White Tab 120 — G21 Scope Evolution Comparison¶

Document: G21 Scope Evolution Comparison
Volume: 07 — White (Facts & Evidence) | Tab: 120 | Version: v2.4 | Updated: 2026-04-02

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Purpose¶

This document compares the major scope positions and late-stage corrective proposal reflected in the following eight documents:

Roussis / Total Restoration package (native contractor scope package; Date Entered 12/4/2019) — WT-104B
Stipulation Exhibit 1 (agreed scope dated 12/8/2020 and filed with the Stipulation of Settlement on 6/29/2021) — WT-106B
Olmsted June 28, 2020 report (independent inspection/testing report with remediation recommendations) — WT-107
ALC PRV August 3, 2021 (claimed completion / clearance) — WT-108
Olmsted August 18, 2022 response to ALC (itemized non-completion critique) — WT-109
Olmsted November 7, 2022 follow-up (added work items) — WT-110
ALC Additional Scope — November 3, 2022 (one-page added-work list) — WT-110A
Skaller Proposed New Stipulation — November 3, 2022 (late-stage proposed new stipulation / revised remaining scope / affidavit-withdrawal bridge) — WT-120A

The comparison shows where Roussis, the Stipulation scope, and Olmsted align, how the post-PRV documents (WT-108 through WT-110A) extend the same chain, and how WT-120A adds a late-stage corrective-proposal node showing that the scope dispute remained open into November 2022.

Companion matrix: G21 Scope Evolution Comparison Matrix (CSV)

Executive Summary¶

1) Roussis and the Stipulation are structurally very close¶

The Roussis / Total Restoration package and Stipulation Exhibit 1 share the same basic 10-item scope structure and the same major remediation categories: studio gut demolition, bathroom raised-floor / tub / hot-water-heater removal, bathroom-kitchen wall opening, hallway / loft ceiling and insulation work, living-room wall and ceiling probes, and air-handling cleaning.

2) Olmsted materially corroborates the broad baseline, and in some places goes further¶

The June 2020 Olmsted report is not just a parallel scope; it provides moisture data, lab findings, and room-by-room contamination observations that support a broad invasive remediation approach. In the living-room and kitchen-floor areas, Olmsted is stronger and more explicit than the Roussis / Stipulation scope. In the matrix, that distinction is tracked in a dedicated "Olmsted relation to Roussis baseline" column.

3) The Stipulation scope remained broad on paper, but contained built-in narrowing pressure¶

Exhibit 1 in the Stipulation includes Jack Glass margin comments that qualify or narrow parts of the typed scope. Some comments affect substantive exposure work (most notably the Room 2 / hallway wall), while others soften or qualify means-and-methods / clearance language.

4) The post-PRV documents complete the technical scope evolution chain¶

WT-108 through WT-110A convert the comparison from a three-document baseline exercise into a full technical scope evolution chain:

WT-108 (ALC PRV) = claimed completion / clearance
WT-109 (Olmsted Response) = itemized professional audit documenting key scope items that were not completed
WT-110 (Olmsted Follow-Up) = added 2022 follow-up work items
WT-110A (ALC Additional Scope) = ALC's own post-PRV added-work list, now treated in the current project record as the one-page remaining-scope attachment transmitted with WT-120A on November 3, 2022, and especially significant on Room 3, kitchen floor, living room, bathroom, and washer/dryer wall

These four documents function as the post-PRV half of the same chain, not as separate documents.

5) WT-120A adds a late-stage corrective-proposal node¶

WT-120A is not another inspection report or task list. It is a November 3, 2022 email from David Skaller to Margaret Sandercock, marked FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES ONLY, proposing a new stipulation of settlement built around a new remaining scope of work that Skaller states Jack prepared and that Ed had indicated was acceptable at the last apartment meeting. The email also proposes expert-supervised bidding and completion, a pre-selected third-party tie-breaker if the experts disagree, and withdrawal of the affidavits of Jack and Candice upon full execution of the new stipulation. That document shows the scope dispute had not closed with the PRV or the original stipulation and had matured into a late-stage corrective proposal.

