This is the perfect resource to help you bid on electrical contracting and repair jobs anywhere. This pocket reference book covers the traditional methods of estimating, as well as the "hurry up" methods, while explaining how and when to use them both. If knowing material and labor costs, in addition to overhead and profit margins, are important to your business, then Electrical Estimating Pal is the right tool for you.
Paul Rosenberg is contributing editor for Power Outlet Magazine, past president of the Fiber Optic Association and teaches electrical engineering courses for Iowa State University. He has written more than thirty textbooks and manuals in addition to the Pal series of pocket reference books. He has an extensive background in the electrical contracting industry serving as a supervisor, estimator, project manager, designer, and an independent contractor with numerous licenses and professional certifications. Paul wrote the first-ever installation standard for optical fiber (ANSI-NEIS-301), as well as a Raceway Installation standard and was awarded a patent for a power transmission module.
From 1991 through 1998, Mr. Rosenberg served as special features editor of Electrical Contractor Magazine and has also served as contributing editor to Electrical Distributor Magazine and the Electronic and Low Voltage Newsletter. He has designed and conducted training programs for NECA and Fiber U while continuing to lecture at industry events throughout the United States.