You open the pay app, move between the G702 summary and the G703 schedule, and start reconciling against the contract and recent change orders. A few lines look over on percent complete. Stored materials seem high. Waivers still need a check before you sign. This is where small misses turn into real money. The work repeats, the math is easy to slip, and the risk is overpaying or taking on lien exposure. What you need is a clean recompute and a short list of issues, not more time in spreadsheets. Due Diligence ~10 min to run Audit a General Contractor Pay Application Vic prompt Use Vic to audit this month's AIA G702/G703 pay application for the 180-unit multifamily project, using the contract, change-order log, and lien waivers I will upload. Purpose Reduces risk of overpayment or lien exposure on construction draws. Replaces roughly 90 minutes of manual cross-checking with a 10-minute review. Inputs Pay Application Required Contract And Sov Optional Approved Change Orders Optional Lien Waivers Optional Prior Applications Optional Progress Evidence Optional Outputs An Excel file with the recomputed G702 summary and G703 line items, exception flags, retainage reconciliation, lien-waiver checklist, and a short approval recommendation that states dollars to hold and documents still required. Time saved Replaces roughly 90 minutes of manual cross-checking with a 10-minute review. How it works Upload the current AIA G702 and G703 pay application. Add the contract and schedule of values if you have them, along with the approved change order log and any lien waivers. Prior applications and basic progress evidence can be included, but they are optional. Run it with: "Use Vic to audit this month's AIA G702/G703 pay application for the 180-unit multifamily project, using the contract, change-order log, and lien waivers I will upload." Vic matches each G703 line to contract amounts and change orders. It recomputes the G702 summary and every G703 line. It checks percent complete against reported progress. It validates stored materials and retainage. If something is front loaded, the math does not tie, or a waiver is missing, it flags it. The output is an Excel file you can use. It includes a recomputed G702, a rebuilt G703 with line-by-line checks, and clear exception flags. It also includes a retainage reconciliation so you can see what is held and what should be held. A lien waiver checklist shows what is on hand and what is still required. At the top is a short approval recommendation. It states the dollars to hold and the documents still needed before release. Most teams end up writing this after the fact. Here it is tied to the same checks that produced the flags. A few practical notes. If you only have the pay app, the task still runs and recomputes the math, but the contract and change orders make the variance checks meaningful. If your SOV has drifted, the change order log keeps totals straight. Waivers matter. Missing or partial waivers are called out so you are not guessing at lien exposure. This does not replace judgment. It removes the clerical work so you can focus on decisions that matter, like whether reported progress matches the field and whether stored materials make sense for the stage of the job. You start from clean numbers and a tight exception list. Teams that review monthly draws know the rhythm. The risk is familiar, and so is the time sink. Cutting that hour and a half to a ten minute review is not about speed alone. It is about approving the right amount, with the right support, every time.