vault backup: 2026-01-08 16:57:50

.obsidian/community-plugins.json

@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@
   "calendar",
   "periodic-notes",
   "spellcheck-toggler",
-  "obsidian-pandoc"
+  "obsidian-pandoc",
+  "obsidian-tasks-plugin"
 ]

.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-tasks-plugin/data.json

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+{
+  "presets": {
+    "this_file": "path includes {{query.file.path}}",
+    "this_folder": "folder includes {{query.file.folder}}",
+    "this_folder_only": "filter by function task.file.folder === query.file.folder",
+    "this_root": "root includes {{query.file.root}}",
+    "hide_date_fields": "# Hide any values for all date fields\nhide due date\nhide scheduled date\nhide start date\nhide created date\nhide done date\nhide cancelled date",
+    "hide_non_date_fields": "# Hide all the non-date fields, but not tags\nhide id\nhide depends on\nhide recurrence rule\nhide on completion\nhide priority",
+    "hide_query_elements": "# Hide postpone, edit and backinks\nhide postpone button\nhide edit button\nhide backlinks",
+    "hide_everything": "# Hide everything except description and any tags\npreset hide_date_fields\npreset hide_non_date_fields\npreset hide_query_elements"
+  },
+  "globalQuery": "",
+  "globalFilter": "TODO",
+  "removeGlobalFilter": true,
+  "taskFormat": "tasksPluginEmoji",
+  "setCreatedDate": false,
+  "setDoneDate": true,
+  "setCancelledDate": true,
+  "autoSuggestInEditor": true,
+  "autoSuggestMinMatch": 0,
+  "autoSuggestMaxItems": 20,
+  "provideAccessKeys": true,
+  "useFilenameAsScheduledDate": false,
+  "filenameAsScheduledDateFormat": "",
+  "filenameAsDateFolders": [],
+  "recurrenceOnNextLine": false,
+  "removeScheduledDateOnRecurrence": false,
+  "statusSettings": {
+    "coreStatuses": [
+      {
+        "symbol": " ",
+        "name": "Todo",
+        "nextStatusSymbol": "x",
+        "availableAsCommand": true,
+        "type": "TODO"
+      },
+      {
+        "symbol": "x",
+        "name": "Done",
+        "nextStatusSymbol": " ",
+        "availableAsCommand": true,
+        "type": "DONE"
+      }
+    ],
+    "customStatuses": [
+      {
+        "symbol": "/",
+        "name": "In Progress",
+        "nextStatusSymbol": "x",
+        "availableAsCommand": true,
+        "type": "IN_PROGRESS"
+      },
+      {
+        "symbol": "-",
+        "name": "Cancelled",
+        "nextStatusSymbol": " ",
+        "availableAsCommand": true,
+        "type": "CANCELLED"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "features": {
+    "INTERNAL_TESTING_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT": true
+  },
+  "generalSettings": {},
+  "headingOpened": {
+    "Core Statuses": true,
+    "Custom Statuses": true
+  },
+  "debugSettings": {
+    "ignoreSortInstructions": false,
+    "showTaskHiddenData": false,
+    "recordTimings": false
+  },
+  "loggingOptions": {
+    "minLevels": {
+      "": "info",
+      "tasks": "info",
+      "tasks.Cache": "info",
+      "tasks.Events": "info",
+      "tasks.File": "info",
+      "tasks.Query": "info",
+      "tasks.Task": "info"
+    }
+  }
+}

.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-tasks-plugin/manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "id": "obsidian-tasks-plugin",
+  "name": "Tasks",
+  "version": "7.22.0",
+  "minAppVersion": "1.4.0",
+  "description": "Track tasks across your vault. Supports due dates, recurring tasks, done dates, sub-set of checklist items, and filtering.",
+  "helpUrl": "https://publish.obsidian.md/tasks/",
+  "author": "Clare Macrae and Ilyas Landikov (created by Martin Schenck)",
+  "authorUrl": "https://github.com/obsidian-tasks-group",
+  "fundingUrl": "https://github.com/sponsors/claremacrae",
+  "isDesktopOnly": false
+}

13723-feather-sound-cir-e-210.md

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 id:
 aliases: []
 title: "13723 Feather Sound Circle East #210"
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/incomplete
 ---
 # 13723 Feather Sound Circle East #210
 

2009-honda-civic.md

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 id:
 aliases: []
 title: 2009 Honda Civic
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/incomplete
 ---
 # 2009 Honda Civic
 

2025-11-14.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ title: 2025-11-14
 
 ## 2025-11-14 13:41
 
-#topic/meta #topic/hobbies/banjo #topic/hobbies/shorthand
+#topic/meta #topic/music/banjo #topic/hobbies/shorthand
 
 I added two new long term tasks to the notebook.
 

