Terms of Service

Last updated: June 6, 2026

1. Agreement to these terms

These Terms of Service govern your access to and use of Afterdraft, available at afterdraft.ai. By accessing or using the site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the site.

2. About Afterdraft

Afterdraft is a construction terminology and acronym reference for construction professionals, designers, owners, students, and project teams. The site provides plain-English definitions, examples, categories, search results, and related terms for general informational use.

3. Informational use only

Afterdraft does not provide legal, architectural, engineering, construction, safety, code, estimating, procurement, insurance, financial, or contract advice. You are responsible for verifying information against the applicable contract documents, laws, codes, standards, project requirements, and qualified professionals before relying on it.

4. AI-assisted content

Content on Afterdraft may be generated, assisted, reviewed, categorized, or improved using artificial intelligence and automated systems. Definitions, examples, search results, and related terms may be incomplete, inaccurate, outdated, or unsuitable for a specific project, jurisdiction, standard, contract form, or use case.

5. No confidential submissions

Do not submit confidential, proprietary, sensitive, personal, privileged, project-specific, or contract-sensitive information into Afterdraft search or other site features. Search queries and usage activity may be processed to operate, secure, debug, and improve the service.

6. Permitted use

You may browse, search, read, copy, share, and adapt Afterdraft definitions for lawful personal, educational, and business reference purposes. You are responsible for how you edit, publish, distribute, or rely on any content from the site.

7. Prohibited use

You may not misuse the site, interfere with its operation, attempt unauthorized access, probe or bypass security controls, overload the service, use the site for unlawful activity, submit harmful requests, or use automated scraping or extraction that degrades availability or copies the service at scale without permission.

8. Intellectual property

The Afterdraft name, site design, organization, category structure, software, and original compilation of content are owned by Afterdraft or its licensors. Third-party names, standards, document names, and organization names remain the property of their respective owners.

9. Third-party references

Afterdraft may reference third-party standards, organizations, contract forms, software products, sources, or websites. These references are provided for context and do not imply endorsement, sponsorship, affiliation, or approval unless expressly stated.

10. Service changes and availability

We may update, add, remove, suspend, or discontinue any part of the site at any time. We do not guarantee that the site will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or available at any particular time or location.

11. Disclaimer of warranties

Afterdraft is provided on an as-is and as-available basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, whether express, implied, or statutory, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and professional suitability.

12. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Afterdraft will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, business interruption, project impacts, contract disputes, code issues, safety incidents, or reliance on site content.

13. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Afterdraft harmless from claims, damages, liabilities, losses, and expenses arising from your misuse of the site, your violation of these terms, or your reliance on site content in a project, publication, product, service, or professional setting.

14. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by a new "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the site after changes become effective means you accept the updated terms.

15. Contact

Questions about these terms may be sent to afterdraftai@gmail.com.