The Scope Gap Index / Division 11
Division 11 · Equipment · Q3 2026
67 Division 11 packages across 22 projects, generated between 17 July and 30 September 2026 for Provision customers, ranked by how often each job got flagged. Model flags, checked by a person on fewer than one item in a hundred. Where to look, not proof.
Division 11 packages across 22 projects, 17 July to 30 September 2026
of 67 had at least one flag from Scope Agent
flags in total: 307 inferred, 91 coordination
flagged for testing, inspection and certification, and all 35 of those as inferred
Inferred means Scope Agent judged the job necessary and found no scope naming who does it. Coordination means it judged the job to sit between two trades. Neither is a confirmed omission on that project.
Ranked
An equipment package buys the thing. The flags are about what happens when it arrives. Anchoring it to the slab was flagged in 38 of 67 packages, the utility connection in 26, and the start-up test and certificate in 35, every one of those 35 as inferred. Who bolts down the dock leveler, who lands the gas to the range, who starts it and signs. The documents describe the unit and stop.
| Job flagged | Packages | Inferred | Coordination | Share flagged |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchors, embeds and connections31 inferred · 19 coordination | 38 of 67 | 31 | 19 | 57% |
| Testing, inspection and certification35 inferred · 2 coordination | 35 of 67 | 35 | 2 | 52% |
| Utility and service connections23 inferred · 6 coordination | 26 of 67 | 23 | 6 | 39% |
| Blocking, backing and support13 inferred · 8 coordination | 21 of 67 | 13 | 8 | 31% |
| Sealants, flashing and waterproofing joints17 inferred · 4 coordination | 20 of 67 | 17 | 4 | 30% |
| Temporary protection17 inferred · 9 coordination | 20 of 67 | 17 | 9 | 30% |
| Removal, demolition and disposal16 inferred · 1 coordination | 17 of 67 | 16 | 1 | 25% |
| Penetrations, sleeves and firestopping9 inferred · 6 coordination | 14 of 67 | 9 | 6 | 21% |
| Cleaning10 inferred · 1 coordination | 11 of 67 | 10 | 1 | 16% |
| Maintenance, warranty and spares11 inferred · 0 coordination | 11 of 67 | 11 | 0 | 16% |
| Hoisting, lifting and delivery7 inferred · 2 coordination | 9 of 67 | 7 | 2 | 13% |
| Openings, cutting and patching7 inferred · 4 coordination | 9 of 67 | 7 | 4 | 13% |
| Tolerances, joints and trade interfaces9 inferred · 0 coordination | 9 of 67 | 9 | 0 | 13% |
| Shop drawings and submittals4 inferred · 3 coordination | 7 of 67 | 4 | 3 | 10% |
“Inferred” and “coordination” count packages with that kind of flag, and a package can have both, so the two columns can add to more than the total. The generic supply-versus-install topic (44 of 67) is left out; see the method note.
Beyond the ranking
Fifty-seven packages had at least one flag, 85 percent, the lowest share of any division on the Index. An equipment package is often a single line: supply and deliver. That leaves Scope Agent nothing to flag, which is not the same as nothing missing. It means the installing, connecting and testing live in some other package, or in none.
Start-up and commissioning, the health inspection for food service equipment, the load test on the fall-protection anchors, the dock leveler certification. Thirty-five packages were flagged, and only two of those also carried a coordination flag. There is almost no other trade claiming it.
The equipment sub stops at the unit. The plumber stops at the valve. The pigtail between them, the final electrical connection, the gas test, belong to nobody in 23 packages. Six were flagged as a boundary between two named trades, which at least gives you someone to call.
The items in detail
The six jobs flagged most often, after the generic supply-versus-install topic. Check your own documents before assuming a flag is right.
Anchoring the unit to the slab or the wall, the embed for the dock bumper, the roof anchors for fall protection, the final connection to power, water and gas. Thirty-one inferred, 19 coordination. For every piece of equipment, name who sets it, who anchors it and who makes each connection.
Start-up, commissioning, the manufacturer’s representative on site, the inspection by the health or safety authority, the certificate the owner needs before opening. Thirty-five inferred, two coordination. Make the test and the certificate a deliverable with a named trade.
The final connection from the stub the mechanical and electrical subs leave to the unit itself. Twenty-three inferred, six coordination. State the boundary for each utility at each unit: who provides the shut-off, who provides the whip, who connects.
Backing for wall-mounted appliances and fall-protection anchors, the pad or curb the unit sits on, support in the structure for the waste compactor. Thirteen inferred, eight coordination. Say who provides each one and to what load.
Sealant around the dock leveler pit, the flashing at the rooftop unit curb, caulk between the appliance and the countertop. Seventeen inferred, four coordination. Name the trade that seals each interface.
Protecting delivered equipment stored on site, and protecting the finished floor on the route in. Seventeen inferred, nine coordination. State who stores, who protects and from when.
Method
67 scope packages classified to MasterFormat Division 11, generated by Scope Agent between 17 July and 30 September 2026 on 22 of the 24 projects in the quarter’s cohort. Seventeen carried the trade label appliances, ten fall protection, eight waste equipment, six food service equipment, four residential appliances, three equipment, three loading dock, two trash compactors and one athletic equipment. Thirteen more carried a customer-specific label we couldn’t map to a standard trade; they’re counted here because the package itself was coded to the division. A package is one trade on one project, as it stood at quarter end, so a project typically contributes three equipment packages. An item counts when Scope Agent flagged it as inferred or coordination. We grouped the items into sixteen topics by keyword, and one item can land in more than one topic. Scaffolding, shoring and access drew no flags in this division and is left off the table.
67 packages on 22 projects clears our 20-package threshold for publishing a division, and one package moves a share by about a point and a half. The bigger caution is composition: an appliance package and a fall-protection package get flagged for different things, and this page blends them. These are Provision customers’ projects, and the numbers describe this sample only. A flag is Scope Agent’s judgment, checked by a person on fewer than one item in a hundred, so some flags will be wrong. We’ll update it every quarter.
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