Painting & coatings · Division 09

The finish schedule says one thing. Division 09 says another.

RFiQ cross-reads the spec book, the room finish schedule and the architectural set, checks the GC and developer against your win history, and hands back a verdict you can argue with.

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Riverside Medical Office · 412 pp · 26 A-sheets
CautionScore 71

Bid it, but send two RFIs before you price it.

Finish scheduleDivision 09 spec
  • Level 5 finish — rooms 210–213Never mentioned
  • Eggshell, all wallsSemi-gloss in wet areas
  • Exposed deck — no entryDiv 05: paint exposed steel
Three conflicts, and about 11,000 sf of exposed deck in neither takeoff. Send the RFIs before you price it.

Nobody cross-reads the schedule against the spec. That’s where the money goes.

Two documents, one scope
The finish schedule and the Division 09 spec disagree more often than they agree — and you’re held to whichever is worse.
Estimators are the constraint
Every hour spent pricing a job you were never going to win is an hour taken from one you could have.
The expensive parts are notes
Level 5 in four rooms, written as a general note. Exposed structure spec’d in Division 05. Neither is in your takeoff.

A note you didn’t read is square footage you didn’t price.

Spec, schedule and sheets in. Verdict out.

  1. 01
    Drop the package in
    Project manual, finish schedule and drawings — however your GC sent them.
  2. 02
    RFiQ reads all of it
    Division 09 cross-read against the schedule, pulled into line items that click back to the source.
  3. 03
    Get a verdict and the argument
    Go, Caution or No-go with every factor shown. Override it and the next one learns.

No history yet? Upload past bids as a spreadsheet and RFiQ starts from “you’re 4-of-11 with that GC’s Southeast office” instead of “first time”.

Every line traced back to a page, a room and a sheet.

Division 09 located across the spec book, the finish schedule and the sheets, with the page each line came from.

  • 09 91 00Interior painting — walls & ceilingsp. 402
  • 09 91 13Exterior painting & sealersp. 411
  • 09 96 00High-performance coatingsp. 418
  • 09 93 00Staining & transparent finishingp. 423
  • 09 21 16Level 5 finish — note, not schedulep. 388

RFiQ decides whether to bid. It is not a takeoff tool, an invitation aggregator or a contract reviewer — it hands off to the ones you already use.

Ask before you bid.

We’re taking on a small number of painting contractors as design partners. Bring real packages and bid history; we move fast on what you tell us is wrong.

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