ConstructionRisk

What ConstructionRisk does

ConstructionRisk, LLC is a Tysons Corner, Virginia-based consulting firm founded in 1999 by J. Kent Holland, Jr., J.D. The firm provides contract risk allocation and insurability review services for construction, design-professional, and design-build agreements, delivered through its personnel of former construction lawyers and licensed engineers acting as consultants rather than attorneys. This structure enables the firm to operate across all U.S. states at fees set materially below typical law firm rates.

The firm reviews, redlines, and helps negotiate several thousand contracts and subcontracts per year, with project sizes ranging from $2,000 to over $12 billion. Beyond contract review, the firm operates the ConstructionRisk.com Report newsletter (8-12 issues annually, archive since 1999), publishes the Contract Guide for Design Professionals, produces CLE video courses, distributes contract templates, hosts webinars and risk-management workshops on emerging topics (cybersecurity, climate duty, code compliance, ethics), and maintains a YouTube channel for educational distribution.

Clients are insurance carriers and brokers (who retain the firm to review the contracts of their insured design professionals), as well as design professionals and design-builders who retain the firm directly. Revenue is generated through professional services fees on a per-engagement basis, supplemented by educational content monetization. The firm is privately held, founder-owned, and bootstrapped, with no disclosed external funding, and is a strategic content partner with Zurich Insurance Group Ltd.

Name

ConstructionRisk

Legal name

ConstructionRisk, LLC

Website

https://constructionrisk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ConstructionRisk, LLC is a Tysons Corner, Virginia-based consulting firm that reviews, redlines, and negotiates several thousand construction, design-professional, and design-build contracts per year for insurance carriers, brokers, design professionals, and design-builders across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Risk Management Consulting

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting (BPAHAIAN)

Keywords

• Construction risk consulting
• Contract risk review
• Design professional contracts
• Risk allocation advisory
• Insurability review services

Headquarters

HQ city

Fairfax

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Contract Review Services: Fees charged for contract review and consulting services provided to insurance carriers, brokers, design professionals, and design-builders. The firm operates as a consulting firm (not a law firm), enabling services across all states at fees below typical law firm rates. Several thousand contracts and subcontracts are reviewed per year.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ConstructionRisk, LLC is a consulting firm that reviews, redlines, and negotiates construction contracts and subcontracts for clients, with a focus on risk allocation and insurability issues. The firm operates as "consultants" rather than as attorneys, which enables it to review contracts in all U.S. states and set fees significantly lower than law firms typically charge. It also publishes the ConstructionRisk Report newsletter, CLE video courses, books, webinars, and downloadable contract clause templates to support construction risk management education.

Product overview

ConstructionRisk, LLC operates as a consulting firm providing construction law and risk management services. The company offers a unified portfolio of professional consulting services including contract review services, educational resources (newsletters, CLE videos, books, webinars, workshops), and contract template/guidance materials. The core offering centers on contract risk allocation and insurability review for design professionals, contractors, and project owners, with services delivered through construction law consultants rather than traditional attorneys. The portfolio includes the ConstructionRisk Report newsletter (8-12 issues annually), continuing education video courses, downloadable books and webinars, risk management workshop materials, and template contract clauses. The firm serves clients ranging from individual design professionals to insurance carriers and brokers, handling contracts from $2,000 to over $12 billion in project value.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ConstructionRisk.com Report: The company's complimentary newsletter providing case notes, articles and commentary on risk management issues concerning construction projects, published 8 to 12 times per year.

