Re: Acceptable time from walk-thru to quotation delivery

["Tommy" <tommy at leesecurity.net>]

I read in one of the trade mags once that a good rule of thumb for running
wire was 100 feet per hour. I use this to figure cost of wire plus cost of
wire puller(ME). it's not perfect but it has worked for me.
 Plus i always add a fudge factor.


"Cam-man" <none@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Frank Olson inspired greatness with:
>
>>Chubb used to have an excellent quotation system.  They priced wire by
>>the foot which included labour to install.  If you did your measurements
>>correctly, the estimated time to install everything was pretty darned
>>accurate too.  There were several pricing selections you could choose.
>>Residential (meaning in wall/attic runs), commercial t-bar, armoured
>>(BX), and conduit.  On runs involving shielded, RG-59U, or CAT-5 it was
>>up to the salesguy to figure out exact quantity required and include the
>>wholesale cost of the cable in the quote.  Of course the $399.00
>>specials from ADT blew all that out of the water (on residential jobs).
>>  They never "lost" on a commercial or bank job though...
>
>
> I'm think of doing something similar, but not by the foot.  I
> generally estimate the amount of wire and add 20% for waste, then mark
> it up 100% for pulling it.  The equipment also gets marked up 80-100%
> as an "installed price".  A crude formula to use is, take all your
> parts, double the price, and there's your bid.
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