How 5,000+ Specification Questions Exposed a Hidden Threat to Every Electrical Bid

What if the biggest risk in your next bid isn’t buried in the specs—but in the questions your team never asks? Every day, thousands of contractors use our CrunchAI-powered Chat to ask questions within their specs documents. We analyzed 5,000+ of those real questions and uncovered something surprising: it’s not the complexity of specs that slows electrical contractors down. It’s the blind spots inside everyday review processes. And those misses don’t feel big in isolation. They compound—quietly—into margin erosion, scope gaps, and disputes.

In this first-of-its-kind analysis, we anonymized and aggregated real interactions from electrical teams using Document Crunch to review specifications and prepare bids. The result? Unmatched insight into what teams consistently search for, where they get stuck, and—most critically—what they overlook.

What the Data Revealed

After analyzing thousands of real specification interactions, five gaps showed up again and again within these categories:

• Testing requirements
• Submittals
• Scope ownership
• Quantity drivers
• Division 01 requirements

Download the ebook below to see the patterns shaping electrical spec review today, and discover practical ways to tighten your process, reduce risk, and protect your margin on every project.