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Common Mistakes in Cost Estimation and How to Avoid Them
Thus, cost estimation forms an important part of every construction project process and happens to be its major success determinant. Therefore, the aspect of cost estimation is relevant in budgeting and planning, not allowing the aspect of financial consumption to shoot up. These estimations bring about common mistakes that make a huge discrepancy in the reliable estimate of the costs which are to rise. The learning related to these mistakes and the know-how to avoid them is quite important for construction project management firms, cost consultants, and quantity surveyors.
Underestimating Project Scope
The most common mistake in estimating cost is when there is an underestimated project scope. This usually happens because of ineffective project planning where the requirements of the project have not been well understood. Poorly estimated scope results in delays, cost overruns, and poor-quality work. Elaborate project planning and discussion with stakeholders should pave the way for capturing all facets of a project. Furthermore, engaging the services of construction project management firms will also substantiate definition of scope accurately, otherwise the scope of a project in terms of tender cost estimation will miss out on several elements.
Ignorance of Market Conditions
Ignorant of Market Conditions. Prices of materials, labour, and equipment are bound to fluctuate for a number of reasons—economic scenarios, changes in source of supply, and fluctuations in demand for material, among others. Ignoring these would lead to serious overruns with variances between estimation and actual cost. In order to minimise these risks, the cost consultant shall ensure keeping abreast with market trends in the price level and shall provide for contingencies with all material prices possibly changing within the estimate. Review and update cost estimates on a regular basis in order to reflect prevailing conditions in the market to ensure that it does not lose its accuracy over time.
Poor Risk Management
Poor risk management is another critical cost estimation predicament. Construction projects are prone to being inherently risky in nature, such as risks from weather, unforeseen site conditions, and regulatory changes. In case they are not properly catered for, they may ultimately lead to high cost overruns. Whatever the case, a quantity surveyor should be able to carry out a comprehensive risk assessment and include appropriate contingencies in his cost estimate. The more the risks are identified early and planned for in advance, the more reliable and resilient the cost estimate that the construction project management firm will establish.
Being Negligent About Indirect Costs
Many estimators only consider direct costs like material and labour costs, and most of the time, they skip indirect costs. Examples of indirect costs are those associated with project management, permits, insurance, and overhead. Ignoring such costs during estimating the same may cause underestimation. Therefore, it should be detailed either through direct or indirect costs. Involvement of professional cost consultants with relevant experience will ensure the fact that necessary costs have been taken on board and the cost estimate is made reliable and accurate.
Conclusion
Accurate prediction of cost is important in construction. Construction project management firms, cost consultants, and quantity surveyors can enhance their estimate reliability by observing principles that prevent the usual mistakes in underestimation of project scope, non-consideration of market conditions, improper risk management, and neglecting indirect costs. Adequate planning, continuous market study, effective risk evaluation, and detailed cost breakdown are the major strategies to be followed to enhance the practices regarding cost estimation. This is apart from assisting in delivering projects on budget; they would also help in the overall efficiency and profitability of construction endeavours.
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There comes times where other toons break in, assume Perry's being held captive, and attempt to fight the big bad Chainsaw Consultant in order to "free" em. In the event of this, Perry usually portholes away back to the playground, and at first would wait until the following day to come back.
Eventually, this turned into coming back in once the coast was clear and there was no longer any revving behind closed doors.
When that first happened, eir efforts to offer help- extending a gloved hand to clean off the smears of frosting, or just help tidy the office, ey were immediately met with the sole command to leave.
No eye contact was made.
Ey complied.
It'll be better, tomorrow.
#toontown#toontown corporate clash#corporate clash#perry winkles#chip revvington#chainsaw consultant#cherry#perry draws#this was gonna be part of an ask regarding if chip lets perry repair him but then i thought more about it and figured it'd be better alone#anyways. this is early-ish in the cherry timeline. when chip is starting to be okay with the fact ey're a toon and not seeing em#as just another faceless employee. let alone an animal he “tamed” but that was just during the unpaid intern thing#buuuuut he does Not have any interest in dealing with em the moment toons ruin his day. ey get off work early but at the cost of#chippy stewing and being mad and upset and grumble grumble. its okay though he's back in his resting autism stare tomorrow
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Color! Composition still wonky, but this was done mainly to see how I liked the colors and such. I can reposition and resize birds/leaves/etc another time. And get a decent proper hexagon drawn up.
This has been an exercise in not letting perfection hold me back. I have to start getting back into art somehow, right?
