AI Lien Waiver Chasing 2026: Bill Subs to Get Paid Faster
AI lien waiver automation cuts the $140B construction float—stop chasing signatures and get subs to sign, notarize, and return waivers so you get paid faster.
Chapter 1: The $140 Billion Float: Why Lien Waivers Hold Your Cash Hostage There is a number that every general contractor knows in their gut but almost never says out loud: roughly $140 billion in construction payments sits stuck in the pipe at any given moment in the U.S. market. Not disputed. Not defaulted. Not written off. Just stuck — waiting on a signature, a notary stamp, a corrected sworn statement, or a sub who has not opened their email since Tuesday. That is the float. And it is the single largest, most fixable inefficiency in the construction back office....