Building the Story: Leveraging aiR for Case Strategy in Construction Litigation

In construction litigation, the facts rarely speak for themselves. Projects are sprawling endeavors that span years, involve countless stakeholders, and generate massive amounts of data. From payroll logs to change orders, subcontractor communications to daily progress reports, each piece of information represents a fragment of the larger story.

For attorneys tasked with litigating high-value construction disputes, the challenge lies in collecting these fragments, analyzing them quickly, and assembling them into a coherent, defensible narrative. That’s where RelativityOne aiR for Case Strategy, supported by Page One’s expertise, comes into play.

By intelligently generating facts from your data, aiR for Case Strategy empowers legal teams to construct a timeline that doesn’t just outline what happened, it helps build your story.

The Complexity of Construction Data

Construction projects generate more types of data than almost any other industry. Consider just a few common sources:

• Payroll & Timekeeping Systems
  – Worker hours, overtime, and pay records reveal when labor was on-site, supporting or challenging claims of delay.

• Project Management Software & Timelines
  – Software that documents planned versus actual progress, milestones, and critical path activities.

• Communications
  – Emails, texts, chat platforms (i.e.- Slack/Teams), and meeting notes capture real-time decisions, disputes, and instructions.

• Change Orders & Cost Reports
  – These track scope adjustments and financial impacts, often at the center of disputes.

• Images & Field Notes
  – Jobsite photos, daily reports, and handwritten logs document physical progress and potential issues.

Individually, each dataset offers a slice of reality. Together, they can demonstrate patterns, confirm delays, or highlight discrepancies between what was planned and what occurred.

The problem? Without a structured way to align these sources, they remain disconnected and piles of data instead of a cohesive case story.

The Traditional Challenge

Historically, creating a timeline for construction disputes has been an exhaustive manual process. Attorneys and paralegals comb through payroll logs, dig into email threads, and cross-reference schedules with handwritten notes. It’s time-consuming, prone to oversight, and nearly impossible to scale when dealing with terabytes of data.

In addition, construction disputes often span years. Establishing which party knew what, and when, requires threading together communications with schedule updates, payments, and physical work completed in the field. Traditional methods leave teams vulnerable to missed connections or inconsistent fact patterns.

Enter aiR for Case Strategy

RelativityOne’s aiR for Case Strategy changes the equation. This generative AI tool is designed to help legal teams identify, organize, and understand facts buried in massive document sets. For construction litigation, that means:

• Extracting Key Facts from Multiple Sources
  – Payroll records, contracts, and communications can be ingested, and aiR surfaces important dates, responsibilities, and actions based on your input.

• Building Chronologies
  – Instead of manually stitching together a timeline, aiR generates a draft chronology that links documents, dates, and participants.

• Connecting Evidence to Issues
  – Each fact can be tied back to source documents, ensuring defensibility while giving attorneys context for arguments.

• Scaling Across Custodians
  – With dozens of contractors and stakeholders, aiR makes it feasible to manage and align information across many parties.

This isn’t about replacing attorney judgment, it’s about giving attorneys more time to apply judgment by automating the grunt work of fact-finding.

The Page One Advantage

While aiR for Case Strategy is a powerful tool, success depends on how data is prepared and managed. That’s where Page One adds value:

• Comprehensive Data Collection
  – We can help identify all relevant custodians and systems (from payroll vendors to cloud project tools) and ensure forensically sound collections.

• Data Normalization
  – Construction data often arrives in inconsistent formats. Page One standardizes and structures it so aiR can analyze effectively.

• Workflow Customization
  – We design custom workflows in RelativityOne to help streamline and expedite analysis of construction data.

• Expert Guidance
  – Our team helps attorneys test, tweak and adjust aiR outputs, validate against source documents, and refine.

• Training and Support
  – We train case teams to use aiR for Case Strategy effectively, ensuring adoption and long-term success.

Benefits of Leveraging aiR for Case Strategy

By combining diverse data sources into a single timeline, attorneys gain:

• Speed – What once took weeks/months of manual review now happens in days/hours.

• Consistency – AI applies uniform logic across all data, reducing the risk of missed or conflicting facts.

• Defensibility – Every AI-generated fact links back to its source, ensuring reliability in court.

• Insight – By viewing payroll, communications, and schedules together, attorneys see not just events, but patterns.

• Cost Savings – Streamlined review reduces attorney and paralegal hours, critical in disputes where discovery costs can spiral.

Looking Ahead

The future of construction litigation lies in data-driven storytelling. Courts and arbitrators expect more than arguments, they expect clear, supported timelines that cut through complexity. By harnessing aiR for Case Strategy, legal teams can move beyond reactive document review and toward proactive case building.

At Page One, we see this shift not as replacing human expertise but amplifying it. Attorneys remain the architects of strategy. Our role is to provide the foundation: defensible collections, streamlined workflows, and cutting-edge AI tools that make the difference between drowning in data and winning with clarity.

Conclusion

Construction disputes will always be complex. But with the right approach, complexity becomes an opportunity. By collecting payroll, timelines, communications, and other project data — and aligning it in RelativityOne’s aiR for Case Strategy — attorneys can craft persuasive, defensible narratives faster than ever before.

At Page One, we help transform raw data into meaningful stories that resonate in courtrooms, arbitration panels, and settlement discussions. Because in high-stakes construction litigation, the side that tells the clearest story often builds the strongest case.

Contact Page One today to learn how we can help you leverage aiR for Case Strategy in your next construction matter.