#scenario modeling

[asestimationsconsultants]

Uncovering Hidden Costs with a Construction Cost Estimating Service

Construction projects often face unexpected expenses that can disrupt budgets and timelines. These hidden costs may arise from overlooked details, unforeseen site conditions, or changes in project scope. Identifying and accounting for such costs early is crucial for effective financial management. A construction cost estimating service plays an essential role in uncovering hidden costs, enabling project teams to create realistic budgets and avoid costly surprises.

Common Sources of Hidden Costs

Hidden costs in construction can originate from various areas, including:

Site conditions that differ from initial surveys

Design changes or scope creep during construction

Delays caused by weather, permitting, or labor shortages

Price fluctuations in materials or labor

Unexpected regulatory compliance requirements

Coordination and communication breakdowns among contractors

These factors can inflate project costs if not anticipated and managed properly.

Challenges in Detecting Hidden Costs

Incomplete Initial Data

Insufficient site investigations or surveys lead to surprises

Lack of detailed design documentation

Inadequate Risk Assessment

Failure to identify project-specific risks early on

Underestimating the likelihood or impact of certain events

Poor Change Management

Untracked scope changes causing budget increases

Ineffective communication among stakeholders

Market Volatility

Sudden price increases for materials or labor

Supply chain disruptions affecting availability and cost

How a Construction Cost Estimating Service Helps

Cost estimators use comprehensive techniques to identify potential hidden costs, such as:

Thorough site and design reviews to detect overlooked factors

Risk analysis incorporating probability and impact assessments

Detailed allowance and contingency budgeting

Market research to anticipate price trends and supply risks

Structured change management and cost tracking processes

Techniques to Reveal Hidden Costs

Value Engineering: Examining design alternatives to reduce costs without compromising quality.

Scenario Modeling: Testing “what-if” situations to evaluate cost impacts of delays or design changes.

Historical Data Analysis: Using past project data to identify common hidden cost drivers.

Supplier and Subcontractor Input: Engaging experts to uncover overlooked expenses.

Benefits of Addressing Hidden Costs Early

More accurate and reliable budgets

Increased ability to secure financing with confidence

Reduced risk of project delays and disputes

Improved stakeholder trust through transparency

Better decision-making under changing conditions

Conclusion

Hidden costs are an inevitable challenge in construction, but they don’t have to derail projects. A construction cost estimating service provides the expertise and processes needed to uncover and quantify these costs early. This proactive approach helps project teams manage financial risks, maintain control over budgets, and achieve successful outcomes.

[gyaa-fish]

more ff7 stuff, try to guess who my faves are lol

[ghostsberry]

come in the mystery shack

[rikihyph]

His Japanese roots add depth to his striking, magnetic presence

Nishimura Riki - 05 line!

[2-dsimp]

"expand" Alr. Bet.

Yandere!homewrecker that found darling on a date w her husband and fell in love w darling

Yandere!homewrecker who refuses to lose to darling's hubs so he seduce darling to cheat w him..

Yandere!homewrecker... hmm.. 😳

Yandere Homewrecker! Who’s stuck up and spoiled always wanting for more despite giving less in return. Flaunting himself like the top model with his nails done, face beat, and his flamboyant hair snatched from the top beautician salon in the city.

Yandere Homewrecker! That has zero boundaries and couldn’t care less for the ring on your finger. The more unobtainable you present yourself to be the more obsessed he’ll be. Would be counting down the days he’d make you his drawing tic marks with his own lip brand upon his vanity set.

Yandere Homewrecker! Who finds any type of rejection to be endearing. Harumu would merely giggle and and bat his long lashes telling you how cute you are. For going out your way to pretend that you could even resist a pretty specimen like himself.

Yandere Homewrecker! That acts like a cunty mean girl. Nitpicking at how subpar your husband is if he couldn’t even get you regular appointments in the spa. Or even buy the latest fashion catalogue installation.

Yandere Homewrecker! Who’d dramatically point out how ragged your appearance is. And mourn the loss of your precious cuticles dying out because of the pure neglect from your pathetic husband.

Yandere Homewrecker! Who ignores your husband’s existence and ultimately cannot even view him as a human. To him everyone who can’t even come close to his beauty looks like a stick figure besides you as an exception.

Yandere Homewrecker! Who doesn’t like getting his hands dirty since it’d fuck up his nails. But for you darling, he supposes that one broken nail might suffice. If he’s gotta get your man thing out of the picture. Or anyone else for that matter.

