Use Case

MEP BIM Coordination Services

MEP scope coordination breaks down when contracts, drawings, specifications, revisions, and project files stay separate across trades, systems, and active coordination workflows across the project team.

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The Operational Problem

Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing scope each live in separate subagreements, with exclusions buried across them. Drawings sit in Procore while contracts sit in SharePoint.

Coordination decisions happen in meetings, but the source material behind those decisions stays distributed across systems and revision histories. An undetected overlap turns into a change order, RFI, or labor inefficiency claim. A missed exclusion leaves required work assigned to nobody. A superseded drawing drives the wrong coordination decision before the conflict reaches the field.

How Scope Checker Agent Automates This

The Scope Checker AI agent automates file-to-file comparison work between coordination meetings. People make scope decisions. The AI agent cross-checks those decisions across contracts, drawings, specs, revisions, and connected project files.

Connect source systems

The AI agent connects to SharePoint for prime contracts, subagreements, and executed change orders, and to Procore for drawings, specifications, attachments, and record information.

Compare trade scope

The AI agent compares trade scope across contracts, drawings, and specs to flag where multiple trades claim the same work or where required work has no clear trade assignment.

Validate current revisions

The AI agent validates that coordination decisions reference current drawings, not superseded revisions. When new versions appear in Procore, the AI agent highlights modifications that affect scope, cost, or schedule.

Prioritize high-risk items

The AI agent categorizes flagged items by risk type: structural penetrations, life-safety system conflicts, and long-lead equipment dependencies. These categories receive priority treatment in the output.

Inputs & Outputs

Inputs

Prime contracts, subagreements, and executed change orders from SharePoint
Drawings and specifications from Procore
Attachments and record information from Procore
Project metadata from connected project files and records
General construction knowledge from the platform knowledge base

Outputs

Identified discrepancies between contractual documents, construction documents, and project metadata
Flagged scope overlaps where multiple trades or documents claim responsibility for the same work
Flagged scope gaps where required work is not assigned to any trade or document
Risk-prioritized items categorized by structural, life-safety, and long-lead impact
Recommendations for packaging related work items into change orders by CSI MasterFormat division

Workflow Context

Keeping scope reconciliation current across each revision cycle prevents small disconnects from compounding across the coordination workflow. One outdated drawing reference can shift ownership assumptions, conflict with a subcontractor exclusion, or invalidate a prior coordination decision. When that drift goes unnoticed, it moves into RFIs, change order packaging, field rework, and labor inefficiency claims. The Scope Checker AI agent compares current project files against contracts, specifications, and existing scope assignments between meetings, so project teams review conflicts against the latest context before installation planning or field execution moves forward.

Works With

The Scope Checker Agent connects to the existing construction management stack without custom integration work so teams can reconcile MEP scope across contracts, drawings, revisions, and coordination workflows.

SharePoint

Connects prime contracts, subagreements, and executed change orders so the agent can compare contractual scope language against drawings, specs, and coordination decisions.

Procore

Syncs drawings, specifications, attachments, and project records so the agent can detect scope conflicts, missing trade assignments, and revision-driven coordination risk.

PlanGrid

Brings sheet updates and field document context into scope reviews so teams can catch coordination issues tied to current plans and active project workflows.

Slack

Surfaces flagged scope conflicts and revision-related risks in team conversations so coordinators can review issues quickly between formal coordination meetings.

Trimble Connect

Connects shared coordination context across project files and revision cycles so teams can keep MEP scope decisions aligned with the latest project information.

With contracts, drawings, records, and team communications synced, the agent can catch scope gaps earlier and keep coordination decisions aligned across revision cycles.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Scope Checker AI agent compares trade scope across contracts, drawings, and specifications simultaneously. It identifies instances where multiple subagreements claim responsibility for the same work item, or where a specification requirement appears in one trade's scope but is also priced by another. This comparison runs across the full project file set, not just the items reviewed in a single coordination meeting. The AI agent flags these overlaps with references to the relevant contract language and drawing revisions involved, giving the project team enough context to resolve ownership before installation begins.

The AI agent categorizes flagged items into structural, life-safety, and long-lead equipment groups. A fire protection routing conflict that could block sign-off receives different treatment than a minor clearance issue between a conduit run and a branch duct. The AI agent separates these categories in its output so coordination teams can address higher-risk items first.