2026-01-06.md

@@ -102,3 +102,12 @@ But that's a lot of mental overhead.
 Tracking contractor growth by project square footage
 rather than contract value dollars.
 Account for market shifts and regional differences.
+
+Problematic for other than new residential construction.
+Do you count site area?
+Out of contract building area for renovations?
+
+Maybe the sum of in-contract building area and other areas prorated somehow.
+
+Seems imminently gameable.
+See [[incentives#Perverse Incentive]] and [[estimating-culture#Incentives]].

2026-01-07.md

@@ -74,12 +74,33 @@ like it was for my mentors and peers at Ace.
 
 ## 2026-01-07 12:13
 
+#occupational #topic/estimating #topic/organization 
+
 Just now Jorge admonished another peer
-for using insulated wire for pool bonding.
+for using insulated wire for pool bonding,
+his rational was flawed beyond saving
+(something about the difference between bonding and grounding),
+but stemmed from a frustratingly common misunderstanding
+that our Accubid assemblies are intended to be an accurate list
+of the material to be installed.
+
+They are not.
+If they were intended to be accurate,
+there would need to be several times as many.
+They are a compromise between accuracy and estimator effort.
+It should be assumed that for common scope,
+at least one assembly should be acceptable as-is.
+
+Pool bonding is required for at least a quarter of our jobs.
+We have no bonding assemblies with bare wire.
+Therefore it must be assumed that it was determined
+that it would be acceptable to represent bare wire bonding with insulated wire items,
+because otherwise it would be necessary to have double the assemblies,
+or to ec
 
 ## 2026-01-07 16:03
 
-#occupational #topic/organization 
+#occupational #topic/estimating #topic/organization 
 
 There is a palpable animosity for [[pdi-estimating#Bid Estimating|Bid]]
 in [[pdi-estimating#Construction Estimating (ConEst)|ConEst]],

2026-01-08.md

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: "2026-01-08"
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/draft
+  - type/daily
+---
+# 2026-01-08
+
+## 2026-01-08 13:33
+
+### 2100 Crystal Drive
+
+#### Switchgear
+
+Switchgear cost comp
+"\\EgnyteDrive\Shared\Estimating\11 Bid Estimating Spreadsheets\Switchgear Pricing Tool Version 2 (2.02.2024) (Template) - Copy.xls"
+
+Includes
+* submetering
+* coordination study
+
+#### Generators
+
+> [!failure]
+> Generators were erroneously broken down in switchgear.
+
+[[switchgear-takeoff#Generator|Generator]]
+
+#### Composite Cleanup
+
+1 day per week
+
+#### Temp Power
+
+$10,000 per [[heavy-equipment#Swing Stage Scaffolding|swing stage]]
+
+[[temp-power-takeoff]]

TODO.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tags:
   - destiny/permanent/entry-point
   - status/incomplete
   - topic/meta
-  - type/encyclopedia
+  - type/directory
 ---
 # TODO
 
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ of the contents of [[this-notebook]].
 
 For other tasks and goals see [[personal-tasks]].
 
+For tasks describable in a single imperative, see [[small-tasks]].
+
 ## Long-Running Tasks
 
 These tasks are will never be complete,

banjo-tablatures.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ tags:
   - authorship/original
   - destiny/permanent
   - status/incomplete
-  - topic/hobbies/banjo
+  - topic/music/banjo
   - type/encyclopedia
 ---
 # Banjo Tablatures

banjo.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ tags:
   - authorship/original
   - destiny/permanent
   - status/incomplete
-  - topic/hobbies/banjo
+  - topic/music/banjo
   - type/encyclopedia
 ---
 # Banjo

construction-methods.md

@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 ---
 id:
 aliases: []
+title: Construction Methods
 tags:
   - authorship/original
   - destiny/permanent
   - status/incomplete
   - topic/construction
-  - type/encyclopedia
+  - type/encyclopedia-entry
-title: Construction Methods
 ---
 # Construction Methods
 
-
-
 %%
 
-TYPICAL EIFS ON 
+TYPICAL EIFS ON
 CFMF ASSEMBLY
 
 FCB ON CFMF
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ Those around elevator shafts form a "shear core".
 