Document Chain Architecture¶

A. Front end of the chain — baseline and negotiated scope¶

The front-end baseline consists of: - Roussis / Total Restoration (Dec. 2019) — earliest written contractor baseline in hand - Olmsted (June 2020) — independent contamination findings + remediation recommendations - Stipulation Exhibit 1 (Dec. 2020 / filed June 2021) — negotiated court-filed scope

B. Back end of the chain — post-PRV scope evolution¶

The post-PRV technical documents complete the chain: - WT-108 ALC PRV — the claimed completion / clearance pivot - WT-109 Olmsted Response — the professional audit / non-completion pivot - WT-110 Olmsted Follow-Up — the follow-up operational addendum - WT-110A ALC Additional Scope — one-page attached remaining-scope page transmitted with WT-120A on Nov. 3, 2022

C. Late-stage corrective node — proposed replacement stipulation¶

WT-120A Skaller Proposed New Stipulation — late-stage proposed replacement stipulation tying a new remaining scope of work to expert-supervised completion, a third-party dispute mechanism, and proposed withdrawal of the Jack / Candice affidavits upon execution

D. Placement in the binder¶

This document serves as a single scope-evolution comparison with a master comparison table, cross-linked from: - WT-106 (court-ordered vs. executed) - WT-114 (scope manipulation evidence compendium) - WT-104B (native baseline) - WT-108 / WT-109 / WT-110 / WT-110A (post-PRV divergence cluster) - WT-120A (late-stage proposed new stipulation / affidavit-withdrawal bridge)

Glass Margin Comment Tracking (Stipulation Exhibit 1)¶

The Glass comments are tracked individually because they show that scope softening occurred inside the filed exhibit, not only later in field execution.

A. Substantive / exposure comments¶

JG1: "Except as noted in 6, below." — ties Item 1 cleanup language to later narrowing in Item 6 context.
JG2: "I would require only 2 feet to expose and examine." — strongest direct narrowing comment; affects the Room 2 / hallway wall sequence.

B. Procedural / means-and-methods / clearance comments¶

JG3: limited containment / no need to protect surfaces to be removed or cleaned.
JG4: anti-biocide comment.
JG5: no need to seal waste; treat as construction debris.
JG6: dismisses the warning language about introducing microbial-containing water into storm or sanitary systems; procedural / means-and-methods comment, not a demolition-scope revision.
JG7: preference for simple household detergent.
JG8: "What is significant?" — softens the clarity of the clearance-testing threshold language.

Not every Glass note narrows demolition scope, but together they show embedded negotiation pressure toward a less stringent implementation and clearance regime.

