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+title: Ambiguity in Construction Estimating
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/incomplete
+  - topic/ambiguity
+  - topic/construction
+  - topic/estimating
+  - type/cross-topic
+---
+# Ambiguity in Construction Estimating
+
+Cross-topic of [[ambiguity]] and [[construction-estimating]].
+
+I hate to come off as pedantic,
+but I care a lot about standardized terminology
+because spending a few minutes to be more thoughtful in specification
+can save hundreds of people cumulative hours of confusion.
+And the problem with standardization, of course,
+is that sometimes it works,
+and undoing years of poor conditioning is... not easy.
+
+## Naming Conventions (Use Case vs. Description)
+
+Related: [[realism-vs-instrumentalism]]
+
+Naming by use case is intuitive for those without estimating or field experience,
+but has the side effect that those accustomed to the names
+will inevitably _treat them as descriptive_.
+
+| Use Case            | Description   |
+| ------------------- | ------------- |
+| Hi-Hat              | Daisy-Chain   |
+| Furnished By Others | Rough-In Only |