Cost Contracts Estimate Takeoff Discipline

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name: cost-contracts-estimate-takeoff-discipline
description: "Quantity takeoffs, productivity rates, risk allowances, and bid review gates."
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# Produce estimates that survive construction

> Quantity takeoffs, productivity rates, risk allowances, and bid review gates.

**Track:** 🏗️ Construction & Built Environment · **Domain:** Cost & Contracts · **Level:** intermediate · **~40 min**

**Who this is for:** Project Engineers, Site Managers, Cost Estimators, Contractors

## When to Use This Skill

Quantity takeoffs, productivity rates, risk allowances, and bid review gates.
Use it whenever a matching task appears in conversation — the agent loads these instructions on demand.

## Steps

1. Take off quantities from issued-for-construction drawings only, revision-stamped
2. Apply productivity rates from YOUR historical data where possible
3. Price escalation exposure explicitly for long-duration packages
4. Risk register items each carry quantified allowance or explicit exclusion
5. Peer review gate before submit: two challenge questions minimum
6. Post-bid learning loop: estimate vs actual fed back by division

## Common Pitfalls

- Pricing from superseded drawing revisions
- Allowances hidden inside line items nobody can audit

## Commands

**Install with skills CLI**
```bash
npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill cost-contracts-estimate-takeoff-discipline
```

**Install globally**
```bash
npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill cost-contracts-estimate-takeoff-discipline -g
```

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