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Estimating and takeoff

Keeping an estimate aligned with the tender scope, and catching the line items an addendum quietly added.

Estimating April 7, 2026

Les quantités à revérifier avant de chiffrer

Personne n'a le temps de reprendre un métré avant la clôture. Tout le monde a le temps de revérifier cinq catégories de quantités qui déraillent plus que les autres.

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Estimating April 7, 2026

The quantities to re-check before you price

There is never time to re-measure a takeoff before close. There is always time to re-check five categories of quantity that go wrong far more often than the rest.

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Estimating February 10, 2026

Quand les plans et le devis se contredisent

Tout dossier d'appel d'offres contient des contradictions. L'ordre de préséance décide qui les absorbe, et il est écrit là où presque personne ne va lire.

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Estimating February 10, 2026

When the drawings and the specifications disagree

Every tender set contains contradictions. The order of precedence decides who absorbs them, and it is written down somewhere most estimators never look.

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Estimating September 9, 2025

Ce qu'un addenda change vraiment dans votre estimation

Un addenda modifie les travaux et la paperasse en même temps. Rechiffrer les postes qu'il nomme est la partie facile — voici celle qui passe dans les mailles.

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Estimating September 9, 2025

What an addendum actually changes in your estimate

An addendum changes the work and the paperwork at the same time. Repricing the line items it names is the easy half — here is the half that gets missed.

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