Master Comparison Table¶

Area / Issue	Roussis / TRI (12-04-2019 entered)	Stipulation Exhibit 1 (12-08-2020 scope; filed 06-29-2021)	Olmsted Report (06-28-2020)	Olmsted relation to Roussis baseline	ALC PRV (08-03-2021 / insp. 07-28-2021)	Olmsted Response (08-18-2022)	Olmsted Follow-Up (11-07-2022)	ALC Additional Scope (11-03-2022)	Takeaway
Document role in chain	Native contractor proposal / baseline scope package for insured property.	Court-filed agreed scope of work, with Jack Glass margin comments embedded in the exhibit.	Independent inspection/testing report that also provides remediation recommendations.	N/A — different document function.	Post-remediation clearance report claiming scope completion and successful outcome.	Itemized non-completion critique of the PRV and of asserted scope compliance.	Adds further work items after review of follow-up scope.	ALC one-page added-work list, now treated in the current record as the Nov. 3 attached remaining-scope page, showing more work still needed after PRV.	These documents read as a sequence: baseline, negotiated scope, testing-based expansion, claimed completion, audit of non-completion, post-PRV added work.
Studios 1–3 gut demolition	Item 1: gut demolish Rooms 1, 2, and 3; walls and flooring to concrete slab; remove ceilings.	Same Item 1 language retained in court-filed scope.	Studios and bathroom should be completely demolished; work essentially requires a full gutting of the studio.	Corroborates core baseline.	Studio 2: carpeting, ceiling, walls removed; Studio 1: walls, ceiling, floor removed as per scope; Studio 3: walls/ceiling removed, but only up to 2 ft on hallway-side walls.	Only one layer of wallboard removed; ceilings above left in place; flooring not removed to slab; scope not followed.	No new studio-wide gut statement, but follow-up assumes more work remains.	Room 3: remove floor framing / masonite; Room 1: remove ceiling materials to joists, remove insulation, expose walls and flooring to concrete.	Strong continuity from Roussis through Olmsted on broad studio demolition. PRV says completed; 2022 documents say core gut work still remained.
Bathroom raised floor / tub / hot-water-heater zone	Item 2: remove raised floor under tub and HW heater; requires removal of tub and HW heater.	Same Item 2 language retained.	Finds mold growth on the raised bathroom floor and in the wall area by the hot-water tank; recommends the raised floor and bathtub be demolished.	Corroborates with testing / observed contamination.	States raised floor, water heater, sink, bathtub, tiles, and shower wall were removed; area clean.	States raised floor under tub / HW heater was never removed.	Does not revisit bathroom floor directly, but assumes follow-up work still ongoing.	Bathroom: remove raised floor and frame; remove two feet of sheetrock on wall D from baseboard.	One of the strongest direct contradictions in the chain: baseline says remove; PRV says removed; later Olmsted + ALC follow-up documents indicate more bathroom work remained.
Bathroom wall shared with kitchen / cabinets	Item 3: remove bathroom sheetrock wall shared with kitchen; inspect wall cavity and back of cabinets.	Same Item 3 language retained.	Documents visible mold growth in the shared wall area and recommends the wall be opened and the back of the kitchen cabinets and wall cavity be cleaned from the bathroom side.	Corroborates and adds contamination support.	Mentions shower wall and some gypsum wall removal but does not clearly track the full shared-wall opening language.	States sheetrock shared with kitchen had visible mold and was not properly removed / completed.	No direct bathroom-kitchen wall item added.	Hallway adjacent-to-bathroom removal plus bathroom wall-D removal suggest remaining adjacent wall work.	Roussis, stipulation, and initial Olmsted are aligned. The later dispute centers on whether that scope was actually carried through.
Washer / dryer wall area	Item 4: move washer/dryer outside bathroom; remove sheetrock wall behind them.	Same Item 4 language retained.	Not a separately numbered recommendation, but contamination findings support opening adjacent assemblies.	Implicit corroboration only; not separately expanded.	Hallway/washer-dryer area: washer/dryer removed; ceiling and 2 ft of wall from floor removed (brick exposed).	Focuses more on incomplete room/bathroom/living-room items than on washer-dryer wall specifically.	No new washer/dryer item added.	Washer and Dryer: remove eight feet of wall materials attached to brick wall.	The post-PRV documents are instructive here: the PRV describes limited removal; WT-110A later calls for much more wall removal, showing post-PRV expansion.
Item 5 — Rooms 1 and 2 neighbor-side wall cavity access	Item 5: in Rooms 1 and 2 remove the sheetrock to the wall cavity and do not damage the neighbor's side of the wall.	Same Item 5 language retained.	Describes hidden mold between wall layers and insulation, especially in studio / hallway interfaces; supports opening to wall cavities where concealed growth exists.	Corroborates hidden-growth concern, though not by repeating Item 5 verbatim.	Does not expressly track Item 5 as a completed cavity-opening obligation.	States Item 5 was not done to the wall cavity.	No direct Item 5 addition, but other living-room / hallway additions reflect unresolved concealed-growth issues.	Room 1 and Room 3 added work suggests continuing need to expose hidden materials / framing.	Item 5 belongs in the comparison. It is part of the later non-completion audit and reinforces the concealed-growth pattern.
