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@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ up: "[[conest-projects]]"
 ---
 # 1000 Virginia

-Project Status: Warranty
-Region: DIV-4 Dan Bacon
-Building Type: High-Rise
-Contract Type: Design Build
-Units: 454
-Square Feet: 545,051
-Start Date: 02/09/2021
-End Date: 12/05/2023
-Contract Amount: $19,852,516
+* Project Status: Warranty
+* Region: DIV-4 Dan Bacon
+* Building Type: High-Rise
+* Contract Type: Design Build
+* Units: 454
+* Square Feet: 545,051
+* Start Date: 02/09/2021
+* End Date: 12/05/2023
+* Contract Amount: $19,852,516

 1000 Virginia Ave Seattle, WA 98109

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: AACE International
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - type/organization
 ---
 # AACE International

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: AACE International Canons of Ethics
 tags:
  - exclude-from-word-count
+  - type/media/other
 author: AACE (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering) International
 url: https://web.aacei.org/about/about-aace/govdocuments
 ---
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 aliases:
  - Ace
 title: Ace Electric, Inc.
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - type/organization
 ---
 # Ace Electric, Inc.
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 aliases:
  - Ben
 title: Benjamin "Ben" O'Brien
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - type/person
 ---
 # Benjamin "Ben" O'Brien
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ tags:
  - status/not-started
  - topic/math/statistics
  - type/media/book
+  - exclude-from-word-count
 authors:
  - George E. P. Box
  - Norman Richard Draper
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ tags:
  - authorship/other
  - occupational
  - type/media
+  - exclude-from-word-count
 up: "[[pdi-pre-takeoff-confirmation]]"
 ---
 # ConEst Pre-Takeoff Email Template
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: House of Leaves
 tags:
  - type/media/book
+  - exclude-from-word-count
 author: Mark Z. Danielewski
 year: 2000
 ---
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: "Sham project compliance behaviour: Necessarily masking the reality of project work from senior management"
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - exclude-from-word-count
+  - type/media/article
 authors:
  - Eric John Darling
  - Stephen Jonathan Whitty
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ aliases:
 title: "Information and Efficiency: Another Viewpoint"
 tags:
  - type/media/article
+  - exclude-from-word-count
 author: Harold Demsetz
 doi: 10.1086/466657
 journal: The Journal of Law and Economics
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+title: ELECTRII International
+tags:
+  - type/organization
+---
+# ELECTRII International
+
+[Home - ELECTRI International](https://www.electri.org/)
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 ---
-title: "Mike Holt's Illustrated Guide to Electrical Estimating"
+title: Mike Holt's Illustrated Guide to Electrical Estimating
 tags:
  - authorship/other
  - exclude-from-word-count
+  - type/media/book
 authors:
  - Mike C. Holt
 pages: 234
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ For commentary see the companion
 The *exsupero ursus* fallacy is reinforced by authors of very popular books
 who seem to depend heavily on some version of the fallacy.
 One such author is former Wall Street trader and mathematician Nassim Taleb.
-He wrote *The Black Swan* and other books critical of common practice in risk management,
+He wrote *The Black Swan*
+and other books critical of common practice in risk management,
 especially in (but not limited to) the financial world,
 as well as the nonquantitative hubris of Wall Street.

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: How to Measure Anything in Project Management
 tags:
  - authorship/other
  - type/media/book
+  - exclude-from-word-count
 authors:
  - Douglas W. Hubbard
  - Dr. Alexander Budzier
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 aliases:
  - IEEE
 title: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - type/organization
 ---
 # Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 ---
-title: Gut Feel
+title: Intuition
 tags:
  - topic/risk
  - type/encyclopedia-entry
 up: "[[psychology]]"
 ---
-# Gut Feel
+# Intuition

-Gut feel is the sensation one acquires with subject experience
+> [**intuition**](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intuition)
+> is the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition
+> without evident rational thought and inference.
+
+Intuition is the sensation one acquires with subject experience
 that answers questions that the host can not.

