Scope gap analysis for general contractors

GCs who need to catch scope gaps across sub bids before they turn into change orders.

A scope gap that slips through bid leveling doesn't disappear — it shows up mid-schedule as an unbudgeted change order, usually at a worse price than if it had been competitively bid. For a GC already juggling a dozen trades, catching it before award is the only version that doesn't cost extra.

I'm on a job with a ton of scope gaps because the estimator did zero scoping or bid levelling, and when the (admittedly inexperienced) operations team took the handover, they spent months levelling and filling gaps and killed the schedule.

a commercial estimator on r/estimators

Struggling to track and compare multiple subcontractor bids as a General Contractor? Managing dozens of trades, juggling shifting deadlines, and trying to compare apples-to-apples across inconsistent bid formats.

a GC in an industry write-up

How it works

01

Paste the plan notes or spec sections in question

The same set you're already sending to subs for bid.

02

Get flagged gaps against common miss patterns

Code requirements, boundary items between trades, and scope implied but never assigned.

03

Price it or assign it before the sub is on-site

Fold it into the bid package instead of discovering it mid-schedule.

Next step

Free, runs in your browser, no signup.

Scope Gap ScannerFree

Paste plan notes or spec sections. Flagged gaps, commonly missed items, and code requirements nobody called out.

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Beyond this page

The tool catches it on one bid. The Estimate Review ($12,000 one-time) finds the pattern across your process.