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+# Validation Run: AirTech Pros
+
+**Date:** 2026-08-15
+**Business:** AirTech Pros
+**Rating:** 4.8 ★ | **Reviews:** 1121
+**Engine findings:** 8 | **Material (in report):** 5 | **Rejected FP/low-signal:** 2 | **Needs verification:** 0
+
+## Reviewer dispositions (locked process v1.0 §3)
+
+### Material (survive normalization → in REPORT-final.md)
+
+- **immediate** — Phone number inconsistent across 2 surface(s)  
+  `distinct numbers: 5303032225, 9169300010`
+- **immediate** — Address inconsistent across 1 surface(s)  
+  `google='10210 Systems Pkwy #370, Sacramento, CA 95827' vs apple='4961 Windplay Dr, El Dorado Hills, CA  95762'`
+- **immediate** — Hours mismatch on 7 day(s) — GBP is authoritative  
+  `7 day(s) genuinely differ: saturday: Open 24 hours vs 12:00 AM-12:00 PM; sunday: Open 24 hours vs 12:00 AM-12:00 PM; monday: Open 24 hours vs 12:00 AM-12:00 PM; tuesday: Open 24 hours vs 12:00 AM-12:00 PM`
+- **high** — Website URL inconsistent across 1 surface(s)  
+  `google='https://airtechpros.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=gbp' vs apple='http://teamairtech.com/' — different domains`
+- **medium** — JSON-LD present but no LocalBusiness type  
+  `schema at https://airtechpros.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=gbp lacks LocalBusiness/Dentist/Plumber type — AI/structured data can't classify the business`
+
+### Needs verification (excluded from report until confirmed)
+
+- none
+
+### Rejected (format false-positives / low-signal / tooling gaps)
+
+- ~~Cannot determine review recency — no dates available in samples~~ — tooling gap: scraper captures no review dates (documented limitation)
+- ~~Category varies across surfaces: air conditioning contractor, consumer sector~~ — low-signal: per-platform taxonomy (Apple 'consumer sector' is its default)
+
+### Enhancement tier (noted, excluded from client report)
+
+- Price level not set on GBP or Apple Maps
+
+## Pre-delivery consistency gate (v1.0 §6)
+- Count match: executive summary states 5; Findings section contains 5 ✅
+- Evidence present: every cited value exists in findings.json / raw capture ✅
+- Identity match: name, location, and date match intake record ✅
+
+*Generated by normalization pass (review_pass rules). Reviewer: dispositions above are the standing review for this run; re-run before any client use if the raw capture is re-fetched.*