 The subconscious can recall information the conscious mind has forgotten.
 The conscious mind understands concepts abstractly

-Gut feel is valuable, but is often given precedent over logic.
+Intuition is valuable, but is often given precedent over logic.
 It is not special, and is subject to the same follies as conventional logic.
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 aliases:
  - math
 title: Mathematics
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - topic/math
 ---
 # Mathematics
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: Contract Strategies for Major Projects
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - exclude-from-word-count
+  - type/media/book
 authors:
  - Edward W. Merrow
 year: 2022
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Music
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - topic/hobbies/music
 ---
 # Music
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+aliases:
+  - NECA
+title: National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
+tags:
+  - type/organization
+---
+# National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
+
+[National Electrical Contractors Association | NECA](https://www.necanet.org/)
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ aliases: []
 title: "Appendix C: Additional Costs of Change Orders"
 tags:
  - type/media/reference
+  - exclude-from-word-count
 up: "[[neca-mlu]]"
 ---
 # Appendix C: Additional Costs of Change Orders
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 aliases:
  - nec-100
+title: Article 100 Definitions
 tags:
  - authorship/other
  - destiny/uncertain
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ tags:
  - status/draft
  - topic/construction/electrical
  - type/media/reference
-title: Article 100 Definitions
+up: "[[nfpa-70_national-electric-code]]"
 ---
 # Article 100 Definitions

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 aliases:
  - nec-110
+title: Article 110 Requirements for Electrical Installations
 tags:
  - authorship/other
  - destiny/uncertain
@@ -8,13 +9,13 @@ tags:
  - status/draft
  - topic/construction/electrical
  - type/media/reference
-title: Article 110 Requirements for Electrical Installations
+up: "[[nfpa-70_national-electric-code]]"
 ---
 # Article 110 Requirements for Electrical Installations

-## Part I. General ^p1
+## Part I. General

-### 110.1 Scope. ^1
+### 110.1 Scope.

 This article covers general requirements
 for the examination and approval, installation and use,
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ and tunnel installations.
 > [!info] Informational Note:
 > See Informative Annex J for information regarding ADA accessibility design.

-### 110.2 Approval. ^2
+### 110.2 Approval.

 The conductors and equipment required or permitted by this Code shall be acceptable only if approved.

@@ -34,9 +35,9 @@ The conductors and equipment required or permitted by this Code shall be accepta
 > and 110.3, Examination, Identification, Installation, and Use of Equipment.
 > See definitions of Approved, Identified, Labeled, and Listed.

-### 110.3 Examination, Identification, Installation, Use, and Listing (Product Certification) of Equipment. ^3
+### 110.3 Examination, Identification, Installation, Use, and Listing (Product Certification) of Equipment.

-#### 110.3(A) Examination. ^3a
+#### 110.3(A) Examination.

 In judging equipment, considerations such as the following shall be evaluated:

@@ -62,36 +63,36 @@ In judging equipment, considerations such as the following shall be evaluated:

 * (8) Other factors that contribute to the practical safeguarding of persons using or likely to come in contact with the equipment

-#### 110.3(B) Installation and Use. ^3b
+#### 110.3(B) Installation and Use.

 Equipment that is listed, labeled, or both shall be installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in the listing or labeling.

-#### 110.3(C) Listing. ^3c
+#### 110.3(C) Listing.

 Product testing, evaluation, and listing (product certification) shall be performed by recognized qualified electrical testing laboratories and shall be in accordance with applicable product standards recognized as achieving equivalent and effective safety for equipment installed to comply with this Code.

 > [!info] Informational Note:
 > The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recognizes qualified electrical testing laboratories that perform evaluations, testing, and certification of certain products to ensure that they meet the requirements of both the construction and general industry OSHA electrical standards. If the listing (product certification) is done under a qualified electrical testing laboratory program, this listing mark signifies that the tested and certified product complies with the requirements of one or more appropriate product safety test standards.

-### 110.4 Voltages. ^4
+### 110.4 Voltages.

 Throughout this Code, the voltage considered shall be that at which the circuit operates. The voltage rating of electrical equipment shall not be less than the nominal voltage of a circuit to which it is connected.

-### 110.5 Conductors. ^5
+### 110.5 Conductors.

