{"id":904909,"date":"2025-10-10T17:23:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T23:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=904909"},"modified":"2025-10-10T17:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T23:23:34","slug":"ai-bidding-errors-who-bears-the-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/ai-bidding-errors-who-bears-the-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Bidding Errors: Who Bears The Risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Robert H. Bell and Michael Ferri | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Duane Morris<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/artificial-intelligence-what-contractors-need-to-know\/\">Artificial intelligence<\/a> (&#8220;AI&#8221;) is rapidly making its way into the construction bidding process. Contractors now use AI-powered estimating software to perform quantity takeoffs and analyze costs with unprecedented speed. According to the drafting and engineering software giant Autodesk, estimating teams are increasingly using AI and automation, particularly for quantity takeoffs, cost forecasting, and speeding up bid creation. Yet as digital tools become routine, legal rules governing bids still rely on traditional principles. This raises a pressing question: if an AI tool makes a costly error in a bid, will the legal system treat that mistake any differently than a human error? Courts are only beginning to grapple with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/arbitration-navigating-artificial-intelligence\/\">AI-related mishaps<\/a>, but early indications suggest AI errors will be handled much like any other bidding mistake. In other words, contractors will likely be held responsible for errors made by their AI tools, just as they are responsible for the mistakes of human estimators or means and methods under their control.<strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert H. Bell and Michael Ferri | Duane Morris Artificial intelligence (&#8220;AI&#8221;) is rapidly making its way into the construction bidding process. Contractors now use AI-powered estimating software to perform quantity takeoffs and analyze costs with unprecedented speed. 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