Build the piping specialty takeoff review record
Read plans, risers, schematics, schedules, details, and specifications together. Tag strainers, separators, arrestors, backflow assemblies, drains, vents, gauges, and other scheduled specialties to their systems.
Compare the record with the plumbing fixture takeoff review. Keep this review tied to its own source documents and cost lines.
Check quantity and responsibility
Record size, material, rating, trim, insulation, support, drain connection, and power or controls interface shown. Separate specialties supplied with equipment from field piping scope.
AACE recommended practices offer general estimating references. Project documents and the approved estimate basis control the work.
| Field | Record |
|---|---|
| Location | Area, system, and source |
| Quantity | Measured basis and unit |
| Responsibility | Included work and package owner |
| Status | Estimate treatment and reviewer |
Reconcile the estimate before release
Reconcile specialties with valves, equipment connections, floor drains, access panels, testing, and startup. Preserve uncertain selection criteria as a clarification rather than a product guess. Close open assignments through the mep scope interface matrix and retain the decision with the estimate revision.
