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title: Location vs. Scope
tags:
  - type/encyclopedia-entry
up: "[[construction-estimating]]"
---
# Location vs. Scope

A detailed breakdown being a necessity of a quality estimate,
it is important to consider what one means
when they say that some portion of the installation is _in_ some place.

![[location-vs-scope.excalidraw]]

MDPB is physically _located_ in Building A,
but serves only loads in Building B.

If a customer requests a cost breakdown by building,
under which building would you put MDPB?

Were Building B removed from the contract scope,
it can be expected that MDPB would be as well.
Were Building A removed from the contract scope,
it can be expected that MDPB would be relocated.
Therefore if the customer requests a cost breakdown by _building_,
it would be confusing to do so along location.
That is, to include MDPB and its feeders in the price for Building A.

```
Panel_MDPB.Location = Buildings["Building A"]
Panel_MDPB.Scope = Buildings["Building B"]
```

![[location-vs-scope_2.excalidraw]]