Editorial standards
The route a post takes from first draft to your screen.
Wording last reviewed
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Sources come first
Every post lists the pages it leans on, such as manuals, agency pages and the help pages of estimating tools. A claim with nothing behind it stays out.
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Write, trace, check
Each post is written by an AI tool. Code traces every figure to a listed page, and a checker model from another AI maker reads the figures once before publishing.
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Examples are examples
Where a post works a sum, the numbers are invented and the post says so. CostDay quotes no average markup, because no one figure suits every job.
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Not a price for your job
A post explains a method. It is not an estimate for your project, a bid bond, a stamp or a professional opinion. Your own takeoff and your own rates decide your own price.
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Dates
A post carries two dates: when it went live, and when its figures were last traced.