The Scope Gap Index / Division 06
Division 06 · Wood, Plastics and Composites · Q3 2026
96 Division 06 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 06 packages across 22 projects, 17 July to 30 September 2026
of 96 had at least one flag from Scope Agent
flags in total: 661 inferred, 752 coordination
of packages got a flag for blocking, backing and support, the job this division is supposed to supply
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
Backing for grab bars, cabinets, TV mounts and handrails is carpentry work. Scope Agent still flagged it in 67 of 96 carpentry and millwork packages: 45 times as work no scope assigned, 55 times as work sitting between the framer and the trade that needs the backing. The drywall sub closes the wall, the millwork sub arrives, and the question of who put the blocking in gets answered with a change order.
| Job flagged | Packages | Inferred | Coordination | Share flagged |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocking, backing and support45 inferred · 55 coordination | 67 of 96 | 45 | 55 | 70% |
| Openings, cutting and patching31 inferred · 51 coordination | 62 of 96 | 31 | 51 | 65% |
| Sealants, flashing and waterproofing joints26 inferred · 30 coordination | 52 of 96 | 26 | 30 | 54% |
| Anchors, embeds and connections27 inferred · 27 coordination | 44 of 96 | 27 | 27 | 46% |
| Temporary protection41 inferred · 7 coordination | 44 of 96 | 41 | 7 | 46% |
| Penetrations, sleeves and firestopping24 inferred · 19 coordination | 39 of 96 | 24 | 19 | 41% |
| Tolerances, joints and trade interfaces20 inferred · 11 coordination | 26 of 96 | 20 | 11 | 27% |
| Removal, demolition and disposal12 inferred · 7 coordination | 17 of 96 | 12 | 7 | 18% |
| Maintenance, warranty and spares15 inferred · 0 coordination | 15 of 96 | 15 | 0 | 16% |
| Shop drawings and submittals10 inferred · 6 coordination | 15 of 96 | 10 | 6 | 16% |
| Hoisting, lifting and delivery11 inferred · 0 coordination | 11 of 96 | 11 | 0 | 11% |
| Scaffolding, shoring and access7 inferred · 2 coordination | 9 of 96 | 7 | 2 | 9% |
| Testing, inspection and certification5 inferred · 4 coordination | 8 of 96 | 5 | 4 | 8% |
| Cleaning4 inferred · 1 coordination | 5 of 96 | 4 | 1 | 5% |
| Utility and service connections3 inferred · 2 coordination | 4 of 96 | 3 | 2 | 4% |
“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 (81 of 96) is left out; see the method note.
Beyond the ranking
Division 06 holds both the rough carpentry that builds the wall and the finish carpentry that hangs things on it. Blocking, openings and anchors get flagged at both ends: the framing package for not saying what backing it provides, the millwork package for assuming it’s there. Writing the backing schedule once, in the framing scope, and referencing it from the millwork scope closes both flags.
Sixty-two packages got the flag, 51 of them as coordination. Headers and rough openings for doors and windows, the hole the mechanical sub needs through a plate, the trim that covers the patch afterwards. The carpenter frames the opening to a schedule somebody else owns, and the schedule changes.
Forty-one of 44 temporary protection flags were inferred, with seven coordination. Installed millwork, stair treads and finished wood doors sit on site for weeks while other trades finish around them. The spec wants them protected and names nobody. That one is a sentence in the millwork scope or a line in the GC’s general conditions, whichever you prefer, but one of them.
The items in detail
The eight jobs flagged most often, after the generic supply-versus-install topic. Check your own documents before assuming a flag is right.
Wood or steel backing in framed walls for casework, grab bars, handrails, toilet accessories, wall-mounted equipment and TV brackets, plus the support for a countertop with an overhang. The framer provides backing only where the drawings show it, and the drawings rarely show it. Put a backing schedule in the framing scope, keyed to the millwork and accessory drawings, and have the millwork sub confirm it before the wall closes.
Rough openings and headers for doors, windows and louvres, openings through plates and blocking for mechanical and electrical runs, and cutting back and patching trim where another trade came through after. Fifty-one of the 62 flags were coordination flags. State who frames openings that aren’t on the structural drawings, and whether the carpenter or the trade that needs the hole cuts it.
Caulking between millwork and the wall, sealant at window and door frames the carpenter sets, flashing at sill plates and at the transition from the framer’s sheathing to the siding sub’s weather barrier. Twenty-six inferred, 30 coordination. Say who caulks the millwork-to-wall joint, the painter or the millwork sub, and who flashes the opening the carpenter frames.
Hold-downs, anchor bolts into the concrete sub’s slab, hangers and connectors for engineered lumber, and the connection of a mass timber element to steel or concrete. The connector is on the structural drawings and the question is who supplies it and who sets the anchor in the pour. Name the supplier of each hardware item and the trade that places anything cast in.
Protecting installed millwork, wood doors, stair treads and the finished flooring the carpenter installs, from delivery to turnover. Forty-one of the 44 flags were inferred. Write who protects it, with what, and for how long.
Fire blocking and draft stopping in framed cavities, firestopping where pipes and conduit pass through rated wood assemblies, and the holes drilled through plates and joists. Twenty-four inferred, 19 coordination. The framer owns fire blocking under the code; say so in the scope, and say who firestops the hole the plumber drills.
Wall plumb and flatness the drywall and tile subs will accept, floor level under the millwork, and the scribe at a wall that isn’t straight. Twenty of the 26 flags were inferred. State the framing tolerance, who checks it before boarding, and who fixes a wall the millwork sub can’t fit to.
Removing existing casework, trim and framing on renovation work, and disposing of offcuts and packaging from the millwork delivery. Put existing millwork removal in a named scope, and say whether the millwork sub takes its own crates away.
Method
96 scope packages classified to MasterFormat Division 06, generated by Scope Agent between 17 July and 30 September 2026 on 22 of the 24 projects in the quarter’s cohort. The division spans rough carpentry and finish carpentry: millwork (20 packages), carpentry (18), framing (14), trim (14), mass timber (7), finish carpentry (3), rough carpentry (3) and three more under other framing labels, plus 14 packages with a customer-specific label we couldn’t map to a standard trade, counted here because the package was coded to the division. A package is one trade on one project, as it stood at quarter end, so a project typically contributes four 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.
96 packages on 22 projects clears our 20-package threshold comfortably; one package moves a share by about a point. The caution is the mix: a framing package and a millwork 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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