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many years ago, I used to be in business with a cost consultant (who still has a good rep in the business) and she didn't know anything about how contracts were developed, how construction was phased or how construction actually happened. Your cost consultant doesn't necessarily know what goes into the numbers. The cost consultant most likely has paid no attention to what you actually drew on the drawings. And even if the cost consultant has worked with you, that knowledge will most likely not be reflected in their numbers. (I had one drawn out discussion: "you show $95/ sq ft for curtain wall -- none of our projects have come in less than $135 for curtain wall, so why is this your price?" "well, that's what it should be" )
Dog your cost consultant. they may not be plugged in. They may not actually know anything about construction at all.
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Anne Whitacre
Principal
Whitacre Ink
Seattle WA
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