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56 lines
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aliases: []
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tags:
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- destiny/permanent
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- status/incomplete
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- topic/estimating
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- type/philosophy
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title: The Purpose of Construction Estimating
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---
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# The Purpose of Construction Estimating
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The purpose of [[construction-estimating]] in practice
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is not to determine the cost of the scope,
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which would take far longer than allotted for bid,
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## For the Solicitor
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* Determine feasibility of functional requirements
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> [!info] Type 2 Owners
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> For some owners, money is no object,
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> and standardization is far more important
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> than any potential construction savings.
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>
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> These owners can be expected to decline
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> every [[value-engineering]] option offered
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> (see [[gold-plating]]).
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## For the Contractor
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* Make profit to meet growth target
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* Secure work for current and projected employees (fill backlog)
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<!-- TODO: "Determine the sale price of a service" -->
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> [!aside]
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> I take increasing issue with the common model
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> of measuring operational success by negative overrun,
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> as it is incompatible with the preferable target of estimate certainty.
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### The Role of the Estimator
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The role of the estimator
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is to model the potential cost distribution of the project,
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taking actions to reduce the model's uncertainty.
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The effect of estimating methods can be represented as $d\sigma$,
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thus efficiency is $\frac{d\sigma}{dt}$.
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### The Role of the Executive
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The role of the executive is to allocate profit and contingency
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according to the potential cost distribution
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weighted by the organizational desire to win the project.
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