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Project Costing

Run a sensitivity analysis showing how a 10–20% material price increase changes final project cost — build a model tha…

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AExecute — “help me do it”Run a sensitivity analysis showing how a 10–20% material price increase changes final project…+
Run a sensitivity analysis showing how a 10–20% material price increase changes final project cost — build a model that applies a 10% and 20% uplift to material line items, calculate revised totals and delta to baseline, and present results in a compact table.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Before I advise the owner, make the sensitivity outputs actionable — break the impact down by…+
Before I advise the owner, make the sensitivity outputs actionable — break the impact down by major material categories, show which packages and cost codes are most exposed, provide a best/likely/worst cost band, and add a short note on where mitigation (substitute, buy forward, negotiate) will have most effect so the owner can decide next steps.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

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Run a sensitivity analysis showing how a 10–20% material price increase would change the final project cost so I can advise the owner.

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Construction Manager

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Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Excel — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.