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# 2025-12-18

## 2025-12-18 08:32

[[uncertainty-in-construction-estimating]]

## 2025-12-18 10:38

#topic/meta

I definitively think my new approach
of putting nascent ideas in daily notes
rather than separate fleeting notes
is superior.

The unfortunate reality is I'll never look at most of them again,
so better that they don't crowd out my main notes.

## 2025-12-18 14:18

What interests me most in [[construction-estimating]]
is an idea you might call "estimating golf":
the goal is to produce a satisfactory[^1] estimate,
the estimator can not view the project documents
and must ask questions about the job
(answerable in a sentence or less)
of a neutral party ("the reader").
The estimator fails if the estimate is unsatisfactory[^1],
but otherwise is scored by number of questions asked.

[^1]: satisfactory in terms of accuracy and precision,
    according to the standards of the organization.
    a control estimate must be prepared accordingly
    by a neutral party ("the control").

You could further imagine different brackets
for required accuracy and precision,
whether organization historicals are freely available
or must be questioned like project details.

The most interesting part of this problem is choosing when to stop,
since it requires one to estimate their certainty of their estimate.

## 2025-12-18 15:22

PDI has moved up the schedule to transition to Accubid Anywhere
and will be signing a contract with Trimble in late January.

[Drawer AI | Automated Electrical Takeoff & Estimating](https://drawer.ai/)

## 2025-12-18 15:30

[Kip (unit) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_\(unit\))
[Construction Cost Estimating](https://www.quantity-takeoff.com/index.htm)