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title: "Summarise a construction contract’s clauses in plain language for the lawyer’s review"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure/summarise-a-construction-contract-s-clauses-in-plain-language-for-the-cl/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A11-B6-1-US"
practice_area: "Construction & Infrastructure"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Summarise a construction contract’s clauses in plain language for the lawyer’s review

> For each clause the lawyer marks, restate in short words what the clause says about notice, time, payment, and changes, and quote the clause number. Do not send the restatement to the client.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Construction & Infrastructure](https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | For each clause the lawyer marks, restate in short words what the clause says about notice, time, payment, and changes, and quote the clause number. Do not send the restatement to the client. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer rewrites anything the client will rely on. On a federal public building or work, 40 U.S.C. § 3133 gives a person who furnished labor or material, and who remains unpaid for 90 days after the last of that labor or material, a civil action on the payment bond, with a one-year outer time and a 90-day written notice where the claimant dealt only with a subcontractor. 31 U.S.C. § 3905 requires an agency construction contract to include a subcontract clause paying for satisfactory performance within 7 days out of amounts the agency paid the prime, plus an interest-penalty clause. Those statutes are not the private contract’s notice clause. Formal Opinion 512: the lawyer checks the restatement against the signed text. Model Rule 1.1 is the competence duty. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Summarise a construction contract's clauses in plain language for the client](https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure/summarise-a-construction-contract-s-clauses-in-plain-language-for-the-cl.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: For each clause the lawyer marks, restate in short words what the clause says about notice, time, payment, and changes, and quote the clause number. Do not send the restatement to the client.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A plain-language note is checked on this contract. It is not a template cleared once for every project.
- State mechanic’s-lien and prompt-pay statutes were not opened. Do not apply § 3905 or the Miller Act to a private or state job.
- FAR 52.212-4 is a commercial-products clause. It is not a construction general-conditions form.

## Sources

- [40 U.S.C. § 3133, Miller Act rights of persons furnishing labor or material](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/40/3133) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [31 U.S.C. § 3905, payment provisions relating to construction contracts](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/3905) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*