[gotta-winwin]

(🍓) ... mingyu x reader

"Ah l’amour / Ou est ce que ça commence /Ou est ce que ça s’arrête" 🎶 compromise by role model

mingyu loved you as easy as breathing. >1k words a/n: special shoutout to @diamonddaze01 for beta reading and sorry in advance for the heartache this fic is

Mingyu knew you saw yourself as a whirlwind for disaster, yet he loved you anyway. 

As easy as breathing, he used to tell you, whenever life had thrashed you upside down and you would land on his doorstep. 

Mingyu loved you as easily as breathing. 

But I’m a terrible person, you’d argue against him. I blow up anything good around me. 

I’m still here, he’d counter, brushing away the silent tears that had flowed down your face. His giant hands molded against you like clay, gentle touches that could only belong to an artist loving his art. 

His legs would hook into yours in bed, a personal furnace for the nights your unkempt brain refused to sleep, drowning you as you sunk deeper and deeper into the mattress. Mingyu was your buoy through the rough waters of life.

He reassured you each time you voiced out your fear of one day losing him to the storm. I can weather any storm, my love. Your hurricanes cannot hurt me. And they will not scare me away.

Mingyu was always telling you he loved you like a song. 

Repeatable, harmonic and comfortable. You’re like my favourite song, he’d whisper against your chest, as he sank lower and lower, trailing kisses that stood for feelings the English language had yet to put into words. I’d do anything to start and end the day with you. 

He was the rare person who knew you like the back of his hand, knew every divot and crevice of your body, your heart, your soul. The love that thrived between the two of you was one carefully crafted by cherished hands, welded together by gentle words and everlasting understanding. 

Understanding. Mingyu had always preferred to use that word rather than forgiveness. 

I don’t need to forgive you, Mingyu had told you once, after a particularly horrible fight where you had said horrible things, the aftermath of an invisible weight that had finally cracked your back. I don’t need to forgive you because I understand. There is nothing to forgive. 

Mingyu loved you selflessly and unconditionally. 

“Don’t ever compromise.” He used to say, bandaging your invisible wounds with tender kisses. “Don’t ever compromise because you deserve it all. After all the tears you’ve cried, don’t you compromise.” 

His strong and unwavering arms held your messy pieces together like Atlas held up the sky. 

Mingyu loved you loudly, unapologetically and full of raw passion. 

I’d do anything for you, he used to say, and despite the cliche you knew he meant every word of it. Mingyu would pick you up during rainy days, walk you home despite being afraid of the dark himself, kill the bugs in your apartment while screaming the whole time. He used to coin it as ‘loving you back together,’ as if his affection could somehow fix everything that was wrong with you and put together what others had broken before him. 

Mingyu devoted himself to fixing something he did not break. And he did it incredibly well.

Mingyu kissed you like singing, putting everything he’s ever wanted you to know into each contact his lips made with your skin. 

I love you. Let yourself live. Be free. You deserve that happy ending.  You deserve everything.  I love you. Be free. 

Mingyu made love with you like a prayer. Each touch, each move, each caress felt desperate, as if he was trying to pump life back inside of you, to revive you with each harsh breath he took as his tongue drew circles against your core. 

I love you. Be free. A miserable cycle. 

You deserve that happy ending. You won’t find it with me.

Mingyu had always told you he’d do anything for you. Including letting you go. 

The last time Mingyu kissed you, he kissed you with a twinge of nostalgia, as if he had already begun to miss you. His strong arms molded into the indents of your body he once called home, pulling himself into some semblance of a man to love you for the last time. 

In all honesty, Mingyu had loved you as a desperate attempt to love himself. 

Don’t you compromise, he had told you, unwittingly throwing himself into the mix as well. Mingyu knew he wasn’t it for you, at the end of the day. Two broken people could only rely on each other for so long. 

You deserve a happy ever after, don't ya? Even if it's not the same as mine Don't you compromise

[hemi-demi]

Tip for adult artists if your focus is improving your anatomy and drawing bodies that feel more grounded in a space, genuinely one of the best exercises for that is to draw smut.

You don't have to post it. Hell, you can burn it when you're done for all it matters. But hardly anything will give you more of an understanding of a realistic human body interacting in 3D space when you smush two or more of them together.

[decamarks]

There, apparently, exists an eternal space mantis—and every year, an exorbitant amount of tax dollars fund the flight of the world’s Most Important Men into its orbit. This is a process seen as both aspirational and deeply necessary. As far as we know, there is probably no greater honor than being cannibalized by an eternal space mantis.