Room 2 / common hallway lower wall	Item 6: remove lower 4 feet of wall shared with common hallway.	Same text remains, but JG2 comment says he would require only 2 feet to expose and examine.	Documents visible mold behind hallway wainscoting and hidden mold growth between wall layers; supports invasive hallway/common-wall opening.	Corroborates baseline hidden-growth concern.	Hallway/washer-dryer area: ceiling and 2 ft of wall removed.	Says Item 6 was not completed and visible mold remained on that wall.	Adds hallway wall outside Room 2 should be removed up to base of window if visible mold behind wood.	Foyer: remove 18 inches adjacent to wall Room 2 up to window frame; Hallway: remove wall materials adjacent to Bathroom; Room 2: nothing.	This is a prime narrowing chain: 4 ft in baseline, Glass pushes 2 ft, PRV describes 2 ft, Olmsted later says incomplete, follow-up expands toward window base.
Hallway / loft ceiling / insulation / wood deck	Item 7: remove hallway ceiling; clean loft above ceiling; remove insulation; clean visible staining/mold on wood deck.	Same Item 7 language retained.	Documents visible mold on wood deck and joists above insulation in loft area; recommends insulation above ceilings be removed.	Corroborates and adds contamination support.	Kitchen loft/ceiling: ceiling/insulation removed, HEPA and detergent cleaned; upper level studio 3 ceiling tiles removed.	Emphasizes incomplete ceilings and retained sheetrock/insulation in studios 1 and 2.	No new loft item, but hallway wall issue added.	No express loft item, suggesting focus had shifted to other remaining deficiencies.	Baseline and Olmsted are consistent on loft/insulation sensitivity. PRV claims completion; later Olmsted still reports retained concealed materials elsewhere.
Living room wall / party-wall probes	Item 8: four 2x2 ft probes into living-room wall shared with neighbor to inspect for mold growth.	Same Item 8 retained without Glass reducing the 2x2 language; floor plan adds 'cut multiple 8" holes' style notes in Appendix B image.	Finds mold in living-room wall cavity; says walls should be demolished in living room and studios.	Expands beyond baseline from probes to affirmative demolition recommendation.	Does not describe performing four 2x2 living-room wall probes; instead reports areas clean / cleared.	States Item 8 was not done.	Adds living-room wall probe should include bay closet to exterior masonry where visible mold exists.	Living Room: probe two-by-two sheetrock wall as marked on west end.	The 2022 follow-up documents keep returning to the living-room probe requirement, which Olmsted says was never completed.
Living room ceiling / column probe	Item 9: cut probes into living-room ceiling to wood deck and inspect for mold.	Same Item 9 retained; JG8 questions what counts as 'significant' in clearance language, which affects how unresolved ceiling findings might be judged.	Massive contamination above living-room ceiling (>5,000,000 CFU/in²); ceilings must come down in living-room area.	Expands beyond baseline from probe approach to demolition recommendation.	PRV does not identify completion of living-room ceiling probes specifically; instead concludes apartment achieved clearance.	States Item 9 was not done.	Adds that the probe around the column is into the ceiling.	Living Room: probe one-by-one area on the column near Room 1.	Olmsted's 2020 testing is stronger than the probe-based baseline, and the 2022 documents show the living-room ceiling / column issue remained open long after PRV.
Kitchen floor	Not a standalone numbered item in the 10-item list.	Still not a standalone numbered kitchen-floor removal item in Exhibit 1.	Documents mold growth under kitchen wood flooring and states kitchen floor must be removed.	Expands beyond what is explicit in the numbered baseline list.	Measures brick wall near kitchen/bedroom dry; kitchen loft/ceiling discussed, but not affirmative kitchen floor removal to concrete.	Focus is on other incomplete items, but report supports broader hidden-growth concern.	No direct kitchen-floor item added.	Kitchen: remove flooring material until concrete is exposed.	Kitchen floor demonstrates why the post-PRV documents matter: WT-110A puts the kitchen floor back into the later scope chain and shows the issue was still live after PRV.
Room 3 raised floor / wet sand / framing	Item 1 implies flooring to slab in Room 3; Item 7 plus plan support invasive upper-level cleanup.	Same broad flooring-to-slab language for Rooms 1–3.	Room 3 wood floor, sand, and plastic sheeting should be removed; joists cleaned and dried; wet sand and damp joists documented.	Corroborates and makes wet-sand problem explicit.	Studio 3 described as cleaned / clear; upper level ceiling tiles removed.	Focuses more on Room 1 and living-room issues than Room 3 floor framing.	No direct Room 3 addition.	Room 3: remove floor framing due to visible microbial growth; masonite from framing due to deterioration and VMG; stud framing may need to be removed to gain access.	WT-110A materially broadens the post-PRV picture here and should be integrated into any full scope-evolution analysis.
Air handling / containment / clearance testing mechanics	Item 10 plus extensive work procedures: air-handling cleaning, containment barriers, negative air, PPE, clearance testing thresholds.	Same mechanics retained, but Glass comments narrow or soften means-and-methods points: JG3 limited containment, JG4 anti-biocide, JG5 no sealed waste, JG6 dismisses the microbial-containing-water warning, JG7 detergent preference, JG8 questions 'significant.'	Uses standards-based language and recommends professional mold-remediation contractor following NYCDOH / IICRC guidance.	Corroborates professional-remediation framework, not line-by-line contractor mechanics.	Uses its own inspection, moisture testing, and air sampling to declare clearance.	Says ALC did not properly detect retained moisture / non-completion and says Local Law 61 filings were not done.	No separate containment mechanics discussion.	One-page task list only; no procedural detail.	The procedural shell comes from Roussis / Exhibit 1, but the later dispute is less about generic procedures and more about whether the substantive demolition / opening scope was actually completed.

