Building with integrity. Bidding without surprises.

Incorage General Contractors is not a typical Bay Area construction firm. Founded by Chrissie Davis, one of the only women leading a general contracting firm with revenue projected over $50M in the region, Incorage is built around a simple principle: integrity first, in everything. The name says it: Integrity, Collaboration, Regularly Achieving Goals Effectively.

When Incorage took on New Beginnings Housing in San Mateo, it was exactly the kind of project that reflects their mission. Sponsored by St. James Community Development Corporation, New Beginnings will provide safe, stable housing for young adults transitioning out of the foster care system: five modular housing units, delivered in six months, on land owned by St. James AME Zion Church. For a team that hates change orders and works hard to protect clients from budget overruns, getting the scope right before breaking ground was not optional.

Modular construction introduces coordination requirements that traditional stick-built projects do not. Incorage used Scoreboard AI to process the full document set and generate trade-by-trade scope inclusions, filtered to only what matters: job-specific items and atypical scope that would not appear in any standard invitation to bid.

Across 36 trades, Scoreboard AI surfaced 47 atypical scope items: the line items that can fall through the cracks in a manual review and show up later as change orders.

• Furnish and install exterior framed wood decks, stairs, ramps, and amphitheater steps, including associated wood decking systems.
• Provide and install hard-wired electric doorbells and door viewers at residential dwelling primary entrances.
• Coordinate with arborist recommendations to remove trees in direct conflict with proposed hardscape, foundations, and decks.
• Track geotechnical requirements such as compaction and moisture conditioning.

A manual review of 54 drawings and 45 spec pages takes roughly 4 hours. Reviewing the Scoreboard AI-generated job-specific and atypical scope report took about 42 minutes, returning 3.5 hours to the preconstruction team. Instead of spending that time finding risks, the team had more time to manage risks through alignment, subcontractor conversations, and owner protection.

"The platform provided a great starting point for defining scopes of work in the early bidding stages where time is constrained."

Derrick Chappell· Project Manager, Incorage General Contractors

Incorage is a woman-owned general contracting firm based in San Jose, California, specializing in multi-family and mixed-use housing in the Bay Area. Founded by Chrissie Davis, Incorage brings first-hand knowledge of complex project financing, design-build delivery, and community-focused development to every project they build.