The AI agent does not resolve clashes or make installation sequence decisions. It identifies where scope definitions conflict across project files and flags which conflicts carry the highest risk based on item category. The BIM coordinator and project team decide how to resolve each conflict.

When new drawing revisions appear in Procore, the AI agent compares the updated set against prior versions to identify material changes. It cross-checks these changes against existing scope assignments and flagged coordination items. If a revision changes a requirement that was already coordinated against an older drawing, the AI agent flags the discrepancy so the team can reassess before that scope reaches the field.

The AI agent evaluates each subcontractor's listed exclusions against the full project scope defined in drawings, specifications, and the prime contract. When an exclusion removes work that no other trade has priced, the AI agent flags it as unassigned scope. This flags exclusion-driven unassigned scope before ownership shifts to "by others" with no identified party.

Keep MEP Scope Coordination Aligned with Datagrid

Datagrid gives project teams a Scope Checker AI agent that keeps contracts, drawings, specifications, and revision-driven scope decisions aligned before coordination issues become field problems.

Cross-document comparison:: Compare contracts, drawings, specifications, and project records together instead of reviewing them in isolation.
Scope gap detection:: Flag overlaps where multiple trades claim the same work and gaps where required scope is left unassigned.
Revision awareness:: Prioritize current drawing revisions and highlight changes that affect scope, cost, or schedule.
Risk-based output:: Separate structural, life-safety, and long-lead coordination issues so teams can focus on the highest-risk items first.

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The Operational Problem

Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing scope each live in separate subagreements, with exclusions buried across them. Drawings sit in Procore while contracts sit in SharePoint.

How Scope Checker Agent Automates This

Connect source systems

The AI agent connects to SharePoint for prime contracts, subagreements, and executed change orders, and to Procore for drawings, specifications, attachments, and record information.

Compare trade scope

The AI agent compares trade scope across contracts, drawings, and specs to flag where multiple trades claim the same work or where required work has no clear trade assignment.

Validate current revisions

Prioritize high-risk items

Inputs & Outputs

Inputs

Prime contracts, subagreements, and executed change orders from SharePoint
Drawings and specifications from Procore
Attachments and record information from Procore
Project metadata from connected project files and records
General construction knowledge from the platform knowledge base

Outputs

Identified discrepancies between contractual documents, construction documents, and project metadata
Flagged scope overlaps where multiple trades or documents claim responsibility for the same work
Flagged scope gaps where required work is not assigned to any trade or document
Risk-prioritized items categorized by structural, life-safety, and long-lead impact
Recommendations for packaging related work items into change orders by CSI MasterFormat division

Workflow Context

Works With

SharePoint

Connects prime contracts, subagreements, and executed change orders so the agent can compare contractual scope language against drawings, specs, and coordination decisions.

Procore

Syncs drawings, specifications, attachments, and project records so the agent can detect scope conflicts, missing trade assignments, and revision-driven coordination risk.

PlanGrid

Brings sheet updates and field document context into scope reviews so teams can catch coordination issues tied to current plans and active project workflows.

Slack

Surfaces flagged scope conflicts and revision-related risks in team conversations so coordinators can review issues quickly between formal coordination meetings.

Trimble Connect

Connects shared coordination context across project files and revision cycles so teams can keep MEP scope decisions aligned with the latest project information.

With contracts, drawings, records, and team communications synced, the agent can catch scope gaps earlier and keep coordination decisions aligned across revision cycles.

Frequently Asked Questions

Keep MEP Scope Coordination Aligned with Datagrid

Datagrid gives project teams a Scope Checker AI agent that keeps contracts, drawings, specifications, and revision-driven scope decisions aligned before coordination issues become field problems.

Cross-document comparison:: Compare contracts, drawings, specifications, and project records together instead of reviewing them in isolation.

Scope gap detection:: Flag overlaps where multiple trades claim the same work and gaps where required scope is left unassigned.

Revision awareness:: Prioritize current drawing revisions and highlight changes that affect scope, cost, or schedule.

Risk-based output:: Separate structural, life-safety, and long-lead coordination issues so teams can focus on the highest-risk items first.

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