The Estimating Mindset Shift
You are not picking a number. You are building one from traceable components.
Most contractors estimate by feeling. The ETA system replaces intuition with architecture. Every number has a source — materials from supplier quotes, labor from floor rate times hours, buffer as a fixed percentage, margin as a multiplier. When a job loses money, you know exactly where. …
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