With four successful electrical estimating training sessions under their belts, Linda and Marc Candels are ready to kick off 2019 with their fifth Electrical Estimating Training and Apprenticeship which starts on January 29. The Candels Electrical Training Academy teaches the art and science of electrical estimating. The four-month session covers a wide range of topics as […]
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Early Bird Discounts for the Electrical Estimating Apprenticeship!
Super early bird special until November 30! $800 off! (Mention this post and Candels will hold the discount!) Tis the season for discounts! Candels is offering a super early bird special until tomorrow on our upcoming electrical estimating apprenticeship program. The class starts January 29 and runs until May 30, 2019. Additional discounts are available […]
Does knowing software make me an electrical estimator?
You took the electrical estimating software training. Are you now an estimator? One of the biggest fallacies in the electrical industry is that knowing how to operate an electrical estimating software package automatically “makes you an estimator.” While knowing software is very important to the estimator’s role, this is only a piece of the estimating […]
Women in Electrical Estimating
The best students have a combination of aptitude and attitude! When we teach our electrical estimating apprenticeship, we often say that the best students have a combination of aptitude and attitude. To our delight, some of our most successful students have indeed been women, women without any electrical experience. How can a woman with no […]
New Electrical Estimating Apprenticeship starts January 29, 2019
New Dates! Candels Electrical Estimating Academy is happy to announce our fall/winter dates for the very popular Electrical Estimating Apprenticeship program! We are now accepting registrations for the January 29th, 2019 through May 30th, 2019 class. Live and interactive! Join us on Tuesday and Thursday, from 1 to 3 pm, via live webinar to learn […]
Construction Labor: Unforeseen Job Factors and How They Influence Job Performance
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” or so goes the saying engraved in the front of the US Postal Service Building in New York City. Unforeseen circumstances can affect your job labor costs! Just as snow or rain will not […]
Bidding and Relationships – Why are they so Important?
Bidding and relationships have a lot in common. Sometimes, in the midst of completing an electrical estimate or take-off, you are suddenly faced with a decision of whether or not to bid the job. It happens all the time! You have every intention of bidding the job but then you have doubts based on quality […]
Win the Bid: Key Points
Win the Bid: Key Points for the Bidding Process Win the Bid: You know by now that the estimating process involves much more than the take-off. The process starts before you even look at a set of plans, and the process never really ends. This process involves an almost endless loop of deciding which projects […]