The Scope Gap Index / Division 02
Division 02 · Existing Conditions · Q3 2026
57 Division 02 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 02 packages across 22 projects, 17 July to 30 September 2026
of 57 had at least one flag from Scope Agent
flags in total: 458 inferred, 302 coordination
flagged for removal, demolition and disposal, 35 as inferred and 30 as coordination
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
Nobody is surprised that demolition packages get flagged for removal. The useful part is the mix: 30 of the 36 were coordination flags, alongside 35 inferred. The documents say what comes out. They don’t say where the demo sub stops and the electrical sub’s disconnect begins, or who hauls the abatement sub’s drums. Utility connections are second at 32 of 57 for the same reason: the cap, the make-safe and the temporary service all sit on a line between two trades.
| Job flagged | Packages | Inferred | Coordination | Share flagged |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Removal, demolition and disposal35 inferred · 30 coordination | 36 of 57 | 35 | 30 | 63% |
| Utility and service connections26 inferred · 20 coordination | 32 of 57 | 26 | 20 | 56% |
| Temporary protection23 inferred · 9 coordination | 25 of 57 | 23 | 9 | 44% |
| Scaffolding, shoring and access22 inferred · 7 coordination | 24 of 57 | 22 | 7 | 42% |
| Cleaning22 inferred · 0 coordination | 22 of 57 | 22 | 0 | 39% |
| Blocking, backing and support18 inferred · 7 coordination | 19 of 57 | 18 | 7 | 33% |
| Anchors, embeds and connections9 inferred · 12 coordination | 17 of 57 | 9 | 12 | 30% |
| Maintenance, warranty and spares16 inferred · 1 coordination | 16 of 57 | 16 | 1 | 28% |
| Testing, inspection and certification10 inferred · 5 coordination | 14 of 57 | 10 | 5 | 25% |
| Openings, cutting and patching5 inferred · 11 coordination | 13 of 57 | 5 | 11 | 23% |
| Tolerances, joints and trade interfaces9 inferred · 4 coordination | 11 of 57 | 9 | 4 | 19% |
| Penetrations, sleeves and firestopping5 inferred · 6 coordination | 9 of 57 | 5 | 6 | 16% |
| Sealants, flashing and waterproofing joints2 inferred · 4 coordination | 6 of 57 | 2 | 4 | 11% |
| Hoisting, lifting and delivery3 inferred · 0 coordination | 3 of 57 | 3 | 0 | 5% |
“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 (39 of 57) is left out; see the method note.
Beyond the ranking
Scope Agent flagged a utility or service connection in 32 of 57 packages, 26 as inferred and 20 as coordination. Disconnect and make-safe before demolition starts, the cap at the property line, temporary service to keep the occupied half of the building running. The demo sub assumes the plumber does it. The plumber hasn’t been hired yet.
Twenty-two packages got a cleaning flag, 22 inferred and none coordination. Broom-clean after the strip-out, dust control, the air scrubbers after abatement. The documents ask for a clean slab and name nobody. Two lines fix it: who cleans, and to what standard the next trade accepts.
Scaffolding, shoring and access drew 24 flags, 22 of them inferred. Selective demolition needs temporary shoring under what stays, and abatement needs scaffolding inside the enclosure. The documents call for a shored opening and don’t say who engineers it, who builds it or when it comes out.
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.
The whole trade, so the flags point at the edges: hazardous material the demo sub finds mid-swing, the slab the drawings hatch but the spec doesn’t mention, salvage the owner wants kept, and the tip fees. Thirty of the 36 flags were coordination flags. Mark every removal on a drawing, say who owns salvage, and state the disposal boundary with the abatement sub.
Disconnect, make-safe and cap before demolition, and the temporary services that keep the rest of the building running. Twenty-six inferred, 20 coordination. Name the trade that disconnects each service, require a sign-off before the first wall comes down, and say who pays the utility.
Dust walls, floor protection on the route to the bin, covering what stays while the rest comes out. Twenty-three of the 25 flags were inferred. Put the protection in the demo scope with a duration, or in the GC’s general conditions, not in neither.
Temporary shoring under retained structure, scaffolding inside the abatement enclosure, access to the roof for the tear-off. Twenty-two of the 24 flags were inferred. Say who engineers the shoring, who installs it, and who removes it after the new structure takes the load.
Broom-clean after strip-out, dust control, final clean of the abatement area to the consultant’s clearance standard. All 22 flags were inferred. State the standard the next trade accepts and who meets it.
In demolition this is temporary support for what stays: bracing a wall that lost its return, supporting services that cross the area being removed. Eighteen of the 19 flags were inferred. Name who braces and who signs off that the bracing can come out.
Method
57 scope packages classified to MasterFormat Division 02, generated by Scope Agent between 17 July and 30 September 2026 on 22 of the 24 projects in the quarter’s cohort. Twenty carried the trade label demolition, ten surveyor, seven abatement, five site remediation, and one each grading, landscaping, paving and selective demolition. Eleven 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. 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. Shop drawings and submittals drew no flags in this division and is left off the table.
57 packages on 22 projects clears our 20-package threshold for publishing a division, and one package moves a share by about two points. The bigger caution is composition: a surveyor’s package and a demolition 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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