#traditional media#colored pencil#avian#blue jay#Baltimore oriole#bird#wings#sketchbook#personal work#color study#green ash#red oak#im sure I’ll get fussy over the poses of both birds and branches before long#probably won’t work as a tattoo sleeve like I intended but I can always take it in for a consultation#as soon as I find out who I want to do it and if I can even handle the pain and all that#should dig up my loon one first because that will be slightly easier to endure#if I were smart I’d get a small tattoo first#probably a rusty patched bumble bee on aster let’s be honest#this would cost too much money to have done who am I kidding
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so i just went to hospital to diagnose my backpain and the doctor asked for an xray but i was actually sure it’s scoliosis— and the results came in and it is indeed scoliosis and then he just sat there and said:
👨⚕️: “yeah there’s nothing we can do about it.”
🙆🏻♀️ : “nothing…? is there anything i can do to prevent it from becoming worse? maybe yoga or pilates?”
👨⚕️ : “no, no. there’s no effect. there nothing to do.”
#—chu’s ramblings 🗯️#really i have never felt so scammed#like he didn’t even get me any medication at all 😫#and he costed me a hefty amount too for that one-minute consultation 😭
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You know, even ignoring the whole "vampirism can be cured" thing, if we want a spell or enchanted item that lets vampires walk in the sun and dodge other weaknesses and drawbacks I'm pretty sure Gale - prodigy who caught the eye of the Mother of Magic as a child, had to be told he can't teach every specialisation, archwizard - can just... make one? Even if he's not recovered enough from having his magic stripped to cast a spell himself, he knows the theory well enough to lay the foundations for somebody else to cast.
Like, magic is basically a science, all spells were researched and created by a wizard at some point. Magic that protects vampires from the sun already exists in BG canon. This is perfectly achievable.
I think Gale would have a great time puzzling it over and infodumping about it.
The price is that Astarion has to get a migraine forcing his dead braincells to pay attention.
#Or we could just consult the Church of Azuth; magical research and expanding magic is their Thing#If needs be we shall simply manipulate another high level spellcaster#Elminster kinda owes us a favour right?#Can we blackmail Alustriel or Blackstaff somehow?#I wonder if Halaster could be convinced... the cost would probably be hilarious#babbling#/astarion#/gale
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La Oferta de Michel \ Los Planes del Futuro de Betty y Armando
#ysblf#yo soy betty la fea#betty la fea#mystuff#i wanna say this is self explanatory#but like#u know--let me explain anyway---#michel wanted to do everything for betty without really consulting her--'i'll take care of it' he says as soon as she says she wants discus#the costs. that is not equal partnership.#that is not her having a say. and she's already been through various stages of her life where everyone gets a say in her life except her.#when armando discusses their plans for the future--its implied that he and betty had a discussion together.#they talked about the cost (he's gonna sell his apartment) and its a house they saw and betty loved.#they made plans for their life together. michel's offer was if anything a step back fm the independence she gained at the end of her arc.#and michel doesn't moisturize. why would u want that in ur life?
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[Id: simple drawing of a gray cat with a red exclamation point in a speech bubble over the cat's head. End id]
hey btw did u know i'm transgender. And also i'm getting a letter of readiness for top surgery in a week. Well that's happening! ÓwÒ also ... well, put simply i do not know what cost that might incur yet. Consider donating to help out? a little will go a long way :-)
#id#alt text#glittertism.leva#art#artists on tumblr#digital art#original art#doodle#cat#kitty#kbity#cute#ko fi artist#transgender#trans artist#SORRY I KNOW this is not what you expected with the return of the kitties. well the fear of god has been put in me#(not literally)#me checking mychart application on my phone: cost estimate? billing? cost estimate?? billing???#nothing as of yet which is . well it's disconcerting to say the least!#even if it's free i'm gonna need to cover gas money for the consult/consult copay probably anyways#so ... anything helps. haha
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thinking thoughts thinking thoughts thinking thoughts th—
what if irulanne was from the same clan as m*erril but raised a city elf since she was found in that crypt
what if she’s from the al*erion on her moms side and a l*avellan on her dads
what if lhysas father (an assassin just like his daughter lhysaa <33) had allies in his days as an assassin a pariah of his family
what if he wasn’t the only one that was betrayed when a thing went topsy turvy (will be getting to how that went down eventually !!!!!)
what if lhysas father moved on from lúthien the mother of the inky and her brother (she sort of went *poof* for reasons of her own that golly i need to write all of this down jdnxgcg i mean tungle post is a good place to start dnbxgxg)
what if unbeknownst to irulanne her and lhys and feanorian are half sibs what if her mother gave birth to iru and hid her in the crypt what if they found her and thought her to not have magic at first so she was raised by the elder of the alienage. (her mother was likely to have passed on as well poor iru 🥀🥲)
what if they kept an eye anyway knowing the bloodline she hailed from (lonans line lhysa and feanorians line has a STORY if there ever was one i will yell about it soon prommy !!!!!) and low and behold none too long later her magic manifested what if they waited a while more until she built her network of little creatures she reanimated that relayed her things and gaggle of friends what if she had a kingdom of her own and she refused
what if she was thrown under a bloody ritual to wipe her memories so that all she knew was the sisters a sort of sect of necromancers within the mourners that had their own ideas and machinations and saw her as their heir of sorts??