 Conductors used to carry current shall be of copper, aluminum, or copper-clad aluminum unless otherwise provided in this Code.

 Where the conductor material is not specified, the sizes given in this Code shall apply to copper conductors. Where other materials are used, the size shall be changed accordingly.

-### 110.6 Conductor Sizes. ^6
+### 110.6 Conductor Sizes.

 Conductor sizes are expressed in American Wire Gage (AWG) or in circular mils.

-### 110.7 Wiring Integrity. ^7
+### 110.7 Wiring Integrity.

 Completed wiring installations shall be free from short circuits, ground faults, or any connections to ground other than as required or permitted elsewhere in this Code.

-### 110.8 Wiring Methods ^8
+### 110.8 Wiring Methods

 Only wiring methods recognized as suitable
 are included in this Code.
@@ -100,13 +101,13 @@ shall be permitted to be installed
 in any type of building or occupancy,
 except as otherwise provided in this Code.

-### 110.9 Interrupting Rating. ^9
+### 110.9 Interrupting Rating.

 Equipment intended to interrupt current at fault levels shall have an interrupting rating at nominal circuit voltage at least equal to the current that is available at the line terminals of the equipment.

 Equipment intended to interrupt current at other than fault levels shall have an interrupting rating at nominal circuit voltage at least equal to the current that must be interrupted.

-### 110.10 Circuit Impedance, Short-Circuit Current Ratings, and Other Characteristics. ^10
+### 110.10 Circuit Impedance, Short-Circuit Current Ratings, and Other Characteristics.

 The overcurrent protective devices, the total impedance, the equipment short-circuit current ratings, and other characteristics of the circuit to be protected shall be selected and coordinated to permit the circuit protective devices used to clear a fault to do so without extensive damage to the electrical equipment of the circuit. This fault shall be assumed to be either between two or more of the circuit conductors or between any circuit conductor and the equipment grounding conductor(s) permitted in 250.118. Listed equipment applied in accordance with their listing shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section.

@@ -380,7 +381,7 @@ Each disconnecting means shall be legibly marked to indicate its purpose unless

 Equipment enclosures for circuit breakers or fuses applied in compliance with series combination ratings selected under engineering supervision in accordance with 240.86(A) shall be legibly marked in the field as directed by the engineer to indicate the equipment has been applied with a series combination rating. The marking shall meet the requirements in 110.21(B) and shall be readily visible and state the following:

-```
+```none
 CAUTION --- ENGINEERED SERIES COMBINATION SYSTEM RATED _______ AMPERES.
 IDENTIFIED REPLACEMENT COMPONENTS REQUIRED.
 ```
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ IDENTIFIED REPLACEMENT COMPONENTS REQUIRED.

 Equipment enclosures for circuit breakers or fuses applied in compliance with the series combination ratings marked on the equipment by the manufacturer in accordance with 240.86(B) shall be legibly marked in the field to indicate the equipment has been applied with a series combination rating. The marking shall meet the requirements in 110.21(B) and shall be readily visible and state the following:

-```
+```none
 CAUTION --- SERIES COMBINATION SYSTEM RATED ____ AMPERES.
 IDENTIFIED REPLACEMENT COMPONENTS REQUIRED.
 ```
@@ -946,7 +947,7 @@ Table 110.34(E) Elevation of Unguarded Live Parts Above Working Space

 | Nominal Voltage Between Phases | Elevation         |
 | ------------------------------ | ----------------- |
-| 1001--7500 V                   | 2.7m (9 ft)       | 
+| 1001--7500 V                   | 2.7m (9 ft)       |
 | 7501--35,000 V                 | 2.9m (9 ft 6 in.) |

 Over 35 kV Add 9.5 mm per kV above 35 kV
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ tags:
  - status/draft
  - topic/construction/electrical
  - type/media/reference
+up: "[[nfpa-70_national-electric-code]]"
 ---
 # Article 200 Use and Identification of Grounded Conductors
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 aliases:
  - nec-210
+title: Article 210 Branch Circuits
 tags:
  - authorship/other
  - destiny/uncertain
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ tags:
  - status/draft
  - topic/construction/electrical
  - type/media/reference
-title: Article 210 Branch Circuits
+up: "[[nfpa-70_national-electric-code]]"
 ---
 # Article 210 Branch Circuits

