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Im an electrical estimator and have bee for over 20 years.
I priced up a job for $500k and the owner reviewed it and agreed on final price.
Now 2 months later the contract comes and he wants to raise the price. He said I left out a lot of unforseen things and doesn't want any part of the job. I asked him which things those were as he reviewed the job with me. He couldn't answer. BTW I know more than him...he can't price a job to save his life.
Anyway I'm pretty annoyed that he came at me like that basically saying it's a bad estimate . Do I have a right to be or am I overreacting? Thanks
Your boss probably did a quick glance over the estimate. It sucks that you have to go back to the drawing board, but at the end of the day your boss is always right. What are you going to do, fire him? So obviously you're not wrong in being annoyed, but I wouldn't dwell on it since there is nothing you can do.
Potential permitting issues due to minor Building Code, ASHRAE and NEC violations that could lead to increased costs?
Has this already been through engineering? Passed permitting?
What about gear ordering? A $500k job, I'm assuming involves transformers and switchgears. A lot of the popular ones are on severe back order right now, so perhaps his contractor would be forced to buy pricier items.
"Doing this for 20 years" means nothing when NEC, UL, and others, just revised their code books in 2024. There is A LOT of stuff in there that you are probably unaware of.
Estimates are SO yesterday. We do budgets now so everything is in black and white. If it is not in there, with a price, then it is excluded.
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