Estimating Hazards

The first few days of 2016 have seen a flurry of new electrical estimating and mechanical estimating enquiries come through, one project is a kind of hybrid,

where our customer is a sub-sub-contractor, this is where a larger company (financially) seeks prices for portions of the work that’s in their contract.

The usual practice is for the Sub-Contractor to purchase high-value items and free issue these to the sub-sub-contractor, “SSC”.

The SSC usually also provides first-fix materials. This can introduce misunderstanding for both parties as to what’s included and what isn’t.

We have taken great care to determine the scope and the estimate will have a definitive list of items we expect to be free issued. This can act as a starting point so both sides can get this right.

We have prepared a paper on this issue called Chop and Change.