Poorly Designed Bid Documents

Lazy Engineering Creates Electrical Estimating Nightmares

Recently I had the misfortune of being asked to estimate a school renovation project in New Jersey. I say misfortune because it was the worst set of drawings I have ever received and I don’t mean since starting an electrical estimating service, I mean ever! The project consisted of approximately seventy five electrical drawings alone.…

Electrical Estimating for Design Build Projects

Have you ever wanted to perform design assist electrical budgets in hopes of generating more revenue for your company? Providing electrical estimating budgets can give electrical contractors an edge over the competition that bidding standard projects does not. Basically there are three phases to electrical design assist budgets that you need to understand and they…

Why Are You Wearing Your Tools?

People start businesses everyday. Some people are driven by visions of grandeur or wealth. Others want freedom and flexibility that they perceive comes with owning their own company. Some are simply thrust into the situation without a lot of choice (yes that does happen)! The vast majority of the new electrical contractors are people who…

On-Line / Home Study Module Based Electrical Estimating Course

DBP Electrical Consulting is proud to announce that as of January 2014 it will be offering module based on-line / home study electrical estimator training. This training will provide everything you need to get you on your way to becoming a professional electrical estimator! The individual modules can be purchased separately to help reduce the…

DBPEC presents Electrical Estimating 101 at the ASCSP National Conference

Recently David Parden of DBPEC was invited to teach a basic electrical estimating 101 class at the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals (ASCSP) 6th annual national conference in Denver. It was a great opportunity to network with folks we do not normally get to in our day-to-day affairs of construction and budget estimating. It…