Electrical Estimating : Construction Industry Training Network (CITN)

Date

Monday, September 28th and Tuesday, September 29th, 2026

Location

Online

Registration Deadline

Sunday, September 27th, 2026

Event Description

Participants will develop skills and knowledge to estimate electrical construction projects and prepare a successful bid.

At the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Calculate work quantities from engineering drawings

• Adjust for material swell and shrink factors

• Assemble efficient crews and determine productivity

• Put into practice effective methods for determining job costs.

• Use essential formats for clearly estimating equipment, labor, material and other service costs related to completing a project.

• Assess and decide how a variety of physical site complexities may affect the estimated cost of a project and use methods to counteract these variances.

• Better identify and interpret general site conditions, special conditions and technical specifications associated with electrical projects.

• Analyze potential projects and decide on which ones to bid • Understand risk analysis and how to price this into a bid

• Do competitor analysis and understand how this impacts the bid

• Do client risk analysis and how to price this into bids

• Record material and other prices and maintain contact lists

• Formulate a bid strategy

• Understand how to prepare an estimate and the estimating process

• Become familiar with Construction Division Codes

• Understand how to present a bid

• Be familiar with how to use the bid depository

• Understand the requirements for bonding and insurance

• Understand the post-bidding process

• Communicate with project managers to pass on knowledge of the bid prior to mobilization

Audience: The course is designed for those interested in becoming electrical estimators and for workers with experience in construction that desire to improve their knowledge of electrical estimating.

Course fee includes: All books and materials, lunch, certificate upon completion and parking.

The course includes: Two days (16 hours) of lessons with instructors plus an online portion involving research, reading and answering questions (7-8 hours) that will be marked by the instructors. Please note you only have one attempt at passing the online portion.

Instructors: Charles Baverstock, GSC & Tim Williams, B.Econ., MBA, CPA, GSC

Contact & Support

For support or inquiries, please email [email protected] or call 604-293-2339.

Pricing

All prices in Canadian dollars

Ticket

Price

Attendee Registration

BC Road Builders Member	$925.00
CITN Member	$925.00
ICBA Member	$925.00
Non-Member	$1175.00

Agenda

Day 1 Monday Sep 28, 2026
7:00am - 4:00pm	Workshop Day 1
Day 2 Tuesday Sep 29, 2026
7:00am - 4:00pm	Workshop Day 2

Cancellation &
Refund Policy

COURSE REGISTRATION CANCELLATIONS, TRANSFERS & REFUNDS:

Cancellations received at least 14 business days prior to the course will result in a full refund.

Cancellations received less than 14 business days but more than 7 full business days prior to the course are subject to an administration fee of $100 per day for full and half-day seminars, or $25 for breakfast sessions.

Registrants who do not show up for a course, and/or who do not notify BCRB at least 7 full business days prior to the course date will be assessed the full cost of the course. There will be no refunds or credits in this case.

Substitution of attendees is permitted up to and including the day of the course.

COURSE CANCELLATION BY BCRB:

BCRB may have to postpone or cancel courses due to insufficient enrolment, in which case BCRB's liability will be limited to a refund of the registration fee.