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aliases: []
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tags:
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- authorship/original
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- destiny/fleeting
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- status/incomplete
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- topic/automation
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- topic/estimating
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- topic/software
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- type/philosophy
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title: Separating Estimating Concerns
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---
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# Separating Estimating Concerns
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> [!info] Separation of Concerns
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> Separation of concerns is a design philosophy
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> of eliminating unnecessary process coupling,
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> or in other words preferring specialization.
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> It is traditionally understood as a principle strictly of _software_ design,
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> however its applications are universal.
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Minimize takeoff flow disruption
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Decouple takeoff (description of work) from assembly selection:
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## In the Real World
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In [[my-occupation]],
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## Ideal Workflow
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### 1. Annotation
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Annotation is documenting project scope as intended by its design.
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This involves reconciling missing and conflicting requirements,
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as well as erroneous and misplaced symbols.
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This process is intended to be _unbiased_, without respect for
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* industry knowledge
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* contractor standard practices
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The annotator is to describe the design scope
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without adding any outside information.
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#### Output
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The processes and tools for completing this step
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would differ between design-build and plans-and-specs projects,
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but the output would be identical in function.
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This step encodes "measures" with "tags"
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and describes the behavior of special tags
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(e.g. structure height of each `Level`)
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### ~~next step(s)~~
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Define takeoff given counts from step 1.
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```
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LET wiring-devices 'default/wiring-devices/decora'
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FOREACH MEASURE
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WHERE 'type' IS 'device/receptacle/duplex' AND 'mounting' IS 'flush'
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TAKEOFF 'DUPLEX REC - FLUSH IN METAL STUDS' FROM wiring-devices
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```
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### -1. Reporting
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Build deliverables (proposals, BOM's)
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