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Division 06: Wood, Plastics, and Composites

Division 06 covers rough carpentry, sheathing, wood trusses, finish carpentry, architectural woodwork and casework.

MasterFormat group: Facility construction

What Division 06 includes

  • Rough carpentry and framing lumber
  • Sheathing
  • Shop-fabricated wood trusses
  • Finish carpentry
  • Architectural wood casework
  • Countertops, where the spec puts them here

Who bids Division 06

Framing contractors, lumber yards, truss suppliers, and millwork and cabinet shops.

What an estimator should check

  1. 01Lumber grade and species in the spec.
  2. 02Blocking and backing for other trades.
  3. 03Casework drawn on interior elevations and not on plans.
  4. 04Which section carries countertops.

Takeoffs in Division 06

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.

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