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Charterestimating

Electrical Estimating Services

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We are a professional electrical estimating company that offers long term and short-term electrical estimating solutions for electrical contractors around the nation. Whether you are looking for part-time, full-time, or more than one electrical estimator, we are always here to help you further your company’s goals.

We have over 300 years of combined experience, and at the top in the electrical industry. We have successfully bid hundreds of electrical projects ranging in value from a few thousand dollars to over several million dollars. We have vast experience estimating commercial, institutional, civil, industrial, and residential projects in both the private sector and government markets.

Our services

With All of our estimating service options, you will receive the following:

  • Power Feeders & Equipment.
  • Motor Feeders & Equipment Connections
  • Systems Feeders & Devices.
  • Branch Work Sheets.
  • Bill of Material to Send to Your Suppliers.
  • Pricing & Labor break down.
  • Adjusted, Material & Labor Recap Sheet.
  • Estimate Summary & Preliminary Base Bid Price.
  • Inclusions and Exclusions Sheet (Standard and Complete Service).
  • All on an excel spreadsheet which will give you access to make quick changes saving you time!

What You Can Expect From Us is You'll Get Everything You Need to Bid on a Project.

  • We offer a complete package for supplier quoted items such as lighting, switchgear, fire alarm, and generator.
  • We generate detailed RFIs for your use in case of any issues that may arise.
  • We provide a list of items needed when there is a need for site visits.
  • We give a detailed, comprehensive, competitive estimate that is easy to read and understand.
  • We provide a professional bid proposal with inclusions & exclusions.

Your Responsibilities Include:

  • Provide the project documents (plans) by mail, email, CD, or online availability.
  • Provide your labor rates, overhead & profit percentages (%) or we can calculate those for you.
  • Forward addenda, alternates, and relevant upstream data.
  • Forward RFI responses.
  • Forward selected “Quoted Material” prices from your suppliers.
  • Go to our online store and pick up your completed bid.
  • Submit completed bid to General Contractors.

Our Responsibilities Include:

  • Generate RFIs and forward them to you.
  • Provide a computer printout of material and labor by category.
  • Provide “Quoted Materials” lists for you to forward to your suppliers.
  • Provide you with a bid winning estimate that is easy to make necessary changes, and easy to read and understand.
  • Provide 24/7 support. We will always be available for you or your estimator when the time is critical or when it’s bid day.
  • Provide a schedule of values.
  • Provide suggested inclusions and exclusions of scope of work.
  • Recommend appropriate value engineering to increase your award rate, and simultaneously increase your profit
  • If you choose for us to submit your bid, we will contact bidding GCs and submit the completed bid proposal to GCs using your company information.

Your Responsibilities Include:

  • Provide the project documents (plans) by mail, email, CD, or online availability.
  • Provide your labor rates, overhead & profit percentages (%) or we can calculate those for you.
  • Forward addenda, alternates, and relevant upstream data.
  • Forward RFI responses.
  • Forward selected “Quoted Material” prices from your suppliers.
  • Go to our online store and pick up your completed bid.
  • Submit completed bid to General Contractors.
  • Generate RFIs and forward them to you.
  • Provide a computer printout of material and labor by category.
  • Provide “Quoted Materials” lists for you to forward to your suppliers.
  • Provide you with a bid winning estimate that is easy to make necessary changes, and easy to read and understand.
  • Provide 24/7 support. We will always be available for you or your estimator when the time is critical or when it’s bid day.
  • Provide a schedule of values.
  • Provide suggested inclusions and exclusions of scope of work.
  • Recommend appropriate value engineering to increase your award rate, and simultaneously increase your profit
  • If you choose for us to submit your bid, we will contact bidding GCs and submit the completed bid proposal to GCs using your company information.

Projects

  • Motels
  • Banks
  • Hospitals
  • Interiors
  • Parking Garages
  • Theatres
  • Hotels.
  • Airports
  • Fire Stations
  • Custom Homes
  • Health Care Facilities
  • Multi-Family Housing
  • Transportation.
  • Large Retailers
  • Universities
  • Tenants
  • Public Schools
  • Government Projects
  • High Rises
  • Solar
  • Restaurants
  • Offices
  • Auto Dealerships
  • Country Clubs

How Our Electrical Estimating Services Work For Your Company

Choose Estimating Services Needed: You can choose from the different levels of estimating services that best fits your company’s needs. Material and Labor Take-off for when your company wants to enter the numbers in to their own software, or Complete Estimating Service including submitting your proposal on your companies behalf and bid tracking. We also offer budgeting services for you when projects do not have complete drawings available.

Acquire Plans: Plans can be obtained in several ways. Charter will get them, the contractor will supply them or email, or a hard copy can be ordered. Verification of project information such as bid dates, whether the job is union, non-union, or open shop, etc.

Accurate Estimating: Once we receive the project, we read all the specs, plans and scope of work are reviewed. Company procedures at Charter have multiple cross checks and balances to minimize errors. Our on screen takeoff allows us to have better control over how we set up a project and reduce errors. We use your suppliers for all quoted material pricing and equipment.