what if it was like she was to be some sort of lich queen…thing(?) ruling the living and the dead from the necropolis and that it went topsy turvy (to irulannes benefit ubeknownst to her at the time!!) when the thing happened and that whole her having a mage heir to rule was merely a side thing that if it happened cool but the main goal was the lich queen thing.
what if feanorian was in the area for a reason or another (maybe i can think of that with emms episode !!) he’s looking for the rook on behalf of lhysa who has her ex to thwart/save and a demigod daughter to raise etc etc (things i am planning to yell about later oo there’s so much to yell about with lhysa but this is a iru lore essay <3)
what if the prodigy to gifted kid burnout between lucanne (heir to bloodline etc etc luca and child of nothing destined to inherit everything irulanne) made me insane <3
#leg.txt#leg.ocs#oc: irulanne ingellvar#x: lucanne#veilguard spoilers#datv spoilers#parent death mention#just in case!!#brainrot bad i hope yall enjoy hehe its been a secondd since ive done a lore essay 🥀🥰#she wouldn’t know anything about that in regards to the lhysa + her brother relation and i yet to think about how she learns#maybe luca finds some things while they and the party traverse the necro#think a*vallachs laboratory in t*w3 ?? a buuunch of things about the line and oo irus name is mentioned in it 🥀👁️#emm is like a bestie so I think he may consult him first bc iru is prone to headaches due to the amnesia from the ritual(?)#lucanne -> luca and spite nosebleeds 🤝 iru and headaches from remembering her past 🥀🤧#shhhh the game is maybe a month away but that doesn’t slow down the brainrot didnhxgc#hopefully this isnt too ooc either im always nervous about these sorts but my GODD i cant wait i cant waitt AH.#i think i was half tempted to have her be raised as a city elf from birth but i found a way that the canon r*ook choice could work for iru!#that she was found there and then the ritual that altered her memories had her believing that she had been raised there since birth#at any cost to ‘save th*edas’ or something to the sisters but the cost was her life from before 🥀😖#the sisters is also a tentative name i forgot to mention bc i haven’t found a name i like yet 🥀🥴#i want them to be sort of like the lodge meets the b*ene g*esserit but make it ✨dragon game✨ :))#okok im done yelling for now i think ifxhgxgx <3
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One of the worst parts about accidentally gaining a reputation as the Reliable One Who’s Always Happy To Help Out And Pick Up Shifts is that I’m often one of the first people the managers ask to fix it when shit’s fucked at work, often with no stipend, special compensation, or even favor down the line
One of the best parts about accidentally gaining a reputation as the Reliable One Who’s Always Happy To Help Out And Pick Up Shifts is that when this happens, I get to watch the panic and anger in their eyes when I tell them no
#did I just work twelve days in a row? unfortunately yes BUT it was all volunteered#ASK me to help? let my consult my planner#my planner is a middle finger#those dumb fuckers have sucken costed themselves into this staffing crisis and the fact that I’m grabbing some overtime while I can does not#mean I’m going to single handedly save them from it. in fact I’m often LESS willing to pick up shifts when they specifically ask me to#the sun shines
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One thing I genuinely don’t understand is why there needs to be two hp logos on the front of the suit? Like the big one can’t be missed why add another smaller one. It’s so ugly. It’s giving mclaren with its 163829 sponsors on the suit
As much as I hate them, it has been pretty standard, even for Ferrari. Back when it was Mission Winnow, we also had a smaller and big logo on the front, plus another one on the collar:
and another one on the back:
And check out the suit when it was Marlboro:
Three on the front, 1 on each sleeve, a big one on the back, 5 on the helmet, 1 on each side of the cap... Oh, and there was also a massive Marlboro on the back wing.
But because those logos were also red/white, they just blended a lot better on the suit than the HP logos. I suppose we'll have to get used to them though.
📷Leanne Boon, Thierry Gromik/ABACA
#i mourn the beautiful race suits all the same#really wonder though why we need a title sponsor in the cost cap age#it's not like we can spend more#unless we hire someone as a consultant#you know#like newey at red bull#oh wait...#charles leclerc#michael schumacher#scuderia ferrari#hp sponsor monstrosity
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Ive had control of our (my husband's and my) finances for only 2 months and things are already so much better i cannot believe it. Other than my student loans we have no debt, we actually have money in our savings account, we can finally donate regularly, and all of our bills are paid with no worry! This is the 1st time in my life that I'm living like this!
