The licence fee is visible and the engineering time is not, so omitting internal effort can make building look artificially cheap. The fix is pricing internal effort honestly, including its maintenance tail.
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The licence fee is visible and the engineering time is not, so omitting internal effort can make building look artificially cheap. The fix is pricing internal effort honestly, including its maintenance tail.
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