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orthodox-construction-estimating.md

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ title: Traditional Estimating Methods
 Also "single-point estimation"
 as opposed to the standard three-point.
 
-"Traditional estimating methods"
-as referenced frequently in [[this-notebook]]
+"[[orthodoxy|Orthodox]] estimating methods"
+as referenced in [[this-notebook]]
 are those [[construction-estimating]] methods that produce:
 
 * an _exhaustive_ and _specific_ bill of material
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@ Such methods lack the ability to intelligently express [[uncertainty]].
 
 ### Limitations of Orthodox Methods
 
-Traditional estimating methods,
-sometimes referred to as "Detailed Takeoff",
-seek to detail all constituent subcosts,
-including 100% itemized pricing by way of a _material extension_,
+A hallmark of orthodox estimating methods is "Detailed Takeoff",
+which seeks to [[estimate-decomposition|decompose]]
+an estimate to _all_ its constituent subcosts,
+including 100% itemized pricing by way of a **material extension**,
 a complete list of all material included in the price.
 
-For clarity and contrast to [[risk-oriented-estimating]],
-which does not require itemized pricing,
+because "detailed takeoff"
 I'll refer to these methods as "item-oriented estimating".
 
 By popular belief,