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2/7/2012 1:48:35 PM EDT
How many projects do you typically bid a week?  



How many estimators does your company have work on a bid?


 
2/7/2012 1:53:41 PM EDT
[#1]
I have one take off/ estimator foremanthat bids two to three jobs a week.  Last year we were getting 60% - 70% of the bids.  This year we are getting less than 50% of bid jobs.  We can't work any cheaper and expect to make a profit, yet the consumer is expecting more for less.
2/7/2012 1:54:47 PM EDT
[#2]
It depends.  And, I usually do the Engineer's estimates, so I try to account for the profit and mobilizations costs.  If fuel prices freak out, everybody's bid get shot in a hurry.
2/7/2012 2:10:12 PM EDT
[#3]
I'm usually working on 2-3 bids at any given time.  Avg is probably 2 per week, sometimes a few more.  Just 1 estimator per bid.
2/7/2012 2:32:37 PM EDT
[#4]
depends on how big the job is, do you know what a million and a half pounds of duct looks like or 2 miles of pipe ??
2/7/2012 2:35:48 PM EDT
[#5]



Quoted:


depends on how big the job is, do you know what a million and a half pounds of duct looks like or 2 miles of pipe ??


Duct - no.



Pipe (conduit) - yes.



One of the jobs I recently bid had a run of (4) 6" galvanized rigid conduits that ran 3.5 miles.