Acronyms
COD
What is Commercial Operation Date?
Estimators commonly use this function to search for pricing data vertically in large tables.
What is VLOOKUP?
This transmission structure component electrically isolates energized conductors from grounded steel towers.
What is an insulator?
The contractor must do this when the AC collection trench hits a stream.
What is bore?
Lebron James
Who is the second best basketball player of all time?
IFB
What is Issued for Bid?
This symbol creates an absolute cell reference in Excel formulas.
What is the dollar sign ($)?
This electrical equipment allows multiple strings of PV modules to combine before inverter input.
What is a combiner box?
This type of dead-end structure is used when your gen-tie crosses another line of a higher voltage.
What is a 3-pole structure?
John Adams
Who was the second president of the United States?
WACC
What is Weighted Average Cost of Capital?
This lookup function combination is often used by advanced estimators instead of VLOOKUP for more flexibility.
What is INDEX MATCH?
This substation equipment isolates faults and interrupts current under load conditions.
What is a circuit breaker?
This GIS analysis estimates excavation and embankment quantities by comparing existing and proposed surfaces.
What is cut-and-fill analysis?
Kim Kardashian
Who is the second oldest Kardashian sister?
HRSG
What is Heat Recovery Steam Generator?
This function counts the number of cells that meet several conditions.
What is COUNTIFS?
On BESS projects, auxiliary load calculations are significantly impacted by this system required for thermal management.
What is the HVAC (or cooling) system?
This GIS file format commonly stores vector features such as parcels, roads, and utility corridors.
What is a shapefile?
Buzz Aldrin
Who was the second person to walk on the moon?
What is Portable Document Format?
Ferny will be VERY mad at you if you use this button to format a header on a table over multiple columns.
What is Merge & Center?
On wind projects, this weather phenomenon can significantly reduce blade efficiency and increase loading.
What is blade icing?
This remote sensing technology is commonly used to generate highly accurate topographic surfaces for utility-scale projects.
What is LiDAR?
K2
What is the second highest mountain on Earth?