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Common Challenges
for Estimators in
the Standard Steel
Fabrication Workow
Obviously, many external
challenges continuously impact
how you do your job and your
potential for success. Most of
these are completely out of any
individual's control (such as global
economic trends, the supply of
raw materials, etc.) and many fall
far outside of your responsibilities
(such as access to skilled labor or
negotiating supplier contracts).
Still, plenty of the internal
challenges that arise during the
fabrication workow are within
your sphere of inuence. Let's
focus on those.