Editorial & Technical Guidelines
This page explains how F&K Estimatings checks the estimates we deliver and the technical articles we publish. Estimates are prepared from the documents you provide, so their accuracy depends on how complete those drawings and specifications are.
1. Quantity Review Before Delivery
Before delivery, each takeoff is checked against the drawings for scale calibration, drawing revision, and scope coverage. Quantities are measured from the drawings you provide, and the assumptions and exclusions behind them are listed in the deliverable so you can see exactly what was and was not priced.
2. Pricing Sources & Assumptions
Where a priced estimate is requested, pricing may use published cost data and project-specific location factors, or rates and supplier quotes provided by the client. The basis and assumptions should be stated in the estimate. Consult RSMeans for information about its cost data.
3. Code & Regulatory Compliance
When project documents cite codes or jurisdiction requirements, those references can inform scope review. The project team remains responsible for confirming applicable codes, permitting requirements, and compliance obligations with the authority having jurisdiction. Any project-specific regulatory interpretation should be verified against current official sources.
4. Correction & Revision Policy
Preconstruction is dynamic. If a client identifies a discrepancy in our quantities based on details provided in the initial project blueprints, F&K Estimatings revises the affected quantities at no additional charge.
5. Plagiarism & Generative Content Policy
Technical guides should identify an accountable author or reviewer and be checked against their cited sources before publication. F&K welcomes corrections through the contact page and will review reported errors.
6. Workflow details to confirm
The agreed deliverable follows the document-based process described in our methodology. Staffing, project acceptance and delivery commitments are confirmed for each engagement. The general steps are:
- Drawing Intake & Audit: Verification of scale and drawing revisions.
- Quantity Tracing: Vector-based digitizing in PlanSwift and Bluebeam.
- Pricing Inputs: Recording the agreed labor rates, supplier quotations and cost assumptions.
- Review & Reconciliation: Re-checking calculations for discrepancies.
- Executive Delivery: Packaging reviewable Excel files and colored markup PDFs.