Hot take · 30:24
// THE QUOTE
“the best estimators are often the guys that had worked on the sites for years”
— Kendall Taylor · root architecture inc
Trade-respect take that lands with GCs and estimators: site experience gives intuition for how long things take that you can't get from a square-foot takeoff. Tight and self-contained.
Full episode at 30:24How Root Architecture Designed the $11M Green Gables Visitor Centre — and Why Atlantic Canada Architects Can't Specialize | Kendall Taylor ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
The best estimators tend to have worked on site — field intuition translates to faster, more accurate take-off of complex assemblies that don't reduce to square-foot math.
“the best estimators are often the guys that had worked on the sites for years because they're able to just have that inherent intuition”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Work-life balance and staying in Atlantic Canada
28:34
Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 30:24 of How Root Architecture Designed the $11M Green Gables Visitor Centre — and Why Atlantic Canada Architects Can't Specialize | Kendall Taylor