Throughout the last century or so, we have been repeatedly made aware of the increasing pile of corpse-parts floating in space. At some point it reached planetary proportions, and has recently met the qualifications needed to designate it as a planet. It has not yet been named, but it is colloquially referred to as “That One Planet Made Entirely Out of Human Corpses”. Located between Venus and Earth, it is one of the easiest planets to see through a telescope. It is a great science experiment for children, who often aspire to to study astronomy shortly after seeing it.

The mantis itself is a recent discovery. We knew these people were dying, but not necessarily due to an eternal space mantis. The chances of it being an eternal space mantis honestly seemed pretty low. Evidence of its existence first came in the form of an accidental audio transmission from Daniel M. Hubbard, the former CEO of Brisco Group Inc., undergoing the process of cannibalization. We know this to be the case due to the contents of the transmission: approximately five unremitted minutes of rapturous moaning.

But what does it mean to be cannibalized by an eternal space mantis? Cannibalism, famously, is defined as the act of consuming one’s own kind. Indeed, this is not a misnomer—to be consumed by an eternal space mantis is to become one and the same. It is unclear when exactly the distinction between man and mantis is made indiscernible, but it is theorized to be the moment the flesh makes its entrance into the mouth.

The mantis most likely eats because it is hungry.

[katsu2ji]

hanta sero w/ pop princess gf!

a/n: you will have to pry sabrina carpenter's short n sweet album from my cold, dead hands and this is the result of that

YOUR BIGGEST FAN

if anyone tells you otherwise, they're lying to you because this man right here? oh you have him down BADDD

he's there at every single concert, whether it be front row or back stage

wears his "i <3 my gf" shirt with PRIDE!!

you wink at him in the crowd and he's giggling and kicking his feet falling to his knees JAKJBABJ

literally brags to all of your guys’ friends that he heard your album and songs first

SOOO many photos of you guys (mainly him, let’s be fr) looking at each other with lovesick expressions

especially on the red carpet—ohmygod you have this man wrapped around your finger it's insane (PLEASE someone tell me they see what i did there—)

speaking of such events!!!

you guys EAT UP the red carpet. every. time.

cause my god does that man look good in a suit.

and your outfits are ALWAYS on point omg!!!

literally you guys are trending on twitter after every single event because y'all are HOT HOT HOT

your hype man while you record!!! at first he was super nervous to be in there, because he didn't want to make you mess up or do something wrong

but now if he's free on the days you go into the studio TRUST he will be there!!!

jokes around that you should let him have adlibs or do backup vocals LMFAO (he's not expecting you to say yes...unless u wanna say yes...)

but in all seriousness: he might know nothing about music, but it's good to have him around when you get frustrated or upset while recording. he helps to remind you that things don't have to be so serious and, at the end of the day, it will come together!!!

now, when you post pictures of yourself, whether they be from official shoots or pics you took yourself, that man is a FIEND.

all up in your comments like "AWOOGA" and "u got a bf??" and "HOTTT" LMFAO HES A MESS

i'm talking comment spamming, story reposts, the whole nine yards

does not gaf if people see him drooling over you!!!! he proudly let's everyone see how obsessed with u he is HE DOES NOT GAF!!!!

he has perfected taking ur pics—he knows all the angles you like, the lighting, everything

he's on the ground fully laying down just to make sure he's getting the perfect angle for you JKASKDFJ

tbh y'all are just the cutest couple ever <33 everyone is either obsessed with you guys or they're mad cause they aren't LOL LOSERS!!!!

katsu2ji © 2024. please don't copy, modify, or do anything of the sort with my work! i work very hard and you simply do not have my permission.

[pt2change]

human anatomy — kim seokjin

[gif source]

paring: model!seokjin x artist!y/n

genre: university au, does it count if only one is in uni, fluff, rich boy seokjin is here if you squint, typical “i bumped into you and spilled my coffee” first meeting, did i mention jin is actually a naked model

word count: 1,790

↣ bts masterlist

a/n: happy jinhomecoming!!! here’s my first jin drabble to celebrate <3

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you had a coffee in one hand and your sketchpad in the other as you tried to navigate your way through campus and the multiple other students.

you’re usually on time to your classes, but you accidentally overslept last night. even though you’re late, you’re also not rushing because your professor will just call you out in front of everyone!