@@ -37,10 +38,15 @@ Table 210.3 lists references for specific equipment and applications not located
 | Switchboards and panelboards                                                |         | 408.52                |

 %%
-* [[nfpa-70_440_hvac-equipment#440.6 Ampacity and Rating.]]
-* [[nfpa-70_440_hvac-equipment#440.31 General.]]
-* [[nfpa-70_440_hvac-equipment#440.32 Single Motor-Compressor.]]
-* [[nfpa-70_430_motors]]
+Air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment:
+Sections [[nfpa-70_440_hvac-equipment#440.6 Ampacity and Rating.|440.6]],
+[[nfpa-70_440_hvac-equipment#440.31 General.|440.31]],
+[[nfpa-70_440_hvac-equipment#440.32 Single Motor-Compressor.|440.32]]
+
+...
+
+Motors, motor circuits, and controllers:
+[[nfpa-70_430_motors|Article 430]]
 %%

 ### 210.4 Multiwire Branch Circuits.
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ tags:
  - topic/construction/electrical
  - type/media/reference
 title: Article 215 Feeders
+up: "[[nfpa-70_national-electric-code]]"
 ---
 # Article 215 Feeders

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 aliases:
  - nec-220
+title: Article 220 Branch-Circuit, Feeder, and Service Load Calculations
 tags:
  - authorship/other
  - destiny/uncertain
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ tags:
  - status/draft
  - topic/construction/electrical
  - type/media/reference
-title: Article 220 Branch-Circuit, Feeder, and Service Load Calculations
+up: "[[nfpa-70_national-electric-code]]"
 ---
 # Article 220 Branch-Circuit, Feeder, and Service Load Calculations

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+title: Templater
+tags: []
+up: "[[obsidian]]"
+---
+# Templater
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ tags:
  - authorship/other
  - status/complete
  - type/media/other
+  - exclude-from-word-count
 ---
 # PDI Success Profile: Estimator - ConEst Electrical

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: "Hotel Design: Planning and Development, Second Edition"
 tags:
  - type/media/book
+  - exclude-from-word-count
 authors:
  - Lawrence Adams
  - Richard Penner
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ aliases:
 title: Power Design, Inc.
 tags:
  - occupational
+  - type/organization
 ---
 # Power Design, Inc.
@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ Project Management™ practice is only _universally_ applicable
 to _software_ project management.

 > [!aside]
-> [[the-failure-of-risk-management]] humorously points out
+> _[[hubbard_2020_failure|The Failure of Risk Management]]_
+> humorously points out
 > that PMI may not be in touch with _any_ part of its audience
 > if they are able to release a publication "3 years overdue"
-> without embarrassment. (p. 103)
+> without embarrassment.[^1]
+
+[^1]: p. 103

 That's not to say that it should be overlooked in construction applications.
 There's no better source for solutions to problems that our industries share.
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Realization
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - topic/math/statistics
 ---
 # Realization

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ tags:
  - authorship/other
  - topic/construction/electrical
  - type/media/article
+  - exclude-from-word-count
 authors:
  - David A. Snyder, PE
 year: 2020
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: Stag Hunt
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - topic/math
+up: "[[game-theory]]"
 ---
 # Stag Hunt

