Division 02: Existing Conditions
Division 02 covers what is on the site before new work starts: surveys, assessment, demolition, and the removal of hazardous materials.
MasterFormat group: Facility construction
What Division 02 includes
- Site surveys and subsurface investigation
- Selective demolition
- Structure demolition
- Asbestos and lead abatement
- Site remediation
Who bids Division 02
Demolition and abatement contractors. On a remodel, each trade may also own the selective demolition of its own work.
What an estimator should check
- 01Who removes what on a remodel. The demolition plan and your section can disagree.
- 02Hazardous material reports and what they exclude.
- 03Items marked salvage, relocate or reinstall.
Takeoffs in Division 02
Takeoff Tool reads one spec section, counts the items on the plans and flags where the spec and the drawings disagree. Each trade page says if the trade is live or opening.