Estimate materials requirements for projects.

Estimate materials requirements for projects. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 8 occupations and seen in 10 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Determine resource needs of projects or operations. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 10 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 10 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 3 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.004% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Study blueprints and examine surface to be covered to determine amount of material needed. · Tile and Stone Setters · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Interpret blueprints and drawings to determine specifications and to calculate the materials required. · Brickmasons and Blockmasons · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed. · Carpet Installers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Measure surfaces or review work orders to estimate the quantities of materials needed. · Paperhangers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Estimate materials and labor required to complete roofing jobs. · Roofers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs. · First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Estimate materials, equipment, and personnel needed for residential or commercial solar installation projects. · Solar Energy Installation Managers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Determine materials needed to complete the job and place orders accordingly. · Plasterers and Stucco Masons · importance 4.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Calculate amounts of required materials and estimate costs, based on surface measurements or work orders. · Painters, Construction and Maintenance · importance 3.6 · direct LLM exposure
• Visit customer sites to determine solar system needs, requirements, or specifications. · Solar Energy Installation Managers · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Tile and Stone Setters
• Brickmasons and Blockmasons
• Carpet Installers
• Paperhangers
• Roofers
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
• Plasterers and Stucco Masons
• Painters, Construction and Maintenance

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Estimate materials requirements for projects.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/estimate-materials-requirements-for-projects}
}