WT-120A — Late-Stage Corrective Proposal Node¶

WT-120A extends the scope-evolution sequence beyond technical inspection and non-completion documents into a late-stage proposed resolution architecture. The document records that on November 3, 2022, David Skaller emailed Margaret Sandercock, marked the communication FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES ONLY, and proposed terms for a new stipulation of settlement. In that email, Skaller states that a new scope of work had been prepared by Jack and that Ed indicated at their last meeting at the apartment that it was acceptable as the remaining scope of work.

The proposal adds three factual points important to the scope-evolution chain:

The scope dispute was still open in November 2022. The email is framed around a new stipulation and a remaining scope of work, which shows that the original stipulation / PRV path had not produced a closed and accepted completion state.
The dispute had shifted into a supervised completion model. Skaller proposes that Servpro and two other companies bid the work with both Jack and Ed present, that both experts be present at the end of the work while the remediation company is still on site, and that more work be done immediately if the experts agree it is still required.
Affidavit withdrawal was tied to execution of the new stipulation. Skaller states that upon full execution of the new stipulation, the parties would agree to withdraw the affidavits of Jack and Candice.

WT-120A is therefore not a substitute for WT-110 or WT-110A and should not be read as the technical scope itself. It functions instead as a late-stage bridge artifact linking the unresolved technical-scope dispute to a proposed replacement stipulation and a proposed record-cleanup mechanism.

Conservative use note¶

WT-120A should be used for the propositions that it actually states: proposed new stipulation, proposed remaining scope, expert-supervised completion, third-party tie-breaker, and proposed withdrawal of the Jack / Candice affidavits upon execution. This uploaded document does not itself use the phrase "not accurate" and should not be labeled in White as a direct false-affidavit admission.

