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Trace OneYou have to be able to understand how Plans specifications and estimates work together to get what you want, or what the designer wants, and that includes a LOT of practical experience in construction, as well as the ability to follow a list of 500 points in something like a road profile, or a curve alignment, accurately, and I mean precisely accurately. Excel skills and reading comprehension skills are extremely important when it comes to plans specs and estimates. Patence, the ability to sit for ten-twelve hour stretches with no back pain or hand pain, and a co-operative spirit with keeping your eye on the goal are the only things that will get you through a complex design.