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Bidding Brilliance: Exploring Features in Electrical Bidding Software

Bidding Brilliance: Exploring Features in Electrical Bidding Software

Steve Griffin – December 21, 2023
Think about the last construction project you bid on. Did you wish there was a way to make the process smoother, faster, and more accurate? Well, you're not alone. Electrical Bidding software isn't just another tool; it's a game-changer and is here to make your life easier. In this blog, we'll show you how bidding estimate software can revolutionize your approach to project bidding, saving you time and money. No more headaches, no more guesswork – just a streamlined, efficient bidding process that puts you ahead of the competition. Understanding Electrical Bidding Estimating Software Electrical Bidding Software is a critical tool in the construction industry, facilitating the estimation of project costs with a high degree of accuracy. These software solutions are designed to automate and simplify the bidding process, offering...
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Crew Size & Job Tracking

Crew Size & Job Tracking

Steve Griffin – December 12, 2023
“You must have this free tool”When you are new to Electrical Contracting and you first start thinking of crew sizes and how to keep track of your electrical projects, it may seem easy.You may say we will work 8 hours a day 5 days a week. This gives you 40 hours per week allocated per worker. You may think of this as spending 40 Man-Hours per week for each employee that will be working on the project.Another way to view this is to divide the total number of Man-Hours from your electrical estimate by 40 to see how many weeks it would take 1 man to complete the project...For example: If your electrical estimate says it will take 400 Man-Hours to complete the project you would divide 400/40=10. This tells...
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Trust Your Man-Hours-Electrical Estimating Software

Trust Your Man-Hours-Electrical Estimating Software

Steve Griffin – October 23, 2023
                                                          Trusting your Man-Hours In estimating electrical projects, it is easier to know what material you will need vs how long it will take to install that material. With time or Man-Hours, there are many more variables to consider. Who is doing the installation can change the time that it takes dramatically. When I was 30, I could throw a bundle of conduit on each shoulder and run up 3 flights of stairs and not even be breathing hard. Moreover, if we needed to finish an area, we would work through break and get it done. The 50-year-old guys could not work...
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How to make Electrical Estimating Easy

How to make Electrical Estimating Easy

Best Bid Electrical Estimating Software Team – June 21, 2023
The easiest way to make electrical estimating easy is simple.“Learn how to estimate”.Stop guessing and stop trying to make it hard.You don’t need to make estimating complicated. The goal is to provide a price that is low enough to win the project but inclusive enough that when the project is over you made money. You have to accept that you can’t control your competition. Strive for the perfect bid for your company, and let the prices fall where they fall. The low bid is often not the best bid. You must be confident in your bidding. You should never start changing the way you bid as soon as you lose a couple of jobs. I have often had estimators call and ask about their bidding techniques after losing a few projects....
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Why Trial Versions of Electrical Estimating Software Fail?

Why Trial Versions of Electrical Estimating Software Fail?

Best Bid Electrical Estimating Software Team – June 7, 2023
Our goal is to help electricians learn to estimate electrical projects. You may be the best electrician in the field but have never had the opportunity to work in the office under a senior estimator. We can teach you the skills that you need to become an estimator. We also help seasoned electrical estimators move from pen and paper to computerized estimating. No matter how little or how much you know about estimating electrical projects you need estimating software to maximize your skills. You will fail or succeed based on your ability to estimate. I rarely make a statement like this but no one can estimate as quickly or as accurately manually as they can by using software.   Just by entering a quantity, the software can instantly produce a material list,...
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Tips on How to Find and Hire the Right Electrician

Tips on How to Find and Hire the Right Electrician

Steve Griffin – February 24, 2023
An electrician's job is important. One need only looks at functioning establishments to see how important energy is to keep a building powered sufficiently. Finding an experienced and certified electrician to handle such a technical and vital job is crucial to ensuring that electrical work is done according to the required standards. At Best Bid Electrical Estimating Software we strive to uphold these standards for each one of our clients.We try to teach our customers and guide them along the way. What Types of Jobs Does an Electrician Do? An electrician can specialize in industrial, commercial or residential electrical work. It is vital to know the difference between these three, depending on the work you want to have done. Whereas a residential electrician focuses on the lighting, wiring, and configuring of the...
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Best Bid Hybrid Pro

Best Bid Hybrid Pro

Steve Griffin – December 21, 2022
Steve with Best Bid. I don’t get the chance to address you guys and gals directly very often. I spend my time estimating and tweaking how things can work better.
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Electrical Estimating Software for Residential Projects

Electrical Estimating Software for Residential Projects

Steve Griffin – December 19, 2022
Electrical Estimating Software for Residential Projects Canada & USA: How to Improve Accuracy and Efficiency for ElectriciansResidential electrical estimating software automates takeoff, pricing, and bid management so electricians produce accurate, consistent quotes faster than manual methods. This guide explains how residential electrical estimating and residential electrical takeoff tools work, why they matter for small project estimating, and how they improve accuracy, profitability, and bid management for electricians in Canada and the USA. Many sole proprietors and small contractors lose margin through manual counting errors, outdated material costs, and inconsistent labor units; the right software reduces omissions, speeds quote turnaround, and protects margins. The article covers what residential electrical estimating software is, must-have features such as on-screen takeoff and real-time material pricing, practical selection criteria for the North American market, workflows...
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4 Contract Tips for Electrical Contractors

