Addendum Digest
Paste the addendum text. Get a complete list of every change — scope, cost, schedule, and document revisions — plus the items you need to re-quote before the deadline.
- Good at:
- Catching every change in a long addendum fast — before the bid deadline.
- Not for:
- Cross-referencing addendum changes against original plans or specs.
Reports only what is present in the addendum text. Does not cross-reference original drawings or specs.
Full change log with scope, cost, and schedule flags will appear here once the tool runs.
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Questions people ask first
What does the Addendum Digest do?
Takes the text of a bid addendum and pulls out every change — scope, cost, schedule, document revisions, deadline shifts. The output is a checklist of what's actually different and a flagged list of items you need to re-quote before the bid deadline.
Will it cross-reference changes against the original plans?
No. The Digest reads the addendum text on its own. It tells you what the addendum changed; whether that change conflicts with a detail on Sheet A-301 you bid against is your job to verify. Use this to triage what's worth a re-read, not to skip the re-read.
What if the addendum is 40 pages?
Paste it. The tool is capped at 50K characters of input, which is roughly 80 pages of normal text. For addenda longer than that, paste the “what changed” section and the spec/drawing change list — those are the parts the Digest extracts from anyway.
Will it catch every change?
It catches stated changes — anything the addendum explicitly calls out. It will not catch implicit changes (a revised drawing that contradicts an unrevised spec section, for example). The Digest is calibrated to surface what the GC wrote; what the GC accidentally left out is on you to spot.
Should I paste this in before or after my own read?
Before. Run the Digest first to get a structured map of what's in the addendum, then do your own read against the map. Subs who read addenda cold often miss the same kinds of changes (scope reassignments, allowance/covered swaps, schedule shifts hidden in the cover letter). The Digest closes that gap.