Products and services

• Contract Review Services Contract review, redline, and negotiation services for design professional contracts, design-build contracts, and construction contracts, focused on risk allocation and insurability issues. The firm reviews several thousand contracts and subcontracts per year, with project sizes ranging from $2,000 to over $12 billion, and delivers reviews across all U.S. states by operating as consultants rather than attorneys.
• ConstructionRisk Report Newsletter Complimentary newsletter providing case notes, articles, and commentary on construction risk management issues, with archives dating back to 1999. Distributed 8 to 12 times per year and available by subscription.
• Continuing Legal Education Video Courses CLE video courses on construction risk topics including Jobsite Safety Responsibility and Liability, Contracts for Design Professionals, Design-Build Lessons Learned, and Working on Purpose. Available on the ConstructionRisk.com CLE page and the Construction Risk Management YouTube video channel.
• Books and Webinars on Construction Risk Management Published books and on-demand webinars covering construction risk management topics such as Design Professional Litigation, Design-Build Risk Management, and Jobsite Safety. Includes downloadable workshop papers and white papers such as Managing Design Professional Risks and the Jobsite Safety Responsibility webinar.
• Risk Management Workshops Workshop sessions and accompanying slide decks on construction risk management topics including cybersecurity, ethics for engineers, extreme weather events, code compliance, QA/QC, and litigation lessons learned.
• Contract Templates and Clauses for Design Professionals Template contract clauses for design professionals covering indemnification, limitation of liability, professional standard of care, duty to defend, time limits for filing suit, liquidated damages, and pay-if-paid/when-paid provisions, available through the Design and Construction Contracts section of the ConstructionRisk.com website.
• Contract Guide for Design Professionals Downloadable contract guide authored by Kent Holland providing guidance on construction risk management and contract issues for design professionals, distributed through the ConstructionRisk.com resource center.

Quantifiable outcome

• Several thousand contracts reviewed per year
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Zurich Insurance Group Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstructionRisk partners with Zurich Insurance Group Ltd., which has originally published numerous construction risk management briefings and papers through the firm. Topics include design professional duty to mitigate climate change, building code compliance, construction management at risk (CMAR), design-build contracting, differing site conditions, disaster recovery, green design and construction, indemnification clauses, jobsite safety, and professional liability risks. Zurich provides original research and publication content that is shared via the ConstructionRisk.com platform.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Zurich Insurance Group: Zurich is a named strategic partner of ConstructionRisk, co-publishing risk management content. As a major global insurer with a large construction practice, Zurich represents both a customer segment for ConstructionRisk (insurance carriers) and an ecosystem participant with adjacent risk advisory offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Ankura Consulting: Ankura is a global advisory firm with a construction and built-environment practice offering claims, risk management, and contract advisory services. Comparable to ConstructionRisk because it serves overlapping insurance and design professional clients with risk allocation expertise.
• Berkeley Research Group (BRG): BRG's Construction practice provides claims analysis, schedule and cost expertise, and risk management advisory for construction projects. It is comparable to ConstructionRisk as a broader incumbent serving insurance carriers, owners, and design professionals with construction risk expertise.
• Victor Insurance (Schinnerer): Victor Insurance Managers, including the legacy Victor O. Schinnerer program, is the largest manager of professional liability insurance for design professionals in the U.S. It is a broad incumbent in the same risk advisory ecosystem that ConstructionRisk serves, including contract review and risk management services to design professionals.
• Secretariat: Secretariat is a global expert services firm with a significant construction disputes and advisory practice. It is a broader incumbent serving many of the same insurance carriers, owners, and design professionals as ConstructionRisk, but at significantly greater scale and with a disputes-led offering.
• FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting has a major construction solutions practice providing risk advisory, contract reviews, and dispute services. It competes with ConstructionRisk for similar insurance carrier and design professional engagements but at much greater scale and as part of a diversified services portfolio.

Direct peers

• Long International: Long International provides construction claims analysis, expert testimony, and risk management consulting for owners, contractors, and design professionals. Comparable to ConstructionRisk for its construction risk and contract advisory orientation, although more claims-heavy.
• HKA: HKA is a global consulting firm specializing in construction claims, expert services, and risk advisory across the project lifecycle. It is directly comparable to ConstructionRisk because both serve construction industry clients with technical and contractual risk expertise, though HKA is much larger and more focused on disputes and claims.
• a/e ProNet: a/e ProNet is a network of design professional insurance specialists providing risk management and loss control services to architects and engineers. ConstructionRisk co-publishes content with a/e ProNet, indicating directly overlapping customer bases (design professionals) and service categories.
• Trauner Consulting Services: Trauner is a construction management and claims consulting firm serving public agencies and contractors. It overlaps with ConstructionRisk on construction risk and contract advisory services and shares the same target buyers in the construction and design professional ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/MultiKent99
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/construction-risk-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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