Analytical Observations¶

1) The strongest continuity is on the broad invasive categories¶

Across Roussis, the Stipulation scope, and the June 2020 Olmsted report, the same major remediation architecture recurs: Studios 1–3 as a major demolition zone; bathroom raised floor / tub / HW heater as a major demolition zone; bathroom-kitchen shared wall as an opening / inspection / cleanup zone; living-room wall / ceiling as a concealed-growth investigation zone; hallway / loft ceiling / insulation / wood deck as concealed-growth zones. That continuity shows the invasive work categories recurred across the early baseline and later technical documents.

2) Item 5 belongs in the chain¶

The original comparison omitted Item 5. It is included here because Olmsted's 2022 response expressly states Item 5 was not done to the wall cavity. That makes Item 5 part of the later non-completion audit, not just an uncontested background detail.

3) The biggest substantive difference is the living-room area¶

The Roussis and Stipulation versions are probe-based in the living room. By contrast, Olmsted — after testing — states that the living-room ceilings must come down and that the walls should be demolished in the living room and studios. WT-109, WT-110, and WT-110A then keep returning to living-room probes and the column / bay-closet area, which remained unresolved.

4) Kitchen floor demonstrates why the post-PRV documents matter¶

The kitchen floor is not strongly foregrounded in the Roussis / Stipulation 10-item list, but Olmsted June 2020 explicitly states the kitchen floor must be removed because of mold growth under it. WT-110A later states the kitchen flooring material should be removed until concrete is exposed. That cross-document continuity is why the post-PRV documents are integrated into this comparison.

5) Room 2 / hallway wall is the clearest narrowing sequence¶

This is the most illustrative chain in the comparison: Roussis baseline calls for lower 4 feet; Glass comment (JG2) pushes to 2 feet to expose / examine; PRV describes 2 feet removed; Olmsted 2022 says incomplete / visible mold remained; WT-110 expands to window base; WT-110A adds foyer / hallway additional wall removal language.

6) PRV is the midpoint of the chain, not the endpoint¶

The post-PRV documents show why WT-108 should not be read as a standalone clearance report. It functions as the midpoint between the broad baseline / negotiated scope and the later documented non-completion / added-work sequence. If the comparison stopped at Roussis vs. Stipulation vs. Olmsted, it would miss the documents that demonstrate the practical breakdown of the claimed completion narrative.

Framing¶

The December 2019 Roussis / Total Restoration package, the June 2020 Olmsted report, and the December 2020 / June 2021 Stipulation Exhibit 1 all support a broad invasive remediation approach. The later PRV, Olmsted audit, follow-up memo, and ALC additional scope documents then show that the claimed completion did not end the scope dispute and that additional work remained necessary. WT-120A then adds a further late-stage fact: by November 3, 2022, the matter had progressed to a proposed new stipulation built around a remaining scope of work and a proposed affidavit-withdrawal mechanism.

Use in the Binder¶

This document functions as a White fact-comparison bridge connecting scope origin, negotiated court-filed scope, claimed completion, the later non-completion / added-work sequence, and the November 2022 proposed replacement-stipulation node. It cross-links from WT-106, WT-114, WT-104B, the WT-108 through WT-110A cluster, and WT-120A.

Source Anchors¶

WT-104B / Total Restoration package: scope pages 4–7 and floor plan page 8.
WT-106B / Stipulation of Settlement: stipulation body pp. 1–6; Exhibit 1 scope at pp. 8–12; Glass comments on exhibit pages 8–11.
WT-107 / Olmsted report: narrative pp. 1–8; sample diagram p. 10; lab results pp. 11–14; photo log pp. 15–23.
WT-108 / ALC PRV: findings pp. 1–6; Appendix B scope with comments pp. 14–19.
WT-109 / Olmsted Response: pp. 1–4.
WT-110 / Olmsted Follow-Up: pp. 1–2.
WT-110A / ALC Additional Scope: single page.
WT-120A / Skaller Proposed New Stipulation: single-page November 3, 2022 email proposing a new stipulation, revised remaining scope, expert-supervised completion, third-party tie-breaker, and withdrawal of the Jack / Candice affidavits upon execution.

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