(you really hope she won’t today)

(you can’t blame her, not really, especially when this is not the first time you show up late to class)

you reach the art building 10 minutes after the initial start of your class time and of course, it’s no surprise that your student id struggles to get read by the machine that unlocks the door.

soon enough, you’re able enter the building, speed walking your way towards the classroom.

your phone pings, reading a message jimin: where are you?, you move your fingers quickly across the screen explaining the events of this morning.

when you turn a corner suddenly, you collide with someone, and your coffee falls from your hands. it feels like it all happens in slow motion just like in the movies; the lid pops off and the coffee just goes absolutely everywhere .

“shit,” you mutter softly before speaking up, “i am so so sorry!”

you weren’t even sure what to do. it would probably be better if the ground just opened up and swallowed you whole.

you turn up to look at the person you collided with. this guy was gorgeous. like really gorgeous. his skin was golden and smooth looking, he had plump lips, and he was tall with dark hair, a few strands of hair fell over his face as he looked at you.

you can only assume he’s new to the campus, because you would’ve definitely noticed him around

you cleared your throat, “hmm, that was my breakfast.” you look back down to see the coffee has landed on this guy’s all white shoes.

the tall man chuckles, “and this seems to be my new shoe polish.” you bring your hand up to your mouth in embarrassment, “i’m really sorry. i didn’t even-“

before you can finish he cuts you off, “don’t worry, i can just get another pair. i do think i’ll have to owe you another one” he says referring to the spilled coffee cup.

you blink up at him, “is that a way of asking me to get coffee with you?”

the guy shrugs his shoulders and smirks, “depends on how you take it, i’m seokjin”

seokjin holds out his hand, and you shake your head slowly as you grab his hand, “y/n”

you smirk slightly, “and you said you owe me one, meaning you get it for me, not with me”

his hand holds onto yours a bit longer, “come on, are you so busy you can’t get one coffee with me, just one day?”

you imagine how you must look in front of him, your hair is a bit messy from sleeping through your alarm, eye bags from the constant late nights, and you’re wearing basic jeans and an oversized shirt you wear when you know you have to sit and just draw in class that day.

you cross your arms “no, i’m turning corners at the speed of light for fun and not because i’m overwhelmed with the amount of assignments i have to get completed.”

seokjin looks down at you with a cocky smirk, “so you’re admitting that this was your fault?”

you purse your lips together, “you know what? you’re 6ft body should’ve been watching where you’re going!” you breathe deeply, “also you’re making me late to class!”

you grab the strap of your bag and adjust it to a comfortable feel. and he speaks up again, “so you’ll let me make it up to you? for the coffee?”

you chuckle, “you just don’t know when to quit, huh?”

he does that stupid cocky smirk again, “no, not really.”

you remove your bag from your shoulder, digging in the pockets for a pen and piece of paper. you smile as you pull out a sticky note and quickly write down your number, you hand it to seokjin and he fiddles it between his fingers

“i’ll text you so i can owe you that coffee, y/n”

you feel your cheeks heat as you nod, “bye seokjin”

you turn around and continue towards your classroom, and you swear you could feel his eyes watching you until you turned another corner

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you shortly make it to your classroom, quietly opening the door to see wooden stands and chairs aligned in a half-circle.

your eyes scan the room frantically before landing eyes on your best friend, jimin, who waves at you to quickly get in while your professor has her back to the door.

you make it to your seat before she faces the classroom, “we have 3 full hours today, so i highly suggest you use your time wisely!”

she makes her way around the lineup of chairs, widening her eyes at some of the students.

“i expect each and everyone of you to apply the techniques we have learned so far to this project,” she clears her throat, “and as you all know, we will have a nude live model this week, so please make him feel comfortable and welcomed.”

you place your sketchpad on the stand, and open to a page, then you reach into your bag to get out some essentials, and you hear the door creak open and footsteps echo the room.

you hear your classmates clap for the model as you place your things on the edge of the stand. your relatively large sketchpad blocks you from seeing the model, but you know he’s made his way to the small platform that has a chair for the model to sit or stand in different positions.

your professor speaks up, “i’m sorry, what was your name again?”

“it’s seokjin.”

your eyes widened at the model’s response. there was no way this was the same seokjin that you had bumped into and spilled coffee all over his shoes and who you gave your number to…

and now you were going to be drawing and detailing his naked body.

you peak your head to the side, and there he is, in nothing but a white robe.

