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Outside of our industry, the layperson sees an estimate as a price quote in advance for a good or service. The basic definition of estimating as it relates to our industry is “a means of translating associated costs to performing a task into a universally accepted language that is both quantifiable and justifiable.” The reality is that much of what we call estimating is not really estimating as much as it is reporting on work already performed, which is sometimes called “forensic estimating.” Nevertheless, the term has taken hold and all breakdowns for work

So how did we get here? Why do third-party or negotiated scope? The TPA would manage contractor administrators (TPAs) exist in our industry? Why do TPAs even get a say on who does what and how? Well, it may be prudent to give a little background on the emergence of TPAs. Long before the TPA term was applied to our industry, there was this idea of a “Managed Repair Network” among several insurance carriers. The repair networks were originally developed to bring high-performing insurance restoration contractors together to service pre-qualified claims from financially stable