Estimating & quoting
Price jobs from your real material, labour and service costs
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Software for electrical contractors who quote, schedule and invoice
Price panel upgrades, rewires and service calls from your materials and labour rates, schedule electricians and apprentices, track hours by job and invoice the moment the work passes inspection.
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What gets in the way
Licensed work, unlicensed paperwork
Electrical jobs carry permits, inspections and two labour rates. Keeping that straight across spreadsheets and texts is a job on its own.
Two rates, one job
Journeyman and apprentice hours priced at one blended guess.
Inspection limbo
Jobs waiting for inspection disappear from view.
Material creep
Wire, boxes and breakers bought on the fly never reach the job cost.
How Universal Workflow helps
Quote, wire, inspect, invoice
Quotes with the right labour rates
Set electrician and apprentice rates as services, keep wire, devices and panels in your material library, and add the service call or permit as fixed prices.
- Labour by the hour at each rate
- Permit and inspection fees as fixed services
- Tax and deposits on the quote
Inspection as a stage
Add Inspection to your statuses so jobs waiting on the inspector stay visible on the board. Book the inspection visit on the planner with the task Inspection.
Job board
Hours, mileage and approvals
Electricians and apprentices log hours by job and the trips they drive. Approvers review the team's timesheets and download a payroll summary.
Timesheets & mileage
A job from start to finish
A 200-amp panel upgrade
A homeowner needs a panel upgrade before a basement renovation.
- Quote. Panel, breakers and wire from the library; electrician and apprentice hours; permit as a fixed service.
- Book. The upgrade is scheduled for Tuesday with both crew members.
- Inspect. The job moves to Inspection, and the inspection visit is booked on Thursday.
- Invoice. Once it passes, the invoice goes out with a Pay button and e-Transfer details.
Example quote
Example: quoting a 200 A panel upgrade
A homeowner needs their 100 A service upgraded to a 200 A panel.
Example figures for illustration. Your prices come from your own material library, services and rates.
| 200 A panel1 unit from your library: $420.00 cost + 30% markup | $546.00 |
| Breakers, wire and fittings1 lot from your library: $310.00 cost + 30% markup | $403.00 |
| Electrician8 h × $95.00/h | $760.00 |
| Apprentice8 h × $55.00/h | $440.00 |
| Permit feefixed price | $150.00 |
| Subtotal | $2,299.00 |
| Deposit requested (30%) | $689.70 |
The deposit is requested from the quote before the panel is ordered. The balance is invoiced once the work passes inspection, with a Pay button and your e-Transfer details.
FAQ
Questions from electrical contractors
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Can I use different labour rates?
Yes. Each quote line has its own labour rate, and services such as electrician and apprentice time can carry their own hourly rates.
Can I track jobs waiting for inspection?
Yes. Add an Inspection status; it gets its own count and filter on the job board.
Can my team log hours by job?
Yes. Timesheets tie each entry to a job, with overtime worked out from your rules.
Does it work with QuickBooks?
Growth and Premium include QuickBooks Online integration for invoices and payment status.
Can I set separate electrician and apprentice rates?
Yes. Set each rate as its own service priced by the hour, and add each person's hours to the quote.
Can I ask for a deposit before ordering materials?
Yes. Add a deposit to the quote and request it from the job; the balance is invoiced when the work is done.
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