The Scope Gap Index / Division 08
Division 08 · Openings · Q3 2026
79 Division 08 packages across 23 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 08 packages across 23 projects, 17 July to 30 September 2026
of 79 had at least one flag from Scope Agent
flags in total: 1,040 inferred, 323 coordination
flagged for testing, inspection and certification, and all 49 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
Openings, cutting and patching was flagged in 52 of 79 packages, 42 as inferred and 32 as coordination: the rough opening the framer leaves against the frame the door sub brings, and who cuts when they don’t match. Testing is second at 49, and every one of the 49 was an inferred flag. Air and water testing on the curtain wall, the fire door inspection, the hardware function test. The spec requires all of it and the packages name nobody.
| Job flagged | Packages | Inferred | Coordination | Share flagged |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openings, cutting and patching42 inferred · 32 coordination | 52 of 79 | 42 | 32 | 66% |
| Testing, inspection and certification49 inferred · 1 coordination | 49 of 79 | 49 | 1 | 62% |
| Anchors, embeds and connections37 inferred · 18 coordination | 44 of 79 | 37 | 18 | 56% |
| Sealants, flashing and waterproofing joints31 inferred · 27 coordination | 43 of 79 | 31 | 27 | 54% |
| Tolerances, joints and trade interfaces34 inferred · 12 coordination | 40 of 79 | 34 | 12 | 51% |
| Temporary protection35 inferred · 4 coordination | 36 of 79 | 35 | 4 | 46% |
| Shop drawings and submittals34 inferred · 3 coordination | 35 of 79 | 34 | 3 | 44% |
| Maintenance, warranty and spares32 inferred · 1 coordination | 33 of 79 | 32 | 1 | 42% |
| Blocking, backing and support23 inferred · 10 coordination | 27 of 79 | 23 | 10 | 34% |
| Cleaning24 inferred · 1 coordination | 25 of 79 | 24 | 1 | 32% |
| Penetrations, sleeves and firestopping20 inferred · 2 coordination | 22 of 79 | 20 | 2 | 28% |
| Hoisting, lifting and delivery19 inferred · 1 coordination | 20 of 79 | 19 | 1 | 25% |
| Removal, demolition and disposal20 inferred · 0 coordination | 20 of 79 | 20 | 0 | 25% |
| Scaffolding, shoring and access2 inferred · 0 coordination | 2 of 79 | 2 | 0 | 3% |
| Utility and service connections1 inferred · 0 coordination | 1 of 79 | 1 | 0 | 1% |
“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 (64 of 79) is left out; see the method note.
Beyond the ranking
Of 1,363 flags, 1,040 were inferred and 323 coordination. Doors and glazing packages leave jobs unassigned far more often than they leave them between two trades. The product is well described. The testing, the shop drawings, the keying and the warranty around it are not.
Shop drawings and submittals drew 35 flags, 34 inferred. Maintenance, warranty and spares drew 33, 32 inferred. Hardware schedules, keying meetings, the glazing warranty start date, attic stock of closers. These are paperwork jobs, and paperwork is what a product package forgets to assign.
On renovation work the existing doors, frames and windows come out before the new ones go in, and Scope Agent found 20 packages silent on who takes them. None of the 20 was a coordination flag, so the demolition sub isn’t in the argument either. One line in one scope.
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 rough opening against the frame, the hollow-metal frame built into the mason’s wall, cutting the slab for the overhead door track, patching drywall after the frame is set. Forty-two inferred, 32 coordination. Put the opening schedule in the scope with who frames, who sets and who patches for each opening type.
Field air and water testing on curtain wall and storefront, the fire door assembly inspection, hardware function testing, the glazing safety labels the inspector looks for. Forty-nine inferred, one coordination. List every test the spec requires, who performs it, who witnesses it, and who pays if it fails.
Anchors for the storefront into the slab edge, embeds for the curtain wall brackets, the overhead door track into the structure. Thirty-seven inferred, 18 coordination. Name who supplies and sets each anchor and embed, and who surveys them before the glazing arrives.
Perimeter sealant at every frame, the sill pan flashing, the joint between the window and the air barrier. Thirty-one inferred, 27 coordination. Say which trade seals each side of the frame and who installs the sill pan.
Rough opening tolerances the framer and mason hold for the door sub, floor flatness at the overhead door, the gap the glazing sub needs at the slab edge. Thirty-four inferred, 12 coordination. State the tolerances by opening type and who verifies before frames are ordered.
Protecting glass and finished frames while other trades finish around them, and protecting the opening before the glass arrives. Thirty-five of the 36 flags were inferred. Say who protects what and for how long.
Method
79 scope packages classified to MasterFormat Division 08, generated by Scope Agent between 17 July and 30 September 2026 on 23 of the 24 projects in the quarter’s cohort. Twenty carried the trade label door and hardware, 20 glazing, 14 overhead doors, four special doors, three vinyl windows, two windows, and one each doors and frames and hardware. Fourteen 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 openings 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.
79 packages on 23 projects clears our 20-package threshold for publishing a division, and one package moves a share by about a point. The bigger caution is composition: a hardware package and a curtain wall 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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