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id: 2026-05-21T08:12:01-0400
title: 2026-05-21 08:12:01
tags:
  - topic/estimating
daily: "[[2026-05-21]]"
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# 2026-05-21 08:12:01

While working on [[303-mariposa-residence]],
after spending hours working on lighting control,
[[jared-defanti]] and I found a set of keynotes
that totally changed our assumptions for takeoff,
requiring that we change several designations.
He asked if this was a common occurrence,
I replied that he should expect it to happen
a couple dozen times per project.

I've said often that I'm obsessive in my takeoff
with the expectation that I will need to change most of them,
but I only realized then
that I am not expecting a revision to the RFP documents,
but that my understanding of the requirements will change
as I make new discoveries during the takeoff process.
