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Scope Agent for subcontractor buyout

Get subcontractor scopes ready for buyout, faster.

Turn project drawings and specifications into organized scopes of work. Review requirements, assign responsibilities across trades, and export Word packages for final review before issuing subcontracts.

For GC and construction management teams responsible for subcontractor scopes and buyout.

Scope Agent scope table showing scope elements, the assigned subcontractor, and the related specification for each line item
3–4 days

saved on the first project scoped with Provision

A faster start to scope preparation.

ProWest Constructors reported saving three to four days and identifying several scope gaps on its first project. Its team uses Provision to bring scope information together before completing its review.

Read the ProWest case study

Customer-reported result on a specific project. Time saved relates to scoping work, not the full buyout cycle.

The job

Keep scope writing moving toward subcontract issue.

Your team has drawings, specifications, and trade proposals to work through. Before subcontracts go out, someone has to turn that information into clear responsibilities for each trade.

Scope Agent organizes requirements from the project documents so your team can focus on the decisions: what belongs in each package, what needs clarification, and what is ready to issue.

Prepare the scope

Start with requirements gathered from your drawings and specifications.

Decide who owns the work

Review trade boundaries and coordination items with the people buying the work.

Finish the package

Export to Word for your team's final scope and formatting checks.

Workflow

From project documents to subcontract scope packages.

01

Upload the drawings and specifications.

Start with the developed document set for the project you're buying out.

02

Review requirements and supporting sources.

Check extracted scope against the drawings and specifications. Review suggested coordination and inferred items before including them.

03

Organize the work by subcontract package.

Edit descriptions and reassign requirements to match your project's trade responsibilities.

04

Export and complete final review.

Generate Word scopes, reconcile them with agreed trade proposals, and complete your team's checks before issue.

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Coverage across trades

Find the requirements that sit outside a trade's obvious scope.

A requirement affecting electrical work may sit on a structural drawing. A waterproofing responsibility may appear in a related specification. Those interfaces deserve attention before the scope is attached to a subcontract.

Scope Agent brings requirements from across the uploaded document set into your review, helping your team ask better questions about who owns the work.

  • Review requirements in related specification sections.
  • Consider coordination work between trades.
  • Decide which suggested inferred items belong in the package.
Cross-trade coordination items Scope Agent surfaced for the foundation work
Coordination items between trades, surfaced for review before they are assigned to a package.
Flexibility

Your project decides how the work gets packaged.

Concrete may be one package on one job and several on the next. Insulation may sit with drywall, cladding, or another trade.

Review and reassign requirements to reflect how you're buying this project. Edit the language, check the sources, and keep final control over the scope you issue.

Scope line items with a subcontractor dropdown for reassigning each requirement to a different trade
Each requirement carries a subcontractor assignment your team can change.
Export dialog offering PDF, DOCX and CSV formats
Export the package to Word (DOCX) for final review.

Built for the people writing the scopes.

“With Scope Agent, my productivity and output has increased substantially.”

Commercial Specialist, JPI

Review scope line items, check the supporting project documents, and edit the package before export.

Frequently asked questions

Who is this for?

Project managers, commercial leads, procurement and buyout teams, and estimators at GCs and construction managers who prepare subcontractor scopes.

When should we use it?

When you have developed drawings and specifications and subcontract packages still to prepare. Begin before your team finishes writing the scopes.

Can we change the trade assignments?

Yes. Review and reassign requirements to reflect your project's subcontract packages.

Can we finish the scopes in Word?

Yes. Export Word scope packages for final review and formatting.

Does it compare subcontractor bids or negotiate buyout?

This workflow prepares scopes from project documents. Your team still reconciles trade proposals, confirms inclusions and exclusions, and agrees commercial terms.

Buying out a project? Start with the scopes.

See how Scope Agent helps your team prepare subcontractor scopes from the project documents and move packages toward issue.

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