 > [!info] Reference
 > * [Concrete Slab | Different types of Slabs in Construction](https://www.constructioncost.co/slabs-in-construction.html)
-> * [Concrete Slab Types – Construction, Cost, and Applications – theconstructor.org](https://theconstructor.org/practical-guide/concrete-slab-construction-cost/28153/)
+> * [Concrete Slab Types -- Construction, Cost, and Applications -- theconstructor.org](https://theconstructor.org/practical-guide/concrete-slab-construction-cost/28153/)
 
 ### Conventional Slab
 

cruel-mother.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tags:
   - destiny/permanent
   - exclude-from-word-count
   - status/incomplete
-  - topic/banjo
+  - topic/music/banjo
   - type/media/music
 ---
 # The Cruel Mother (Traditional)

decrease-in-sigma.md

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: Decrease in Sigma
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/uncertain
+  - status/incomplete
+  - topic/math/statistics
+  - type/encyclopedia-entry
+---
 # Decrease in Sigma
 
 ```tikz
@@ -85,4 +96,4 @@
     \end{axis}
 \end{tikzpicture}
 \end{document}
-```
+```

estimating-culture.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ as they can simply plead ignorance if the error is discovered.
 
 I strongly oppose any project-based incentive structure for estimators.
 Such a structure is at odds with the [[purpose-of-construction-estimating]],
-and is an example of a [perverse incentive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive).
+and is an example of a [[incentives#Perverse Incentive|perverse incentive]].
 
 This behavior should be regulated by an accompanying _disincentive_ structure,
 but equivalent punishment becomes unfeasible

favorite-quotes.md

@@ -32,15 +32,6 @@ tags:
 > If you get stuck, draw with a different pen.
 > Change your tools; it may free your thinking.
 
-## About Incentives
-
-> [!quote] Charlie Munger
-> Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.
-
-> [!cite] Goodhart's Law
-> When a measure becomes a target,
-> it ceases to be a good measure.
-
 ## About Process Optimization
 
 ### "Sharpen the Axe"

full-takeoff.md

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tags:
 10. [[fire-alarm-takeoff]]
 11. [[standalone-systems-takeoff]]
 12. [[misc-budgets-takeoff]]
+13. [[temp-power-takeoff]]
 
 [[general-takeoff]]
 

heavy-equipment.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: Heavy Equipment
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/incomplete
+  - topic/construction
+  - type/encyclopedia-entry
+---
+# Heavy Equipment
+
+## Swing Stage Scaffolding

holt_2023_estimating.md

@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 id:
 aliases: []
 title: "Mike Holt's Illustrated Guide to Electrical Estimating"
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - authorship/other
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - exclude-from-word-count
+  - status/incomplete
 authors:
   - Mike C. Holt
 pages: 234

incentives.md

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: Incentives
+tags:
+  - authorship/other-for-now
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/not-started
+  - type/encyclopedia-entry
+---
+# Incentives
+
+> [!quote] Charlie Munger
+> Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.
+
+> [!cite] Goodhart's Law
+> When a measure becomes a target,
+> it ceases to be a good measure.
+
+## Perverse Incentive
+
+[perverse incentive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive)

learn-banjo.md

@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ tags:
   - authorship/original
   - destiny/fleeting
   - status/incomplete
-  - topic/hobbies/banjo
+  - topic/music/banjo
   - type/task
 ---
 # Learn Banjo
 
-Learn [[banjo#Scruggs Style]]
+* [ ] TODO: [[learn-banjo]]
+
