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id: 2026-04-10T08:28:18-0400
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title: 2026-04-10 08:28:18
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- status/draft
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- occupational
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- topic/organization
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date-created: 2026-04-10T08:28:18-04:00
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daily: "[[2026-04-10]]"
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# 2026-04-10 08:28:18
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I tend to think I have more to contribute to [[conest|ConEst]]
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than I do to [[pdi-bid-estimating|Bid]].
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I'd need to know more about the executive philosophy of both
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before I could decide to switch or stay.
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> Moreover, what about estimating coordinators and "[[pdi-estimating-solutions|Estimating Solutions]]"?
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I know very little now,
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but it doesn't seem many are more certain.
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I think that's a problem,
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but at the very least I'd want it explained to me.
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Only yesterday I learned about the ConEst budget,[^1]
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and with that I feel my understanding has doubled.
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[^1]: According to [[christian-pereiro]]
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the ConEst budget for [[the-huehub]] was ~$240,000.
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At 5,976,038 sqft per BPM
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that comes out to almost exactly $0.04 per sqft.
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If ConEst is budgeted per square foot
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then it should follow that ConEst effort
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should be proportional to building area,
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but this is not usually the case in practice.
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Since larger jobs tend to have more typical work,
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jobs of every size tend to take about two weeks
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(80 estimator hours plus change for review).
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In order for ConEst to estimate as budgeted,
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we would need standards for acceptable takeoff
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at multiple levels of estimating detail,
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which we do not.
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