DBP Electrical Consulting is proud to announce the release of it’s much anticipated manual “Beyond the Math: The Electrical Estimating Process”! You can order your copy today by simply emailing or calling us. It only cost $150.00 and along with your order you will receive one hour of phone counselling with the author, David Parden.…
Do you own or work for a smaller electrical contracting company? Are you competing against larger electrical contracting companies? Do you wonder how they can afford to work cheaper than you on competitive bid projects? You’re probably tempted to believe that they are getting better prices on their commodities and you may very well be…
There is much despair in the electrical community today because of the current economic situation. I hear stories from electrical contractors everyday about their competitors bidding jobs below the actual cost. They want to know what they can do to compete against it. Unfortunately there is no magic bullet. Today more so than ever electrical…
Electrical estimates should be structured in such a way as to easily setup job budgets, buyouts, and schedules upon award of the project. It is much easier to do these things if some thought is given to the take-off up front. Bucket your estimate the way your company will build and manage the project. Do…
Electrical Contractors who choose to outsource at least some of their estimating work load has a unique advantage over electrical contractors that do not! Outsourcing electrical estimating enables electrical contractors to bid on more projects and as everyone who is in the electrical business today knows it is more of a numbers game than ever before!
Before you put that project you just quoted in the file cabinet take a moment to create a bid log. You will be amazed how quickly it will become a powerful tool. A bid log can contain a lot of different information but even a simple one can give the electrical estimator and owner a…
What does your email address say about you? Recently I sent out a bunch of emails announcing the opening of DBP Electrical Consulting where I talked about our electrical estimating service and electrical contractor training programs, most of them were addressed to electrical contractors. As I addressed my emails I was amazed at some of…
How many times has it been said “he is a great electrician but he doesn’t understand how to run a business”? As a contractor in Alabama in the 90s this definitely applied to me. I got my master electrician certificate at the tender age of 27 and jumped right into the world of contracting. What I endured for the next decade was really painful at times but this does not have to be your fate as well!
