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Estimate Guidelines
In the world of electrical contracting, you have to estimate and submit bids in order to win projects and stay in business. This means bidding low enough to win against many competing electrical contractors, while high enough to cover all the project costs like labor, material, equipment rentals, subcontractors, and indirect cost or otherwise known as overhead required to run your business. And don’t forget including enough profit for taking on the risk and of course growing the business. EDM is a proven electrical estimating system to help your estimating process.
An estimating program seems like a lot of work, you’re right it is, it requires a serious time commitment and this goes up significantly if you do not have an electrical estimating system in place.
EDM estimating software provides you with an easier way to get your work done using a prebuilt system and methodology.
EDM estimating software gives you on screen takeoff, estimating and quoting all in a single package with features like auto-count, a full electrical labor and material database and a way to track your bids. If you’re new to electrical estimating, this can provide a framework to get you started and generally electrical contractors see a 2-3x increase in speed over manually estimating projects with paper plans and excel.
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Transmission
The first piece of equipment in a transmission project is the pole or tower that the circuits will be attached to. From a value perspective, it makes sense to balance strength of the structures with the total number of structures themselves. EDM Estimating software focuses on a balanced estimate and takes this into account.
Distribution
Lines and Poles consists of smaller, lower-voltage lines (under 30 kV in most situations) which deliver power to homes and businesses. These are known as distribution lines, and can be buried underground in newer neighborhoods or are strung on smaller poles around 40 feet in height.
The number of energy-carrying wires on them is three or fewer (per circuit, some distribution poles carry more than one three-phase circuit) and they tend to hold other equipment on them as well, such as transformers, fuses, switches, and even telephone and cable lines.
