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Contract Assurance


The 100 Metres Problem
A measurement definition reversed six figures of penalties without changing a single service. Why performance regimes on major infrastructure and transport contracts stop producing performance, and what assurance actually has to do with it.

Alex Afshar
Jul 265 min read


Smart Assurance™: Enhancing Contract Management with Trusted AI-Driven Autonomy
Alex Afshar, Huan (John) Zhang, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Shahab Valizadealavi, Dr. Sadegh Aliakbarian, Dr. Fatemeh Saleh,Dr.Fay Saleh Abstract - AMPEAK 2025 This paper presents Smart Assurance™, an innovative system for automated compliance management and risk mitigation that leverages advanced large language models (LLMs) in a multilingual environment. Smart Assurance™ addresses the limitations of traditional, manual compliance approaches by integrating automated data ingestion, o

Alex Afshar
Apr 9, 202510 min read
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