIs, estimating decisions, and a defensible bid position.
03Compass Reporting
Structured Intelligence. Consistent Deliverables.
Compass findings are organized into defined exhibits so critical information does not disappear inside a generic estimate narrative.
Scope of Work
Defines the interpreted bid scope and estimator's bid position.
Exhibit Q is not part of the Compass Global system. It belongs exclusively to HOLMES.
04Specialized Intelligence
Some Questions Require a Deeper Look.
When project conditions warrant deeper analysis, Compass Global produces Specialized Reports focused on specific pre-construction risks.
Specialized Reports are produced when project conditions justify them. Not every project requires every report.
05Document Maturity
Issued for Bid Does Not Always Mean Ready to Bid.
A drawing set may be issued for pricing while still containing significant uncertainty.
Missing schedules. Incomplete details. Unresolved assemblies. Conflicting revisions. Unknown finish locations.
Compass evaluates whether the available documents provide enough coordinated information to support confident estimating.
High Maturity
Substantially coordinated documentation.
Moderate Maturity
Usable documents with meaningful unresolved conditions.
Low Maturity
Significant gaps or contradictions affecting scope interpretation.
Document maturity is not architectural criticism. It is bid intelligence.
Construction Intelligence Engine
Technology Expands the Field of View.
SQUARES AI™ supports the Compass workflow by helping analyze and organize large volumes of project information.
It assists with:
Cross-document comparison
Contradiction detection
Revision analysis
Document presence
Scope relationships
Risk identification
Structured information retrieval
SQUARES AI™ does not replace the construction professional. It expands what the professional can see.
Human judgment remains central to every Compass deliverable.
06Why Compass
A Takeoff Gives You Quantity.
Compass Gives You Context.
Traditional Takeoff
- Quantities
- Markups
- Basic notes
- Material counts
Compass Global
- Scope interpretation
- Document coordination
- Contradiction analysis
- Risk visibility
- Qualification intelligence
- Revision analysis
- Structured reporting
- Bid-position intelligence
Quantities matter.
Understanding what those quantities are based on matters more.
07The Ecosystem
Built Inside a Larger Construction Intelligence System.
Compass Global
Commercial Pre-Construction Intelligence.
Division 09 Estimators
U.S.-based commercial estimating and takeoff capacity.
Rogue IQ
Construction Intelligence technology and development.
SQUARES AI™
The Construction Intelligence Engine.
HOLMES
Contract, specification, submittal, product-data, obligation, and commercial document intelligence.
Rhogan Research Institute
Research, methodology, benchmarking, and standards for Construction Intelligence.
Each company has a defined role. Together they create a connected Construction Intelligence ecosystem.
08Human-Governed
AI Does Not Sign the Bid.
Technology can identify relationships, inconsistencies, and patterns at enormous scale.
Construction professionals determine what those findings mean.
Compass Global keeps human judgment at the center of the process because construction intelligence only becomes valuable when it supports a real commercial decision.
Before the Bid Becomes the Contract
Find the Risk While You Can Still Price It.
Give your estimating team a clearer understanding of the project before the number becomes a commitment.
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