Quantity take-offs from your own drawings
Areas, volumes, linear metres and counts, calculated systematically off the plan, with the wastage allowances the trade actually uses. Do it properly once and everything downstream gets easier.
Not planted yet — but the plan for it is final
The practical task and the checklist below are exactly what this lesson will teach. What is missing is the written explanation and the curated links, each one fetched and verified before it ships.
In the meantime the checklist is genuinely usable on its own. Take it outside.
Do this on your own block
Field journal entry
Quantity take-off
Produce a full take-off from your drawings: m² of each surface, m³ of excavation, fill, sub-base, sand and soil, linear metres of edging, pipe and cable, and counts of every plant, fitting and unit — each with its wastage allowance.
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Checklist
- Every element on the drawings appears in the take-off
- Volumes account for compaction and wastage
- Units match how suppliers actually sell the material
- A second pass found the things the first pass missed