| name | division-05-metals-bid-scope |
| description | Whole-division starter rules for CSI Division 05 - Metals. Use when starting, triaging, validating, or packaging a commercial metals bid. |
Division 05 - Metals Bid Scope
Company: Your Company
CSI division(s): 05
Spec section hints: 05 00 00, 05 05 00, 05 12 00, 05 21 00, 05 31 00, 05 40 00, 05 50 00, 05 70 00
Scope Rule
Base bid is limited to CSI Division 05 - Metals work specifically assigned to the bidder: structural steel, joists, metal deck, cold-formed metal framing, metal fabrications, stairs, railings, and ornamental metals. Concrete, fireproofing, painting, doors/hardware, and delegated engineering must be explicitly included, excluded, or flagged before pricing.
Base Scope
- structural steel framing when assigned
- steel joists and metal deck when assigned
- cold-formed metal framing when assigned
- metal fabrications
- metal stairs and ladders
- handrails and guardrails
- ornamental metals when assigned
Terms That Usually Identify This Scope
- metals
- structural steel
- steel joist
- metal deck
- cold-formed
- fabrication
- stair
- railing
- 05 00
Adjacent Scope To Exclude By Default
- concrete
- fireproofing
- painting
- door hardware
- glazing
Adjacent Scope To Flag Before Pricing
- shop drawings
- delegated design
- embed
- anchor bolt
- galvanizing
Bid Package Workflow
- Put source PDFs, spreadsheets, and addenda in
bid-docs/.
- Run
contractor-bid triage <project> --profile division-05-metals.
- Review
bid-package-working/takeoff/candidate-pages.md (candidate pages plus scope signals).
- Fill
takeoff/scope-pages-sources.json, then run contractor-bid build-packets <project>.
- Fill the takeoff JSON, then run
contractor-bid build-workbook <project>.
- Run
contractor-bid check <project> --profile division-05-metals before sending anything out.
- Record user corrections with
contractor-bid learn and update this skill/profile when the correction should become a durable rule.
Guardrail
Do not silently price excluded or flagged adjacent scopes. Carry the scope boundary through the summary, workbook, proposal letter, alerts, and sendoff package.
