Electricians and electrical contractors are no new breed to the society. Having been around for centuries now, they are the professionals who are there to ensure that our homes and offices are well lit and safe to dwell even with all the modern amenities that we tend to put together. The electrical contractors of yesteryears had to run their business using their head, heart, hands and calculators to manage their inventory, estimate projects, track tools and make purchases so as to complete a project.

1. Electrical Contractor Tools: Lifeline of the Tech-savvy Contractor
Electricians and electrical contractors are no new breed to the society. Having been around for centuries
now, they are the professionals who are there to ensure that our homes and offices are well lit and safe to
dwell even with all the modern amenities that we tend to put together. The electrical contractors of
yesteryears had to run their business using their head, heart, hands and calculators to manage their
inventory, estimate projects, track tools and make purchases so as to complete a project. However, with
technological innovations things have changed over the years.
The advent of computers and the technological innovations with it has changed the lives of electrical
contractors and electricians and their method of functioning. The introduction of computer technology to
every aspect of daily lifestyle brought in scope of more contracts and work. Further, with the development
of technology enabled electrical contractors tools such as estimation software and electrical
distribution software etc has reduced the workload of the contractor.
The success story of an electrical contractor with a profitable business starts with the understanding of
the estimation process, mastering the art and applying the knowledge in the field. The electrical
estimating software with its business tools offering detailed descriptions and pricing helps the contractors
continue a systematic approach. However, these programs besides estimating time and cost also works
towards a reduce overheads and inventory. Further the computer assisted estimating not only gives more
accurate results than the manual ones, it is less time consuming, removes guesswork from electrical
estimation and replaces it with accuracy and confidence. The estimating software because of its speed,
accuracy and consistency, has become a critical tool for today's electrical contractor thus raising the
standards of professionalism and levels of project management.
Besides the estimation software, other electrical contractor tools that are used frequently by the new
generation techno-savvy electrical contractors are the electrical pricing and the electrical product
catalog. The computerized electrical price reference guide, the electrical trade book along with the
electrical contractor bidding software is a boon for the electrical contractors. The bidding software allows
for contractor specific pricing from preferred suppliers in a real time mode. Further with an 24/7 access to
supplier pricing and a seamless integration with major estimating systems, this software gives them a
competitive advantage with accurate and faster bid preparation.
The electrical pricing guide, one of the important components of the electrical contractors tools has a
fully illustrated list of 15,000 or more products used for common electrical service and repair work,
complete with catalog numbers, descriptions, sorted on product type and updated quarterly. This helps to
get the accurate pricing of the items enabling accurate estimation and preparation of the invoices even at

2. the job site.
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