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● Estimating · 9 stamps to collect

Win it before
you build it.

A week in estimating and pre-construction, where every job begins. Learn how a pile of drawings becomes a price, how we win the work, and why getting the number right matters more than almost anything.

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● All nine tasks

Every stamp, in order.

Tap any “Open task” button to launch the activity. Your buddy stamps it off when you’re done — or use the Mark complete button below if your buddy’s already given you the nod.

STEP 01 · Warm-up

Start quiz

WX-EST-PQ-01
~5 min

Ten quick questions to see what you already know. No wrong answers — the point is to spot what’s new.

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STEP 02 · Read

What estimators do

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~20 min

The real job behind the price — how drawings become a number that wins work.

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STEP 03 · Hands-on

Take-off & pricing

WX-EST-03
~25 min

Measure a small job from a drawing and build up its price, bit by bit.

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STEP 04 · Featured

Spot the pricing risks

WX-EST-04
~15 min

A quote with problems hidden in it — click every pricing risk before you send it.

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STEP 05 · Create

Build a quote

WX-EST-05
~60 min

Take a real enquiry and build a clear, honest quote — then defend your number.

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STEP 06 · Reference

Estimating glossary

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~10 min

Estimating has its own language. Tap any term to see what it means.

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STEP 07 · Read

Pre-construction explained

WX-EST-07
~25 min

Everything that happens before a spade hits the ground — planning, pricing, programming.

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STEP 08 · Game

Cost, overhead or margin?

WX-EST-08
~5 min

Sort the items on a price into cost, overhead or margin — then see your score.

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STEP 09 · Wrap-up

End quiz

WX-EST-EQ-09
~5 min

The same ten questions. See how much more you know by the end of the week.

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