What Our Customers Say
"We have used the Vision InfoSoft EBM product since 1997 and have had much success. We have grown over 1,500% since 1997 and your product has assisted us with that growth. During that time it has allowed us to estimate more projects and also increased our profit margins. The ease of use out of the box is a great asset. "
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Electrical Bid Manager™
Electrical Estimating Software
Since 1993, over 9,000 electrical contracting firms have chosen Electrical Bid Manager for their electrical estimating software needs. We have electrical estimators with just a few employees and other companies using out electrical estimating software with thousands
of employees. Electrical Bid Manager electrical estimating software is capable of estimating electrical jobs of any size, even into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Vision also offers electrical estimating software add-ons, training, and support. Electrical estimators looking for electrical estimating software for their estimating team need to take a look at Vision's electrical estimating and bidding software before making a decision.
Electrical Estimating Software
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Basic
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Perfect for electrical contractors that are just getting started with electrical estimating software. Easy to learn and use. |
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Plus
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Built on a new SQL estimating software platform. Estimating power, ease of use and flexibility. |
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Pro
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The #1 electrical estimating software choice for small, medium and large electrical contractor companies. Many "Pro-Only" features. Built on a SQL database engine. |
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Electrical Estimating Software Add-ons |
Job Cost
Q-Link™
QuickBooks® Link |
Increase Profits! Find out how much money you are making on each job. Save time by eliminating hours of double data entry. Maximizes the investment you have made with QuickBooks®. |
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EPIC
Pricing
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Keep the material pricing updated in your Electrical Bid Manager software. Price updates save you money, a very inexpensive insurance policy against uncontrollable price increases. Also updates other electrical estimating software. |
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Specialty
Databases |
Add thousands of new specialty material items to your Electrical Bid Manager electrical estimating software database, including labor! VDV, Fire Alarm, Explosion Proof, High Voltage, and Demolition are available. |
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Extended
Service
Plan (ESP) |
Always keep your electrical estimating software up to date. Includes unlimited toll-free technical support with our highly qualified technical representatives. Includes several new electrical estimating software version updates each year and discounts on additional software licenses. |
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Planwheel Pc |
The PlanWheel is a digital device for measuring distances on maps, charts, blueprints and other drawings. |
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Electrical Estimating Software News
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Overcoming the Fear of Electrical Estimating…
Years ago, electrical contractors had limited choices on how to estimate an electrical project. The first option was to complete it the old-fashioned way, using their intuition, guts, a calculator. A second option was — and still is — to guess, square foot the project or weigh the drawings. It wasn't until the 1970s that ...
4/30/2012 7:01am
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Backing Up Electrical Estimates: Preventing…
Somewhere in the world, at least one major power outage happens a month. You're working on an electrical estimate on your computer, things are going well, you're ready to hit "save" when you hear the droning sound of life evaporating from all of your electronics. Never mind the fact that you've lost all that you ...
4/25/2012 7:14am
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11 Things to Include in Your Bid Proposals
Your firm's proposal is often your first chance to make an impression on a general contractor or owner. You have an opportunity to present not only your price for a project, but terms that clarify and protect your company's interest. Attention to detail in your proposal will set your firm apart from your competitors. My ...
4/18/2012 7:00am
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EPIC Education Series: EPIC’s Target Price…
The EPIC Pricing Service and Software in a Nutshell: EPIC Pricing includes a software application that helps a user dig through all 1.8 million items as needed. EPIC also offers a data update connection with estimating software and some billing software applications. Data subscription options range from daily updates to annual updates. Commodity prices are ...
3/29/2012 4:07pm
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Updates: Time and Material Billing Manager,…
We have released the newest update to our Time and Material Billing Manager™. Our support team appreciates our customers’ feedback, as it helps us further develop our software and create new features that make your job easier. This version upgrade contains enhancements and fixes for minor anomalies found in earlier versions. Among these features is ...
2/29/2012 3:01pm
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Updates: Electrical Bid Manager January…
The newest update to our electrical estimating software, Electrical Bid Manager (EBM) Plus and Pro is here with the highly requested Advanced Substitution feature! With Advanced Substitution, estimators may easily make global replacements on previously entered conduit and wire, or cable takeoff entries. This new feature adds more power to EBM's long list of audit trail ...
1/26/2012 11:18am
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Successful Electrical Estimating in a…
Ask any electrical contractor and they will tell you that electrical estimating is an expensive endeavor; many consider it a necessary evil. In the economy we face today, contractors need all the help they can possibly get. It can be difficult to come to the office as an estimator and feel the weight of knowing ...
1/11/2012 4:07pm
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How to Check Electrical Estimates for…
Electrical estimating is all about details. As estimators, we need to get the facts, or the facts will get us. When we are looking for these facts, they need to be right, as the wrong facts will hurt us. The process of checking an electrical estimate for accuracy starts before the bid documents even arrive ...
12/9/2011 4:38pm
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Obama Pledges $4 Billion for Energy…
I saw this announced today and thought I should share it. This private sector and government-funded initiative looks to retrofit commercial and industrial buildings with new energy efficient lighting, manufacturing equipment. This sounds like a winning combination: Save energy, create electrical contracting jobs and create hundreds to thousands of new projects. What do you think ...
12/5/2011 9:13am
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Customer Spotlight: D and S Electric
I started D and S Electric in January of 2001. I like to say I started the company with “a pickup truck and a ladder rack” because aside from hand tools, a cordless drill, a ½” bender and my Fluke, I didn't have much else. There was a niche for me in the residential area ...
10/28/2011 10:31am
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