Multifamily · Development · Preconstruction · Construction

Catch the assumption gaps before the deal carries them into IC.

DealVeto is an early-stage screen for multifamily pursuits. It applies construction-risk logic to surface assumption gaps and budget pressure, and gives development, preconstruction, and construction leadership a clear proceed, revise, reprice, pause, or stop call before the next decision gate.

Kill weak deals early - before they burn your time and money.

The problem

Most deals don't fail on price. They fail on assumptions.

Placeholder numbers harden into commitments.

Early $/unit and $/GSF assumptions move into IC decks, term sheets, and partner conversations before anyone has pressure-tested them against the actual program and site.

Construction risk surfaces too late.

Podium conditions, structured parking, MEP routing, and sitework typically surface in DD or preconstruction — after the deal already has internal momentum.

Preconstruction is pulled into weak pursuits.

Estimators burn cycles pricing deals that were never going to clear, instead of validating the pursuits that can.

Workflow overview

From early screen to decision-ready output.

See how DealVeto moves a multifamily deal from early assumptions to construction-risk decision support.

Pipeline
New Deal Screen
Site Fit
Budget Check
Risk Review
Scenarios
Precon Review
Decision Queue
IC Memo

The full workflow is currently available by guided demo only.

Workflow detail

What each step actually does.

01

Pipeline

Every active pursuit, ranked by construction-risk exposure.

02

New Deal Screen

Capture program, site, and cost-basis assumptions in a few minutes.

03

Summary

One screen: confidence, primary concern, and recommended call.

04

Budget Check

Construction-aware read on $/unit and $/GSF against product type and site reality.

05

Risk Review

Site, program, and cost assumptions that need validation before IC.

06

Scenarios

Compare program or cost variants side-by-side under the same logic.

07

Precon Review

Structured way to respond to assumption gaps without a full estimate.

08

Decision Queue

Proceed, revise, reprice, pause, or stop — tracked in one place.

09

Reports

IC-ready construction-risk memo and decision summary.

Built for

Built for the people who have to defend the deal.

Role

Senior Development Manager

Defend, revise, or step away from a deal before IC, with construction-risk logic behind every call.

Role

Director of Preconstruction

Respond to incomplete assumptions in a structured way, without turning every early pursuit into a full estimate.

Role

VP Construction

See which pursuits are carrying construction risk into the pipeline before they become execution problems.

Capabilities

What DealVeto actually checks.

Assumption completeness
Construction-aware budget check
Uniformat + MasterFormat / CSI views
Risk flags
Budget confidence
Primary concern + fix first
Scenario comparison
Precon review workflow
Decision queue
IC construction-risk memo

What it is — and isn't

An early screen, not a black-box estimator.

DealVeto does not produce a final estimate from incomplete inputs. It shows what is known, what is missing, where the budget is under pressure, and what needs preconstruction validation before the next decision gate.

  • Directional early-stage screen
  • Transparent, reviewable assumptions
  • Explicit handling of missing inputs
  • Built for preconstruction validation, not replacement
  • IC-ready output

Know what needs to be fixed before the next decision gate.