Made for Electricians
Build a Defensible Electrical Estimate
120 min
Advanced
Planning
Make a Financial Decision
Build an electrical estimate that connects field evidence, scope boundaries, takeoff quantities, labor, materials, risk, and margin to a clear customer proposal.
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Use this when
You need to price an electrical service, construction, renovation, or installation job where incomplete information, hidden conditions, labor risk, or unclear scope could damage the result.
You'll need
- Job summary
- Project type
- Site-walk record
- Plans and specification basis
- Requested scope
- Quantity takeoff
- Labor assumptions
- Labor rates and burden
- Material and subcontractor pricing
- Indirect job costs
- Pricing method
- Target gross margin
- Known uncertainties
- Proposal terms
You'll get
- Every major price tied to a documented source or assumption
- Scope boundaries and trade handoffs stated clearly
- Takeoff quantities reconciled across available evidence
- Labor hours built from visible tasks and productivity assumptions
- Material, subcontractor, and indirect costs counted once
- Unknowns assigned an explicit pricing treatment
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- Every major price tied to a documented source or assumption
- Scope boundaries and trade handoffs stated clearly
- Takeoff quantities reconciled across available evidence
- Labor hours built from visible tasks and productivity assumptions
- Material, subcontractor, and indirect costs counted once
- Unknowns assigned an explicit pricing treatment
Sample
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Sample input
Commercial tenant build-out with open ceilings in the sales area and limited access above the stockroom. Scope includes a new panel, lighting, controls, receptacles, branch wiring, equipment connections, permits, testing, and labeling. The takeoff contains 42 fixtures, 36 receptacles, 18 switches, 620 feet of EMT, and 2,100 feet of conductor. Loaded labor is based on a journeyperson and apprentice crew. Supplier pricing is valid for 15 days, but copper pricing expires Friday. The feeder route, shutdown window, and final lighting controls are unresolved. Target gross margin is 32 percent.
Sample assembled prompt
Release decision: Revise before release. Estimate basis: Architectural and electrical drawings... Addendum 2 is included. The feeder path, utility requirements, available... Scope treatment: Base scope includes panel,... Ceiling repair and data are excluded. Lighting controls are carried as an... Feeder rerouting is excluded pending field... Cost build: Labor, material, permit, lift,... No duplicate overhead recovery was found. Margin check: Base pricing reaches the... A 15 percent labor overrun reduces... Proposal action: Update the lighting-controls allowance,...