GC Risk Gate is a pre-bid decision tool for contractors working under General Contractors.

It answers one question before you price a job:

Is this job structurally safe — or unwinnable by design?

If a GC controls payment timing, milestones, schedule, or replacement, pricing doesn’t matter.

This tool stops those jobs before they cost you time, money, or leverage.

What you get

• A downloadable Excel-based Risk Gate

• Hard “no-bid” checks for:

  • GC-controlled payments

  • Floating milestones

  • Replacement threats

  • Remodel time distortion

• A daily money reality test that exposes fake profit

• Clear PASS / FAIL outputs

If it fails, you don’t bid.
No negotiation. No optimism. No heroics.

Who this is for

• Painters

• Finish contractors

• Specialty trades

• Anyone pricing labor under a GC

What this is not

• Not a course

• Not coaching

• Not legal advice

• Not a pricing calculator

It’s a gate.

This spreadsheet would have saved me $15,500.
If it saves you one job, it paid for itself.