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A Framework for the AEC Industry

Every Construction Project
Fails Before It Begins

The decisions made in preconstruction, or left unmade, determine project outcomes long before a shovel hits the ground. Andrew Fortinberry built a framework around that truth, and a career helping firms close the gap before it costs them everything.

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01   The Framework

The Preconstruction
Gap Framework

The gap is not a process problem. It is a decision problem. Between the award of a contract and the start of construction, firms make choices that either close the distance between what was bid and what can be built, or they leave it open.

Andrew Fortinberry developed this framework across fifteen years at the intersection of preconstruction strategy, digital delivery, and operational performance. The thesis is grounded in a hard observation: every construction project that fails does so before it begins.

The Preconstruction Gap framework gives owners, general contractors, and preconstruction leaders a shared language and a structured method for preconstruction gap analysis and assessment — finding the gap before it finds them.

Principle 01

Decisions, Not Delays

Project failure does not originate on the jobsite. It originates in the decisions left unmade during preconstruction. Identifying those decisions and forcing resolution is the first act of closing the gap.

Principle 02

The Gap Has a Cost

Every day a gap remains open between what was bid and what can be built, the cost of closing it grows. The framework quantifies that cost so firms can act before it becomes unrecoverable.

Principle 03

Capacity Is a Strategy

Firms that cannot execute preconstruction work at scale are forced to decline work they could win. Building preconstruction capacity is not overhead. It is competitive infrastructure.

Principle 04

Technology Follows Clarity

BIM and VDC do not close the gap by themselves. They amplify the clarity, or the confusion, that already exists in the preconstruction process. Clarity must come first.

INFLUENCE / COST PROJECT TIMELINE PRECONSTRUCTION DESIGN & PROCUREMENT CONSTRUCTION The Gap DECISIONS UNMADE HERE ▪ Incomplete drawings ▪ Scope gaps ▪ Misaligned assumptions ▪ Unbuildable sequences ▪ Late subcontractor input Influence on Outcome Cost to Change THE PRECONSTRUCTION GAP — COST ESCALATION CURVE

The Preconstruction Gap | Andrew Fortinberry | preconstructiongap.com

02   The Preconstruction Gap Score

Quantify Your Preconstruction Gap

Score your firm across six categories. This is not a survey — it is a diagnosis. The firms that win do not discover their gap in the field. They measure it before the project starts.

01 Design Completeness at Bid 3
1 — Highly conceptual 5 — Fully coordinated
02 Model Depth (LOD) 3
1 — Basic / placeholders 5 — LOD 350–400
03 Preconstruction Time Allocation 3
1 — Rushed (<4 weeks) 5 — Sufficient for validation
04 Production Capacity 3
1 — Overloaded team 5 — Scalable / parallel
05 QA / QC Structure 3
1 — End-of-process review 5 — Embedded throughout
06 Trade Coordination — Early Involvement 3
1 — Post-award only 5 — Engaged during precon

Your Gap Score

18

Total Score

out of 30

Moderate Gap

Manageable Risk

You have identifiable gaps that compound over time. Address them before they become structural problems.

Design Completeness3/5
Model Depth3/5
Time Allocation3/5
Production Capacity3/5
QA / QC3/5
Trade Coordination3/5

“Most firms don’t measure their Preconstruction Gap. That’s why they don’t know they have one.”

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02   About Andrew

Andrew Fortinberry — Originator of the Preconstruction Gap Framework

The Originator of the Preconstruction Gap

Andrew Fortinberry is a construction industry strategist and construction industry practitioner with over fifteen years at the intersection of preconstruction strategy, digital delivery, and operational performance. He works directly with general contractors-lifecycle BIM and VDC delivery firm headquartered in Decatur, Georgia.

With over fifteen years of experience in technology sales across AEC, manufacturing, and product design, Andrew has spent his career at the intersection of preconstruction strategy, digital delivery, and operational performance.

He works directly with general contractors, preconstruction leaders, and VDC decision-makers across the United States to Singapore, helping firms win work they would otherwise be forced to turn down.

Andrew is the originator of the Preconstruction Gap framework. His whitepaper, speaking engagements, and published content have established him as one of the most distinct voices in AEC thought leadership today.

Everything he builds is for his son Leonardo.

15+
Years in AEC
Global
Global Reach
2026
Book Release

03   The Whitepaper

Read the Framework
in Full

The Preconstruction Gap whitepaper lays out the full argument: why projects fail in preconstruction, what the gap costs in real terms, and what firms can do to close it before construction begins.

It is written for general contractors, preconstruction directors, and VDC leaders who are ready to stop managing the symptoms and start addressing the source.

Whitepaper — 2026

The Preconstruction Gap

How Every Construction Project
Fails Before It Begins

Andrew Fortinberry

04   Speaking

The Framework
Delivered Live

Andrew speaks to preconstruction leaders, general contractors, and AEC executives on the decisions that determine project outcomes before construction begins. His presentations are direct, data-grounded, and built for rooms that have already heard every generic keynote.

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June 5, 2026

ASPE East Region Virtual Summit

The Preconstruction Gap — Keynote Presentation

Speaking Topics

The Preconstruction Gap: How Every Project Fails Before It Begins
Decisions, Not Delays: The Real Source of Construction Risk
Building Preconstruction Capacity as Competitive Strategy
Technology Follows Clarity: Why BIM Alone Does Not Close the Gap
From Bid to Buildable: Closing the Distance Before Ground Breaks
The Cost of the Gap: Quantifying Preconstruction Failure

05   The Book

Coming September 2026

Preconstruction Gap

The Preconstruction Gap

How Every Construction Project
Fails Before It Begins

Andrew Fortinberry

The Book.
September 2026.

The Preconstruction Gap is Andrew Fortinberry's first book. It is the complete argument, the full framework, and the definitive resource for construction leaders who are ready to stop accepting failure as an industry condition.

The book draws from fifteen years of direct observation at the intersection of preconstruction, digital delivery, and operational performance. Every chapter is built for the decision-makers who carry the cost of the gap.

Release date: September 2026.

06   Contact

Work With
Andrew

For speaking inquiries, media requests, whitepaper licensing, or strategic consulting, reach out directly.

LocationDecatur, Georgia
SpeakingASPE East Region, June 5 2026
BookThe Preconstruction Gap — Sept 2026

The Preconstruction Gap is a construction industry framework originated by Andrew Fortinberry. It defines and addresses the preconstruction gap — the distance between what a project was bid to be and what it can actually be built to be. The Preconstruction Gap framework provides a structured method for preconstruction gap analysis, preconstruction gap assessment, and closing the preconstruction gap before construction begins. The framework addresses AEC preconstruction strategy, construction coordination failures, BIM and VDC delivery, and preconstruction planning across the AEC industry. Andrew Fortinberry speaks on the Preconstruction Gap framework and is the author of The Preconstruction Gap: How Every Construction Project Fails Before It Begins, September 2026.