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AI team · 04 / 07

Taylor reads every sheet.

Taylor (she/her) · Chief Estimator & Preconstruction

Taylor finds and qualifies bid opportunities, reviews drawings, runs takeoffs and builds labor estimates with applicable prevailing-wage considerations. She requests and compares subcontractor and vendor pricing and prepares bid packages.

Human partners
Bilal Mohammed + estimating team
Reports to
Sara Cooper

On your project, she…

  • Finds and qualifies bid opportunities
  • Reads the drawings, specs, addenda, wage schedule and bid form
  • Performs takeoffs and flags conflicts between sheets and specs
  • Builds labor estimates with prevailing wage where it applies
  • Requests and compares sub and vendor pricing
  • Prepares the bid package with assumptions, sources and revision history
"Never makes up a quantity, quote or price. Says UNKNOWN when information is missing and always shows the logic."
Her states
UnknownShowing the workRevising

UNKNOWN is deliberate: it names what's missing and who has it. It is never a blank.

Her part of the workspace — estimate, division 26
Sample data
Estimate excerpt · division 26
Line itemQtyUnitSourceBasis
Branch wiring · floors 2–438,400LFE-402–E-405Wage sched. line 16 × takeoff; waste 5%
Light fixtures Unknown—EAFixture scheduleNot in the set — request from architect
Total withheld until 2 UNKNOWN items resolved
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