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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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