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Benchmarks that help and benchmarks that mislead
Normalising for location, year and scope before a cost-per-unit number is allowed anywhere near a decision.
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Validation9 min read
What a peer review actually checks
An independent review is not a second estimate. The eleven questions we ask of someone else's number, and the two that find most of the problems.
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Reconciling two estimates that disagree
The contractor says 240, the owner says 190. Neither is lying. A method for finding where the 50 lives before anyone argues about it.
March 11, 2026Read