Commercial Estimator

Bid a $339K glass shop in 12 minutes.

Mick's Electric-grade bid output, calibrated against five real commercial projects ranging $33K to $748K. Cover sheet PDF and detailed Accubid-style bid summary, both production-ready.

Built with a 30-year commercial electrician partner. The 19-step formula round-trips every historical bid to the cent.

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How it works

Three steps from project to PDFs.

Same workflow Mick uses. No Accubid license, no estimator on staff, no $500/job drafter.

01

Enter project

Project name, square footage, building type, and a 41-row scope checklist. Defaults seeded from Mick's historical bids - flip what's different on this job.

02

Build takeoff

Itemize material and labor by NECA division (02 / 04 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 / 12 / 18) and add supplier-quoted lump sums for fixtures, switchgear, FA, generator, and lighting controls.

03

Download PDFs

Cover sheet for the GC, detailed Accubid-style bid summary for your records. Both round-trip the 19-step formula and are wired to your saved bids.

Calibrated on real bids

5 commercial projects.
$1.3M total bid value.

The bid math round-trips every project below to within $0.02. That's the floor for what this tool will produce.

Corporate office (w/ FA + security + generator)

17,300 sf

$748,250

$43.25/sf bid

Small standalone (Pennington Co)

1,500 sf

$34,991.62

$23.33/sf bid

Warehouse shell

8,017 sf

$33,650

$4.20/sf bid

Retail glass shop w/ showroom

16,981 sf

$338,794.12

$19.95/sf bid

Office TI infill

Square footage not extracted

$104,935

Bid a real commercial job tonight.

Commercial subscribers have the Commercial Estimator in the box. New to The Volt Planner? Talk to sales and try it on your next GC bid request.