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If you've ever had a client ask for "a quick estimate" and then get upset when the number changed later, you've already run into the real issue this article is about. A takeoff and an estimate are not the same thing, and mixing them up is one of the fastest ways to lose money or…

Estimating Services That Turn Blueprints Into Winning Bids. You already know the feeling. A bid comes back too high and you lose the job. Or it comes back too low and you win the job but lose your shirt on material costs three weeks in. Both problems trace back to the same thing: numbers that…