Job costs and specifications are integral parts to any bid. Specs are how engineers build quality into a project by calling out the exact type items to be used, the manufacturers they want used, along with the catalog number of the products they want used. Engineers also use specifications to inform the electrician of different [...]
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THE BID, FROM TAKE-OFF TO QUOTATION
THE TAKE OFF I always bid a job as if I were the one wiring it along with a good helper. I keep breaking it down into smaller and smaller pieces of the job, until they are manageable in my mind. A function of work equates to a dollar amount. Computer programs automatically add-in different [...]
THE BID AND THE PRE-BID
Under “Electrical Safety and the Technician”, I gave you advice on how to get an electrical contracting firm up and running. Now, let’s walk through a project bid. PROJECT BIDDING You’ve got the company ready to go (which may seem like a contradiction in terms, since you have spent a whole lot of money, with [...]
COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION
We have discussed at length under “Electrical Safety and the Technician”, most of the differences in wiring techniques between Residential and Commercial. Let me now walk you through the rigors of being in the electrical commercial construction business, and then the step-by-step process of the commercial job. “So you want to be a commercial electrical [...]
RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
Residential electrical construction can vary dramatically from commercial in a number of ways (according to the National Electrical Code (NEC) and local codes). Here are a few: 1. Device location: Receptacles must be placed every 12 running feet in living areas of a home. Commercial only where you need them. Receptacles must have ground fault [...]
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