Relationship Building: Obtaining a bidders list that includes all bidders is vital to winning a project. Provide us your “invites to bid” from a specific contractor. We will find the other contractors bidding the project and make sure your estimate gets into their hands. We offer these services so that your company is known to the General Contractors in your area.

Bid Closeout: Knowing how the numbers need to come together on bid day for a competitive estimate is just as important as an accurate take-off. Our numbers analysis will be performed and important information regarding the bid will be shared with you. Finally, any adjustment to the estimate is done and we work closely with you to finalize the bid before it is sent out.

Bid Tracking to get Results: Post bid follow up calls are made to confirm who won the bid, and what your placement was compared to other bidders, because bidding doesn’t stop on bid day. We use the information to adjust numbers on the next bid when necessary. We do follow up calls on all of our estimates, as it is vital information to help bid-win ratios.

Get a Quick Quote For Your Next Construction Project

Using state-of-the-art estimating software, Charter Estimating generates quotes based on the blueprint of your project plan. We understand your project may be under a time crunch. If so, please send us your plan via email and we will provide an electrical estimate quickly.

No matter where you are building, our team is available to assist you in your time of need. We offer electrical estimates for electrical projects all over the United States. We can also provide the forms and services to launch your next project. Our team can handle the scheduling and billing details to ensure that everything stays on track to meet your deadlines.

We also protect your investments through change order tracking, cost tracking, and Request for Information (RFI) tracking.

Testimonials

We have been using Paul and Charter Estimating for years and highly recommend them. Paul is very professional and seems to really care about his clients and their businesses. We didn’t have a clue how things would work with outsourcing our estimating team but it has worked out very well for us and at a reasonable cost. They have always went beyond and above for us and we really appreciate that.

Michael Murgatroyd

We have used Charter for a few months now. They always do a great job, really like the format the estimates come in. Easy to read and understand and make necessary changes. The estimates are accurate and never have any problems getting the projects ahead of time so I can be ready for bid day.

Chuck Kennedy

We use Charter Estimating because they win us jobs. They always do a great job. Every job they have done for us is very professional, easy to read and accurate. Couldn’t be happier with the service. We highly recommend

Paul Carver

Great services. These guys are everything they are cracked up to be. Experts in the field. If you are looking to grow your business these guys are pros. Our business is booming thanks to Paul & Charter Estimating. The real deal

Jason Brown

Charter Estimating is a great place to go for electrical estimating services. They use EBM for one their bidding software programs and that made me feel at ease that we use the same program. Everything was easy to read and understand, Paul was right on time with everything. Great Estimator! Highly Recommend

John A

Paul is a great guy. Paul w/ Charter Estimating took really good care of me when I needed an estimate done in a hurry. The project was huge and way more than I could handle but Charter got it done and I couldn’t be happier. The GC said the numbers where right where they needed to be and so my crew will be back to work. Thanks Paul

James Horn

We use Charter Estimating as a full time estimator for our company. We needed to take our company to the next level and needed an experienced estimator for the larger projects. They do a great job on all of the projects large or small. Estimates always on time, very detailed and accurate. Would recommend them to anyone.

Mike Kilpatrick

We are new at electrical contracting so I used Charter Estimating to estimate the electrical for a new commercial project. Paul did a great job. We got the contract from the GC for the job and look forward to working with Paul and Charter Estimating again. Would recommend Thanks Paul!

Jerrus Owen

We are very impressed with Charter Estimating. We use these guys full time. We went from barely getting work to booming overnight! Paul is great, he is always available and does a great job. Never had an issue, always on time and very professional. Highly recommend!

Tim DeBarros

Charter Estimating is the best. I tried other estimating companies and the personal service is just not there..Charter Estimating has the Best customer service not only that they are affordable. When I need them they are always available. When I needed a job completed in a hurry they took care of business and that’s so important when a small company like mine is trying to compete. We don’t have very much experience in estimating and esp. these large projects and so we use Charter Estimating. Great place to go if you want to grow your electrical business! Need a good electrical estimator Call these guys!

Steve Ashcroft

We needed a cost to build a very large multimillion dollar apartment complex and we did not know where to go. We found Charter Estimating online, called and Paul answered the phone. He was very professional took immediate action, got the plans quoted us a price and worked throughout the weekend (Easter Weekend)and got the project done on time to meet the bid date deadline. Very impressed with the quick personal service at Charter Estimating. Paul did a fantastic job and we were able to get a contract for the project and are looking forward to using them again. We would recommend Charter Estimating for anyone looking for a professional electrical estimating service you can trust.

James Stasi

We are a small electrical company and were desperately in need of an electrical estimator. We tried hiring someone locally to do our estimating but we just couldn’t find anyone we could depend on so we called Charter Estimating. From start to finish they were great. We now use them full time and we couldn’t be happier. Paul at Charter Estimating is super nice, professional and always available. We recommend them highly.

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