+Learn [[banjo#Scruggs Style|Scruggs Style]]
 
 [30 Days of Banjo: Absolute Beginner Banjo Course - Eli Gilbert Banjo](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE248-wQeZu8QaJYOzjxG5VLGN6zlIRGM)

learn-shorthand.md

@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ title: Learn Shorthand
 ---
 # Learn Shorthand
 
+* [ ] TODO: [[learn-shorthand]]
+
 [[shorthand#Gregg Notehand]]

location-vs-scope.md

@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 id:
 aliases: []
 title: Location vs. Scope
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/incomplete
+  - type/encyclopedia-entry
 ---
 # Location vs. Scope
 

misc-budgets-takeoff.md

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ tags:
 # Misc Budgets Takeoff
 
 * `Drawing` = "N/A"
-* `System` = "EL - Electrical"
 
 ## Slab Deck
 
+* `System` = "EL - Electrical"
+
 Takeoff: `ITEM DATABASE`/`MISC PDI PRODUCT`/`MISC MATERIAL - SLAB/DECK & FEEDER`/`MISC MATERIAL - SLAB/DECK (NAILS, PAINT, TAPE, ETC = $250)`
 * **Count** = 1
 
@@ -27,51 +28,5 @@ Takeoff: `ITEM DATABASE`/`MISC PDI PRODUCT`/`MISC MATERIAL - SLAB/DECK & FEEDER`
 2. * `Area` = "Typical - Garage All Levels"
     * `Phase` = "Garage"
 
-## Temporary Power & Lighting
+[[temp-power-takeoff]]
 
-### Temp Power
-
-1. * `Area` = "2 - Site"
-    * `Phase` = "Temp Power"
-    * `System` = "TPS - Temp Power Service (Site)"
-    * `BidItem` = "1 - Site"
-
-    Takeoff: `ITEM DATABASE`/`TEMPORARY POWER`/`TEMPORARY POWER - ... SERVICE`
-    * **Count** = 1
-
-### Temp Lighting
-
-1. * `Area` = "01 - Temp Power Distribution Building"
-    * `Phase` = "Temp Power"
-    * `System` = "TPD - Temp Power Distribution (Gag. & Bldg.)"
-    * `BidItem` = "3 - Building"
-
-    `ITEM DATABASE`/`TEMPORARY POWER`/...
-
-    _Garden Style:_
-    * Takeoff: .../`TEMPORARY POWER - T POLE (EACH)`
-        * **Count** = 1 per 150ft per building
-
-    _All others:_
-    * Takeoff: .../`* - TEMPORARY LIGHTING / PWR PNL (PER BLDG AREA SFT)`
-        * **Count** = Building GSF = Total GSF - Garage GSF
-
-1. * `Area` = "01 - Temp Power Distribution Garage"
-    * `Phase` = "Temp Power"
-    * `System` = "TPD - Temp Power Distribution (Gag. & Bldg.)"
-    * `BidItem` = "2 - Garage"
-
-    Takeoff: `ITEM DATABASE`/`TEMPORARY POWER`/`* - TEMPORARY LIGHTING / PWR PNL (PER BLDG AREA SFT)`
-    * **Count** = Garage GSF
-
-## Irrigation Pumps
-
-1. * `Area` = "2 - Site"
-    * `Phase` = "Temp Power"
-    * `System` = "MISC - Site Miscellaneous"
-    * `BidItem` = "1 - Site"
-
-    Takeoff: `COMMON ASSEMBLIES`/`MECHANICAL CONNECTIONS (UP TO 100A)`/`PVC - LT NM FLEX (CARFLEX)`/`30A 3PH MECH CONN (200') 3/4" PVC 4#10 - CARFLEX`
-    * **Count** = 3
-
-    Prepend to name: "Irrigation Pumps - "

music-theory-as-code.md

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: Music Theory as Code
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/incomplete
+---
 # Music Theory as Code
 
 PowerShell module to assist in translating between banjo fingerings and concert notes,
@@ -254,9 +263,7 @@ classDiagram
 
 | difMod7 | genericInterval |
 | ------- | --------------- |
-| 0       | Unison          | 
+| 0       | Unison          |
-
 
 `mod12` pitch class
 `mod7` staff position class
-

music-theory-for-banjo.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ tags:
   - authorship/original
   - destiny/permanent
   - status/incomplete
-  - topic/hobbies/banjo
+  - topic/music/banjo
   - type/encyclopedia
 ---
 # Music Theory for Banjo

music-theory.md

@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 id:
 aliases: []
 title: Music Theory
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/incomplete
+  - topic/music
+  - type/encyclopedia
 ---
 # Music Theory
 

small-tasks.md

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: Small Tasks
