Relic owner’s representation
Someone on your side
of the table.
Building without Relic? Your architect has a fee. Your builder has a margin. Relic puts your owner’s representative on yourside of the table — the software and Scarab, reading the record every day, on every dollar, every drawing and every decision. Relic’s people are two: a Relic Construction Manager for judgement at $250 an hour, and a Relic Local Inspector for eyes on the site at $175 an hour, hourly and only when you ask. Any address in the USA.
50 states
any address in the USA
One client
Relic is paid by the owner alone
Day one
the record and Scarab attached
What it actually does
The owner’s side, run from the record.
Four of these are the software, every day. Two are a person, by the hour, and they say which.
01
Bid levelling
Three bids that look alike rarely are. A Relic Construction Manager normalises scope, exclusions and allowances so you compare real numbers, at $250 an hour.
02
Contract review
Owner-side review of the agreement's commercial terms — scope, draws, retainage, delays — before you sign, by a Relic Construction Manager at $250 an hour. Not legal advice; alongside your attorney.
03
Draw & invoice checks
Every payment application is checked against the schedule of values, the evidence and the lien waivers before you certify a dollar. That is the software, running on every draw.
04
Schedule oversight
A forward and backward pass over your milestones gives the float on each one, so a slip is answered in days to the keys rather than in opinions.
05
Change-order defence
Every change order is aged and carried into where you stand against the contract sum, so nothing becomes an approval by silence.
06
Site visits & photo record
A Relic Local Inspector walks the site at $175 an hour, photographs what is built, and records their own percentage against each contract line.
How it works
Address to watching, in days.
01
Tell us about the build
Address, stage, and what's keeping you up at night. Your project opens instantly.
02
Drop in the paper
Contracts, bids, schedules, invoices — Relic classifies them and Scarab starts answering from your record.
03
The watching starts
Foresight reads the record and ranks what it finds by what it costs you, with the evidence attached.
04
One agreement
A written proposal for the platform, and two published hourly rates for the people. Nothing else.
Coverage, honestly: where Relic doesn’t yet have a local inspector on the ground, a Relic Construction Manager runs the review remotely while we recruit one — and we tell you which arrangement you’re getting before you sign.
Engagement levels
As many hours as you want, and no more.
Put Relic on your side
Tell us about the build.
Common questions
Straight answers.
Is this only for Relic-designed homes?
No — this exists for builds Relic isn't running. Your architect, your builder, your plans. The record, the watching and the two people work for you regardless of who designed the home or who is building it.
So who is my owner's representative?
The software and Scarab. They read the record every day, on every dollar and every drawing, and tell you what is coming before it costs you. A person cannot be bought by the hour to do that, which is why the watching is not sold by the hour.
Really any address in the USA?
The platform and Scarab run anywhere. Boots are the honest exception: where Relic has no local inspector yet, a Relic Construction Manager reviews documents, draws, schedule and change orders remotely while we recruit one, and we tell you which arrangement you're getting before you sign.
What does it cost?
The platform is scoped in your proposal — by engagement level and project size, in writing, before anything starts. The people are published and hourly: $250 an hour for a Relic Construction Manager, $175 an hour for a Relic Local Inspector, and only for the hours you use.
Who do Relic's people work for?
You. Not the builder, not the architect, not a lender. Relic is paid by the owner and by nobody else on the job, which is the only arrangement that keeps it useful.
What do I get on day one?
Your project opens immediately: drag your contracts, bids, schedules and invoices into the document intake, and Scarab starts answering from your actual record.