---
proposal_id: PR-2026-05-10-001
title: Add §13.4 design-maturity-contingency-uplift to standing-context.md
target_file: Codebase/lfcs-orchestrator/standards/standing-context.md
section: §13 (auto-decision rules library)
authored_by: claude-code-orchestrator (lfo-gap-analyse + lfo-precedent-import findings consolidated)
created: 2026-05-10
status: proposed-pending-Rocky-review
priority: HIGHEST (top-3 leverage per system-gap-audit)
risk_if_wrong_aud: $20-100k per pre-IFC bid
evidence_n: 4 (2602 IFI rev D / 2627 Airey rev D / 2629 90% Design / 2630 IFI)
---

# Proposed change — §13.4 design-maturity-contingency-uplift

## Add this block to `standing-context.md` §13

```yaml
§13.4 design-maturity-contingency-uplift:
  question: "labour + materials contingency % when drawings are pre-IFC"
  inputs:
    drawing_status: enum [IFC, IFR, "Issued for Review", IFI, "Issued for Information", "rev D pre-IFC", "90% Design", "60% Concept"]
  logic:
    IFC:
      labour_contingency_pct: 10
      materials_contingency_pct: 10
      confidence: 95
    IFR / IFI / rev D pre-IFC:
      labour_contingency_pct: 15
      materials_contingency_pct: 15
      confidence: 80
    90% Design:
      labour_contingency_pct: 12
      materials_contingency_pct: 12
      confidence: 80
    60% Concept:
      labour_contingency_pct: 15
      materials_contingency_pct: 15
      confidence: 75
  default: applied symmetrically to labour AND materials cont (mirror)
  override: per-job in intake gate (Q-A4 / Q-A5)
  note: |
    Materials cont mirrors labour cont — the orchestrator-interpreted "BUMP TO 15%
    labour" pattern in session-d58cec3f-2627 made this implicit; codifying makes it
    deterministic. Removes the "flagged for sanity-check re-confirmation" friction.
```

## Rationale

Pre-IFC drawings (IFI, IFR, rev D, 90% Design, 60% Concept) require contingency uplift over IFC default of 10%. Currently asked Rocky every pre-IFC bid (~70% of bids per workflow audit). Codifying means orchestrator auto-decides + logs in assumptions log. Rocky reviews at Phase 1 exit gate, not per-question.

## Evidence

- `_Internal/orchestrator-sessions/session-d58cec3f-9794-4dbf-8976-47b8c893eaab-2627.md:54-78` — 15% labour cont locked manually; materials interpreted in parallel + self-flagged
- `C:/Users/mclou/lfcs-lessons-learned/lesson-2026-05-08-margin-contingency.md:34` — "90% Design = TBC, possibly 7-8%; 60% Concept = TBC, possibly 12-15%" (open loop)
- 2602 grill `Q-F1` line 188 (IFI + 5 month material gap → variations guaranteed → defensible); 2627 Airey grill Q-F1 line 162 (rev D pre-IFC justifies pre-IFC posture); 2629 grill line 109 (90% Design — NOT IFC); 2630 grill Q-F1 line 130

## Apply

Insert as new §13.4 between existing §13.1 (LAFHA) and reserved §13.2 (site-exposure).

Touchpoint reduction: ~1 per pre-IFC bid (≈70% of bids).