The debate is rarely about the engineering. It is about risk: who carries the delay, who answers at 9 a.m. on a Tuesday, and what stays in writing when the relationship gets tense. Here are both columns, with no rounding in our favour.
DAY-RATE INDEX BY CITY
A first paragraph setting up the subject, with a bold passage to check the rendering.
A last, shorter paragraph that closes the argument.
We price the same scope within 48 hours.