NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR DOCUMENT AUTOMATION AND CLAIM ANALYSIS IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

Xudayberdiyeva Kholdorov

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR DOCUMENT AUTOMATION AND CLAIM ANALYSIS IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

Authors

Xudayberdiyeva Kholdorov

AI Engineer – Construction Contract Intelligence, Germany.

Keywords:

NLP, Construction Contracts, Document Automation, Claim Analysis, Machine Learning, Information Extraction

Synopsis

Natural Language Processing (NLP) has emerged as a transformative tool in the construction industry, particularly in the domains of document automation and claim analysis. Given the legal and contractual complexity inherent in construction projects, NLP enables systematic processing, classification, and extraction of information from construction contracts, streamlining operations and mitigating disputes. This paper explores current applications of NLP in this field, reviews pertinent literature, and proposes a structured methodology for incorporating NLP tools into contractual workflows.

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