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+title: 2026-02-04 17:02:00
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+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/draft
+  - type/timestamped
+  - occupational/takeoff
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+daily: "[[2026-02-04]]"
+---
+# 2026-02-04 17:02:00
+
+While observing takeoff for
+[[electrical-takeoff#Unit Condensing Units|unit condensing units]],
+the project engineer expressed confusion
+at the process of calculating average horizontal length,
+expressing that it was more complicated than they expected
+considering takeoff procedure for similar processes.
+The PE asked why we would not simply use the maximum
+so that we would not risk having too little overall.
+
+Their expectation surprised me,
+since it is intuitive to me
+that there must be some limit to the logic of "covering it",
+since it is always within our power to add contingency,
+and especially because---if anything---
+I feel that our procedures tend towards
+the upper end of reasonable ECI.
+(see [[value-of-information.jpg]])
+
+My response was not well formulated.