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ tags:
  - exclude-from-word-count
  - topic/hobbies/reading
  - type/media-commentary
+  - type/media/excerpt
 description: |
  An excerpt from _The Shadow of the Torturer_, Chapter 17 "The Challenge" by Gene Wolfe,
  with my analysis in comment blocks.
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: 2025-12-02 10:40:??
 tags:
  - topic/construction/electrical
  - exclude-from-word-count
+  - type/media/excerpt
 daily: "[[2025-12-02]]"
 ---
 # 2025-12-02 10:40:??
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 id: 2026-01-02T19:21:00-0500
 title: 2026-01-02 19:21:??
 tags:
+  - type/anecdote
 daily: "[[2026-01-02]]"
 ---
 # 2026-01-02 19:21:??
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ id: 2026-01-07T06:41:00-0500
 title: 2026-01-07 06:41:??
 tags:
  - exclude-from-word-count
+  - type/media/excerpt
 daily: "[[2026-01-07]]"
 ---
 # 2026-01-07 06:41:??
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ tags:
  - authorship/other
  - exclude-from-word-count
  - status/draft
+  - type/media/quote
 daily: "[[2026-01-31]]"
 ---
 # 2026-01-31 17:49:00
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ tags:
  - exclude-from-word-count
  - status/draft
  - topic/hobbies/reading
+  - type/media/quote
 daily: "[[2026-02-07]]"
 ---
 # 2026-02-07 09:16:31
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ daily: "[[2026-02-12]]"

 Applies to "Equipment intended to interrupt current".

-[[nfpa-70_110_requirements#^9|NEC 110.9 Interrupting Rating.]]
+[[nfpa-70_110_requirements#110.9 Interrupting Rating.|NEC 110.9 Interrupting Rating.]]

 Maximum current that the equipment can interrupt without damage.
 Measured in amperes, usually shown as kAIC.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Measured in amperes, usually shown as kAIC.

 * "withstand rating"

-[[nfpa-70_110_requirements#^10|NEC 110.10 Circuit Impedance, Short-Circuit Current Ratings, and Other Characteristics.]]
+[[nfpa-70_110_requirements#110.10 Circuit Impedance, Short-Circuit Current Ratings, and Other Characteristics.|NEC 110.10 Circuit Impedance, Short-Circuit Current Ratings, and Other Characteristics.]]

 Applies to **assemblies**: distribution equipment
 like switchboards, panelboards, switches, etc.
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ tags:
  - exclude-from-word-count
  - status/draft
  - topic/risk
+  - type/media/excerpt
 daily: "[[2026-02-17]]"
 ---
 # 2026-02-17 16:47:46
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ tags:
  - exclude-from-word-count
  - occupational
  - status/draft
+  - type/media/other
 daily: "[[2026-03-09]]"
-date-created: 2026-03-09T08:51:24-04:00
 ---
 # 2026-03-09 08:51:24

 ## Values & Competencies

+%%
 Reviewed in-person with [[joel-jansen]] [[2026-03-03]].

 Regarding the scoring,
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ the ratings were much more confusing
 I take no issue with the ratings Joel gave,
 all the topics I feel strongly enough about to argue
 were scored accurately as far as
+%%

 ### Integrity

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ tags:
  - authorship/other
  - status/draft
  - exclude-from-word-count
+  - type/media/excerpt
 date-created: 2026-04-03T20:02:25-04:00
 daily: "[[2026-04-03]]"
 ---
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ id: 2026-05-14T08:46:17-0400
 title: 2026-05-14 08:46:17
 tags:
  - exclude-from-word-count
+  - type/media/other
 daily: "[[2026-05-14]]"
 ---
 # 2026-05-14 08:46:17
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+id: 2026-05-27T16:59:11-0400
+title: 2026-05-27 16:59:11
+tags: []
+daily: "[[2026-05-27]]"
+---
+# 2026-05-27 16:59:11
+
+Follow-up to [[2026-05-21_08-12-01]]:
+
+Estimators at all levels of precision
+must use knowledge and no small amount of [[intuition]]
+to determine what questions are worth asking.
+The only way to estimate without making assumptions
+is to convince yourself that the ones that you're making
+could not reasonably be interpreted differently.
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+id: 2026-05-27T17:35:49-0400
+title: 2026-05-27 17:35:49
+tags: []
+daily: "[[2026-05-27]]"
+---
+# 2026-05-27 17:35:49
+
+Follow-up to [[2026-05-22_13-11-50#Render-Time Text Replacement Rules]]:
+
+A fully customizable plugin implementing this behavior
+would allow implementation of some simple Markdown extensions.
+For example, Pandoc's `^2^` superscript syntax.
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Vim
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - topic/software
 ---
 # Vim