---
id: 2026-01-13T11:28:14-0500
title: 2026-01-13 11:28:14
tags:
  - occupational/closeout
  - occupational/takeoff
  - status/draft
daily: "[[2026-01-13]]"
---
# 2026-01-13 11:28:14

### 2100 Crystal Drive: ConEst Manager Review

[[conest-manager-review]] for [[2100-crystal-drive]]
lead by [[josh-ford]],
attended by [[joel-jansen]] and myself.

#### Josh's Review Order

1. Backwards from Final Pricing through rest of closeout,
    1. Equipment: Cost = 1% of total cost - systems quotes?
2. briefly check Extension,
3. Takeoff:
    1. Feeders
    2. Subfeeds
    3. Units

> [!failure]
> Quad USB's in Units were taken off as standard receptacles.

#### Lighting Control

Follow-up to [[2026-01-09_10-00-03#Lighting Control]].
Relevant to [[lighting-controls-takeoff]].

Josh stated my takeoff was correct per drawings,
but that concessions would need to be made for the scope
as sold by [[pdi-bid-estimating|Bid]].
At his direction I've removed dimming from BOH and corridor spaces.
The remaining takeoff will remain,
a $4/sf budget for a lighting control system for those areas was added.

I stated that our proposal was deceptive
for stating lighting control was included
to which Josh agreed.

2021 IECC applies.

Josh wants [[pdi-pre-takeoff-confirmation]]
to ask if lighting control is "as shown" or "to code",
I objected that "to code" as interpreted by Bid
is not necessarily _to code_ in truth.
Truly, they need to just tell us what they included.
The customer would appreciate it too, I'm sure.

#### Bonus Incentivized Inter-Departmental Conflict

During the review a ~~project manager~~ came to Josh
to ask for a revision to a WBS

> [!aside]
> Sunset WBS: Engineer did not approve aluminum EMT

Bid receives bonuses based on _awarded GP_ ([[markup-vs-margin|margin]]),
thus they are incentivized to underestimate cost.
[[pdi-operations|Ops]] receives bonuses based on _positive GP variance_,
thus they are incentivized to overestimate cost.