Hi, I'm about to take leap of faith buying a property which I've not been able to see properly. It has a been extended a couple of times since it was built in 1970 and the current owner has no idea about the history of electrics, no certificates of any kind and doesn't want any visiting...
Hello everyone,
My name is Paul and I am a qualified electrician and electrical engineer based in Inverness, Scottish Highlands.
My company, MacLaren Electrical, provide a third party electrical estimating service to contractors in Australia and the UK
I will be using the forum to learn and...
Hi all,
As part of my job I am involved in Electrical estimating, I understand there are a few one day courses out there but I wondered if anybody knew of any courses that would lead to a qual ?
Thanks
hi all,
New here! Been reading from the fringes for awhile and have finally signed up.
Long story short.... has anyone got any of the latest Spons books (mechanical and electrical price book or the electrical one)? I've recently moved house and cannot find them anywhere!! Ideally I really...
Hello everyone.
I've been working for over eleven years directly for the leading electrical contractor for London and south east area as electrical estimator. When I search the internet I can't find any reasonable electrical estimating courses and the literature available is usually good but...
Hi Guys,
I own a Small to meduim size electrical contracting business thats exspanding by the minute!
pricing as we all know is a real pain and normally happens at 7pm with dinner on the table..
any of you guys got ideas or reviews on Estimating software for quoting domestic and commerical...
Hello, new to this forum and wanted to ask a question.
I have searched the forum and there a lot of questions asking how to estimate / cost up work.
I have a different question, how do you chaps write up your estimates and what do you use to build up an estimate?
Currently I use a homemade...
im developing a customercare dept for the company i work for, and im looking for some software to log jobs, send engineers, get signatures from customers on phones etc, bt i want one that i can bolt on to a bigger operating system once i develop my dept, to include estimating and ordering, does...
Hi Guys
Wondered if anyone had any templates of how they structure their invoicing and estimates they would be willing to share with me? Just wanted to make my paperwork look a little more professional when it comes to the structure and breakdowns. Any help is appreciated!
Thanks
bilbo
Hi Everyone,
I working in electrical industrial installation company and dealing with bidding our client. Looking for estimating software to simplify my job. Who can advise the best soft with Take-off from drawing.
Thank you.
i saw the other day that electrika has some new tool for online estimating and quotes and jobs and stuff. it's this thing: Electrika - Free Estimating Software
has anyone tried it? is it worth the bother?
Evening, first post so go easy on me!
Up until now i've always estimated manually, trawling through the details etc.... I cover domestic, commercial and mid/light industrial with works up to £50k but more regularly below £10k.
I've now got an opportunity on two very large luxury new build...
Question in 2395 past paper need help please.
if someone can show me how they worked this out
a circuit wired in 2.5mm/1.5mm twin with CPC sheathed copper cable has an r1 + r2 reading of 1.33 ohms, the value of r2 measured separately would be
1. 0.83
2.0.5
3.1.0
4.0.33
all in ohms
thanks
hello! i'm looking for some software to help with drawing up quotes and making estimates. at the moment I just use excel and bits of paper, but it's a real hassle for big jobs. there must be something out there to make this easier?
So far I've found electrika, luckins live, quantum electical...
I'am an electrical contractor who currently operates mainly in the domestic and light commercial areas of the trade i would like to try growing the business and start pricing for larger commercial jobs from £50 000 upwards, i believe you need software to help you price the larger jobs any help...
Gents,
I would like to my company to this forum.I am director of Lomax Estimating Services based within Manchester, I Provide a M&E remote estimating service to various contractors pre design and also design & build.
If you require any further information please don't hesitate to contact me...
Hi,
I'm estimating a decent sized project and it would be great to hear what a few others think. I'll give you an idea of the project. It's servicing about 10,000 or so emergency lights in 15 buildings on one site. Servicing includes, louvre cleaning, lamp, battery, and as required inverter...
would just like a bit of advice on pricing a job not sure if I have gone in too expensive. Job involves wiring a new conservatory extension which will involve 25m of 2.5mm t+e, 35m of 1.5mm t+e. 4 double sockets to be chased out and 8 downlighters and an outside security light and 1 new light...
I find it relatively easy to judge the age of additions and alterations to installations with some degree of accuracy (I think). One useful clue can be the date stamp or sticker on accessories and MCBs etc.. My problem is I don't know how to read most of them. Is there a method I am unaware...
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Im looking for some help pricing jobs, mainly domestic, is there anybody here that uses a spreadsheet with estimation times? i have purchased luckins electrical installation times guide but I'm not sure if this is aimed at bigger comercial jobs. If so what labour time per meter would be...
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