4 Contract Tips for Electrical Contractors

Steve Griffin – July 22, 2022
4 Contract Tips for Electrical Contractors   If you are a small business owner, you might wonder whether contracts are necessary when conducting your business. Regardless of the size or nature of your company, written agreements serve some essential purposes.   Understanding why you might need a contract, what goes into a successful deal, and how to negotiate the terms can protect your business and offer you a legal footing if a conflict arises. Use these helpful tips to help develop successful contracts for your small business.   The Best Bid Hybrid Pro includes built in proposals and contracts to keep you paid. Best Bid Electrical Estimating Software is easy to use, accurate, and affordable. Call 800-941-7028 to learn how we can help with all your electrical estimating needs!  ...
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Eco-nomics: Tips for Future Green Business Leaders

Eco-nomics: Tips for Future Green Business Leaders

Steve Griffin – May 23, 2022
With all the growing threats to our environment, there’s never been a more pressing need for “green” businesses than now. Building an eco-minded enterprise isn’t just good for the planet, it can also prove highly profitable. Here are a few tips from Best Bid Estimating Software for getting yours off the ground. Online Tools You’ll also find plenty of online tools and programs to help youlaunch your operation and save on costs. You can start by moving away frompaper and digitizing your paper records. With the BestBid Hybrid Pro, you can save countless trees and eliminatepaper waste by uploading PDFs of your electrical drawings directly into thesoftware. This feature allows you to perform takeoffs directly from yourcomputer screen, saving time and paper while giving you complete control overthe process. The takeoff module...
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Top 15 Questions we get asked every day at Best Bid Electrical Estimating Software.

Top 15 Questions we get asked every day at Best Bid Electrical Estimating Software.

Steve Griffin – May 9, 2022
Learn what you don't know about Best Bid Electrical Estimating Software.
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It is obviously not obvious.

It is obviously not obvious.

Steve Griffin – May 8, 2022
It is obviously not obvious. I teach a lot of people how to estimate electrical projects. I also teach or at least share my experience of running an electrical contracting business with many new people with little more than a dream. You would think if you are starting an electrical contracting business that a few things would be obvious like: Having a name for your company. Having the correct license. Having employees. Having a way to get your employees to the job. Having enough tools to get started. Cords, ladders, drills, benders, etc. Having enough working capital to pay your employees. Setting up an account with an Electrical Supply House. Having a few customers willing to give you work or at least bid their work. Some idea of how to...
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Labor Burden-Know Your Cost or Lose Your +++

Labor Burden-Know Your Cost or Lose Your +++

Steve Griffin – February 7, 2022
Labor Burden    What does it actually cost my Electrical Company to work an employee?   This is a great question! If you are going to run a profitable electrical contracting business, then you need to know exactly what running that business costs. That knowledge will allow you to estimate electrical projects accurately and also keep you in business.   What you pay your employee is not what it cost you to work that employee.   Often employees don’t appreciate or consider what compensation they are being paid that does not show up on their paycheck. Most only look at what they bring home each week. If you are providing a phone, truck, 401K, vacation, holidays, and insurance, for example, they are receiving more compensation than what shows on their...
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10-Reasons to use the Best Bid Hybrid Pro

10-Reasons to use the Best Bid Hybrid Pro

Steve Griffin – October 29, 2021
10-Reasons to use the Best Bid Hybrid Pro 01. Speed Using the Best Bid Hybrid Pro will make estimating faster than you could ever imagine. Being able to select an Assembly, enter your quantities, and generate the perfect material list of products that would take hours to produce by hand is amazing. Not only are the materials listed, they are priced, extended, and the time it should take to install is also recorded. Collecting detailed information about the estimate with just a few clicks makes estimating seem effortless. 02.  Accuracy Spending time massaging your results before doing your first estimate will ensure that the results that you receive are spot on. No more math mistakes or wrong extensions. No more extending a long list of prices or man-hours. Your estimates...
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Choosing Electrical Estimating Software. Where is the easy button?

Choosing Electrical Estimating Software. Where is the easy button?

Steve Griffin – September 14, 2021
You woke up today with an increasable desire to change the way your company is estimating electrical projects. Furthermore, you know that you have fallen behind on technology. You finally understand that you must have electrical estimating software to compete.  What you have not discovered so far is how many estimating products there are on the market. You have also not discovered that it is not that easy to sort through the choices. Basically, they all say the same thing. We can save you time, we are easy to use and of course, we can win you more work at a greater profit.  Subsequently, when you started looking for electrical estimating software you might have thought that you would just GOOGLE electrical estimating software and the first name that shows...
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