“seokjin, we’re ready whenever you are” your professor says, nodding and starts making her way to the back of the class.

your professor stops in front of you, “you need a better view y/n” she whispers, moving your stand a little to the right.

“oh, thank you” you smile at her, and now all you can think is how he’s most likely going to notice you.

you’re not sure what’s worse; him seeing you before or after he takes his robe off.

seokjin stretches a bit, cracking his knuckles and turning his head from side to side and you grab your pencil, flicking it on your thigh.

seokjin grabs the tie around his waist and just before he pulls it to loosen it, his eyes meet yours.

his eyes widened slightly and his cheeks turned a shade of pink.

seokjin looks down and chuckles to himself, shaking his head slightly. but he takes a deep breath and pulls the robe tie loose letting it fall on the platform,

seokjin gets on the platform and sits on the chair, crossing his arms and he bends one leg and sticks the other one straight out, his head is facing the right side of the classroom.

“okay, class, let’s begin!” your professor chirps from the back of the classroom and displays a timer on the projector.

you grab your pencil and begin to start outlining his proportions. you take a good look at seokjin, he’s got broad shoulders and defined abs, you also take notice in the small tattoo on the side of his waist. you also can’t help but notice the tint of pink still on his face.

there’s a big window that lets in natural sunlight so you focus on how the sun casts shadows on his nose and eyebrows and the way the light emphasizes his biceps and shoulders.

you managed to get a rough sketch down, and you tried your best to get the shape done right, erasing and re-sketching the lines and shapes that didn’t look the best.

it wasn’t long until seokjin stretched again, he stretched out his arms and slowly moved his head, his eyes searched the room until they found yours again.

his eyes stayed focused on you as he got back into position, and all you could do was smile shyly before returning your attention to the canvas.

you knew seokjin was watching you, you could feel his eyes on you as you kept sketching him.

and the next time you looked over at him, he chuckles, almost as if he wanted to laugh. you’re not sure why, but now you start to blush.

you knew you were gonna have to start sketching the rest of his body, his naked body, but just how were you gonna do it when his eyes are on you?

you take a deep breath, moving past his stomach and you begin sketching out his lower body, starting with his hips.

you could feel your cheeks heating up, and god, you hope seokjin isn’t too weirded out by this whole situation and decides to never speak to you again.

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the 3 hours seem to have gone fairly quickly, and while your professor dismissed the class, seokjin grabs the robe and puts it back on. your eyes follow as he makes his way back to a little room where he can change.

you knew jimin had to head to work early today so you say goodbye and watch as he walks out of the class with majority of the students

you take your time putting your materials away, in hopes of seeing seokjin before you leave campus.

you grab your bag, and place it on your shoulder and you see seokjin coming out in his regular clothes with an embarrassed smile.

you cross your arms, “so you’re a naked model huh?”

seokjin laughs, “you think i go around telling everyone i find beautiful that i do naked modeling for college students?”

you shrug your shoulders, “so you think i’m beautiful?”

seokjin puts his hands up in defense, “you know i usually take someone out before i let them see me naked”

“well, you do still owe me that coffee, and this was my last class of the day.” you raised your eyebrows at him, seokjin just chuckles before nodding his head, and you both makes your way out of the art building

[kcake555]

Mark Tuan cake 🍰 & 🍆

got7

[rikihyph]

BEST DANCERS

Yang Jungwon - 04 line!

Nishimura Riki - 05 line!

[2-dsimp]

i NEED nokka and yandere homewrecker to meet asap

The meeting would be over before it even started. Though at first Nokka would assume Harumu was a woman from how feminine up he is XD.

Plus Nokka doesn’t even let his wife out the house unless he’s right there with you. You’d have to know that it’s always on sight with a headstrong man, like Nokka as your husband. You really think he’d let any MALE come close enough to his wife especially a Homewrecker like Harumu?

(Though Harumu may come just a bit closer to you by a slim margin. Due to how girly he looks which throws Nokka off. Until his husband senses start tingling telling him to deck Harumu in his face.)

[death-and-his-maiden]

dont wanna post the whole thing just yet bc im slightly considering flexing my inking muscles with this for the first time in forever but the level of insane euphoria i get drawing these two in sickly sweet domestic situations is frankly unrivaled,, , THEY'RE IN ~~ LOVE ~~ UwU

[rikihyph]

I LIKE YOUR STYLEEE

Nishimura Riki - 05 line!

[2-dsimp]

Introducing Harumu the Homewrecker

Any questions about this diva are welcome✨