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - type/directory
+  - status/incomplete
+---
+# Small Tasks
+
+* [ ] TODO: Explain appropriate use of Tasks plugin
+
+```tasks
+```

switchgear-takeoff.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ tags:
 > * Grounding
 > * Elevator Room
 
-## Takeoff
+## Switchgear
 
 * `Area` = _As shown_
 * `Phase` = "Switch Gear"
@@ -44,3 +44,20 @@ tags:
 ### Wireway
 
 1. `ITEM DATABASE`/???
+
+## Power Monitoring
+
+> [!info] Also Known As
+> * Submetering
+
+1. [[distribution-designations#Submeters/Power Monitors]]
+
+2. ==1" to 1-1/2" EMT riser==
+
+    * [ ] TODO: Establish Power Monitoring riser takeoff procedure with Joel and document
+
+## Generator
+
+* [ ] TODO: Add Generator breakdowns to script
+
+1. [[distribution-designations#Generators]]

takeoff-review.md

@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ Put location, quantity, and type on OneNote
 1. Garage Homeruns
 2. Luminaire in Amenity Areas
 3. Ensure appropriate breakdowns
-    * Site lighting in System "FML - Site Fixtures Material & Labor"
+    * Site lighting in `System` = "FML - Site Fixtures Material & Labor"

temp-power-takeoff.md

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+title: Temporary Power & Lighting Takeoff
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - occupational/takeoff
+  - status/draft
+  - type/guide
+---
+# Temporary Power & Lighting Takeoff
+
+## Temp Power
+
+> [!info]
+> Includes
+> * Crane power
+
+1. * `Area` = "2 - Site"
+    * `Phase` = "Temp Power"
+    * `System` = "TPS - Temp Power Service (Site)"
+    * `BidItem` = "1 - Site"
+
+    Takeoff: `ITEM DATABASE`/`TEMPORARY POWER`/`TEMPORARY POWER - ... SERVICE`
+    * **Count** = 1
+
+## Temp Lighting
+
+1. * `Area` = "01 - Temp Power Distribution Building"
+    * `Phase` = "Temp Power"
+    * `System` = "TPD - Temp Power Distribution (Gag. & Bldg.)"
+    * `BidItem` = "3 - Building"
+
+    `ITEM DATABASE`/`TEMPORARY POWER`/...
+
+    _Garden Style:_
+    * Takeoff: .../`TEMPORARY POWER - T POLE (EACH)`[^1]
+        * **Count** = 1 per 150ft per building
+
+    _All others:_
+    * Takeoff: .../`* - TEMPORARY LIGHTING / PWR PNL (PER BLDG AREA SFT)`
+        * **Count** = Building GSF (Total GSF - Garage GSF)
+
+2. * `Area` = "01 - Temp Power Distribution Garage"
+    * `Phase` = "Temp Power"
+    * `System` = "TPD - Temp Power Distribution (Gag. & Bldg.)"
+    * `BidItem` = "2 - Garage"
+
+    Takeoff: `ITEM DATABASE`/`TEMPORARY POWER`/`* - TEMPORARY LIGHTING / PWR PNL (PER BLDG AREA SFT)`
+    * **Count** = Garage GSF
+
+[^1]: Field constructed assembly of receptacles.
+    Sometimes called a "spider box".
+
+## Irrigation Pumps
+
+1. * `Area` = "2 - Site"
+    * `Phase` = "Temp Power"
+    * `System` = "MISC - Site Miscellaneous"
+    * `BidItem` = "1 - Site"
+
+    Takeoff: `COMMON ASSEMBLIES`/`MECHANICAL CONNECTIONS (UP TO 100A)`/`PVC - LT NM FLEX (CARFLEX)`/`30A 3PH MECH CONN (200') 3/4" PVC 4#10 - CARFLEX`
+    * **Count** = 3
+
+    Prepend to name: "Irrigation Pumps - "

uncertainty-in-construction-estimating.md

@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 id:
 aliases: []
 title: Uncertainty in Construction Estimating
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/incomplete
+  - topic/estimating
+  - topic/risk
+  - type/cross-topic
 ---
 # Uncertainty in Construction Estimating
 
@@ -14,6 +20,7 @@ and [[risk-management-for-construction-estimating]]
 for strategy based on such uncertainty.
 
 %%
+
 ## TALK
 
 What do I mean that project cost is uncertain until the last invoice?
@@ -59,4 +66,4 @@ of tying up an estimator who could otherwise be starting a new project.
 In many cases, the [[utility]] of doubled throughput
 far outweighs the increased risk of individual bids.
 
-%%
+%%