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    Scope Gap Analysis

    Find the work nobody priced.

    Turn a drawing set into defined construction scopes, then surface the work that no trade owns, the work two trades both think is theirs, and the conditions too ambiguous to price — before contracts are written.

    • General contractors
    • Estimators
    • Owners
    • Developers

    Why it matters

    What changes when the work is connected.

    01

    The gap is the change order

    A quantity that is off by a little costs a little. Work that nobody carried in their number becomes a change order, a schedule impact and an argument about whose scope it was.

    02

    Coverage, not just quantities

    A takeoff tells you how much there is. Scope gap analysis tells you whether every condition in the documents has a trade responsible for building it.

    03

    Settled before buyout

    Ambiguity is cheapest to resolve while the subcontracts are still drafts. Once the package is awarded, the same question costs a negotiation.

    Capabilities

    What AutoSitu does for you here.

    Conditions to scopes

    Elements, assemblies and quantities from the set are organized into the construction scopes a project is actually bought out in — not just a division list.

    Unassigned work

    Conditions the documents describe but no trade package covers: the transitions, accessories, backing, flashing and cleanup scope that falls between bid packages.

    Overlapping responsibility

    Where two packages both appear to include the same work — the duplicate cost you pay for once in the bid and twice in the field if nobody catches it.

    Ambiguous and undefined scope

    Details that stop short, notes that defer to others, assemblies referenced but never drawn, and 'by others' language with no other — each surfaced with where it appears.

    Trade coverage matrix

    A per-trade view of conditions identified, conditions assigned and conditions in question, so you can see coverage across the job at a glance.

    Buyout risk, ranked

    Gaps carry an indication of exposure, so the conversations that matter happen before award instead of after the first RFI.

    Clarification and RFI candidates

    Each gap comes with the question that resolves it, ready to go out as a bid clarification, an addendum request or an RFI to the design team.

    Rerun on the next issue

    When a revised set lands, run it again: gaps that closed, gaps that remain and gaps the revision introduced, compared side by side.

    How it works

    From upload to a decision you can defend.

    1. Step 01

      Upload the set

      Drawings and specifications as issued, across architectural, structural, civil and MEP. Quantity takeoff and scope analysis run against the same understanding of the project.

    2. Step 02

      Scopes get defined

      The documented conditions are grouped into construction scopes and mapped against the trade packages the project will be bought out in.

    3. Step 03

      Gaps surface

      Unassigned work, overlaps, ambiguity and 'by others' language are called out with their location in the set and the question that resolves each one.

    4. Step 04

      Close them before award

      Take the clarifications into the bid process, tighten the packages, and rerun on the next issue to confirm nothing reopened.

    Coverage

    What scope gap analysis looks for

    The gaps that cost money are rarely in the big items. They live in the transitions between packages, and in the language a set uses when a decision has not been made yet.

    Coverage gaps

    • Conditions with no trade package
    • Scope deferred to 'others' with no other
    • Assemblies referenced but not detailed
    • Details that stop before the transition
    • Accessories, backing and blocking
    • Temporary work and site logistics

    Overlap and conflict

    • Work carried in two packages
    • Division boundaries that disagree with the details
    • Specification scope versus drawing scope
    • Furnish-versus-install ambiguity
    • Owner-furnished and vendor scope

    Definition quality

    • Notes that defer a decision
    • Allowance and alternate language
    • Undefined finishes and substitutions
    • Missing schedules or keynotes
    • Assumptions carried into the bid
    65M+

    Elements and quantities analyzed

    $6.4B+

    Construction scope reviewed

    25,000+

    Developments analyzed

    FAQ

    Questions answered.

    One project. One evolving source of intelligence.

    Every solution runs on the same project model, so the work you do here carries forward into everything that follows.

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