I said this to my husband and he's like ~i guess >:[~ so i asked what the hell he meant by that and he's like we dont have any spending money and im just ಠ_ಠ r u fucking serious. I literally just bought him a fairly expensive dnd book.
I'm losing my mind over here x_x once we reach our saving goal I'm going to make him open a roth IRA. We WILL be financially healthy and responsible i dont care if it means he can't spend money on every little bit of detritus that crosses his path.
Listen if ur not the "breadwinner" in the household you need to be involved with the budget. Do NOT just trust the earning partner. You need to KNOW were your money is going.
#before i took over he had a ridiculous amount of subscriptions just chipping away at our money#he would spend without consulting me regardless of the cost#he wouldn't show me the bank statements (bc he was ashamed)#now we know exactly where our money is going#complete transparency on both sides#plus he's still spending 80 a month on patron stuff 🙄#if he wants more spending money then he make lower his costs else where#this is a vent so i dont get annoyed at my husband#he's adjusting to not getting to over spend#and actually having to save#he'll get to spend again once we have a fully funded emergency fund and a down-payment for a house#and we'll need to save up for having a kid too >.>
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How do I tell my housemates that my dad is right about everything and they should listen to him without sounding like a lunatic
#ughfhfh my housemates all think we should get this stupid overpriced bill package coz they think itll be more cost effective and stress free#but after consulting my dad i know for a fact that paying the bills normally will be more cost effective#but none of them are listening to me bc i cant articulate it well aaa#personal
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I really need a commission or something right now. Please. Commission me. Ask me to do some art. Ask me to write sth for you. Ask me to research sth for you. Tell me how much you'll pay me for any of it.
My cat is sick and I don't know if I can cover all the vet cost tomorrow and he needs seeing because I don't know if the abscess on his face is infection or dental and I actually pray it's infection because that's cheaper.
Just. Please. Someone hire me to do SOMETHING for them right now.
I will literally draw furry porn I don't even fucking CARE.
#Kat talks#Help#Commission#Art commission#Commission me#Cat#My cat is ill af and I'm terrified I can't cover the cost rn#A fucking week and I'd do it fine#But my vet doesn't do ANY payment plans#So I have to pay upfront#Please#I have enough rn to cover consult and MAYBE the antibiotics and maybe the painkillers he's gonna need#I don't know if he'll need anything else tho and I'm terrified that he will#Just comisoon me to do SOEMTHING
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Is it normal to feel absolute dread and for your first reaction to be "Mom is going to kill me" because you went to get a health problem checked and it cost more than you were expecting and she's the one helping you out financially...? Asking for a friend.
#so good news it's neither asthma bronches nor allergies#neutral news it might be chronic sinusitis but the doctor said i should do a sinus scan#very bad news the whole consultation cost a lot and i am still unemployed and broke as hell and my social security is currently on hold#yeah she's definitely going to murder me she's already been continuously yelling at me since i got home#this is going to be fun#rapha talks
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A shame that it takes time effort and money to transition and that we can’t all just be shapeshifters
#I booked a hair consultation on monday under my new name#which I’m excited about#but it’s also making me think about how much effort every little part of transitioning is#and also hair costs money. clothes cost money. surgery and meds cost money#I am in 🅱️ain#tracking tag#rambling
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Momm pick me up im scaredddddd
Just checked rate my professor and all my profs for next semester have FATALLY bad reviews. I'm talking like even the very rare ppl rating 5 stars still got a C bad.
Looking at my schedule like all of my other class options for those reqs are full... that or I'd likely be kicking these classes down the line until I'd have to deal with my honors thesis + grad school apps on top of it...
Like its soooo noxious I have to maintain a high semesterly (& overall!) grade too to stay in my programs and like GPA is huge in postgrad education and its so beautiful right now and just!!! I'm scareddddddd hlep
& you never know if the randos on rmp are your type of student so maybe I'll just blow past them easy but like. Esp for this one professor I'm terrifiedddd
#may need to consult mommy and daddy on this one 😬#like this is my gened semester like!!!!#my english and math professors have many scary reviews and talks of few essays and tests worth so much of the grade#and then you look at the political science one and its just like FUCK. what do to#do you mean difficulty 4.5 what do you mean hes mean to the students if you ask a dumb question. what do you mean even the highest ratings#only got a c+. what do you mean the entire grade is only attendance plus 3 essays graded in hell#“most ppl get a d on the first essay” FEAR!!!!!! FEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!#theres no open plsc class to sub. the only other session of the math is just the same teacher but in person across campus at 9am#english i could technically switch bc id guess theres more open for that but noooo my starting at 2pm class....#a beautiful schedule... (earliest start is at 12pm) but at what cost#blah
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