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When all you need is a reliable take-off to get that tender finished on time, 3Lance is here to help! The accuracy of your take-off is critically important, especially for major projects: simple counting errors can become big, expensive problems later on. Merely counting the items shown on the plans is not enough. An accurate take-off must also allow for any additional labour and materials required for a complete installation (e.g., cover plates, fasteners, etc.). It is also important to make sure that all items meet the required specifications and regulatory requirements. All this means that creating an electrical take-off can be laborious and time-consuming. It also requires an eagle-eye: take-offs produced at midnight are a recipe for disaster. 3Lance uses proprietary software to efficiently generate a bill of materials that accounts for all items within the scope of work and can be submitted for wholesaler pricing. Our clear, detailed take-offs are organised to support project delivery. By producing a comprehensive take-off for each critical stage of work, we ensure your take-offs provide a sound basis for efficient project management, including procurement, scheduling, cost management, and progress tracking.

Electrical estimating can be an unforgiving endeavour: mistakes can prove very costly! With 3Lance electrical estimating service, you can submit competitive tenders with confidence. We will ensure you meet tender deadlines and impress your clients with detailed, professional tenders. We provide a complete tendering solution, handling the entire electrical estimating process: from take-off to tender submission. Our ‘definitive’ estimates are accurate and comprehensive, delivering the precision you need to win, manage, and complete your project. Our estimates are also fully adjustable, so you won’t be caught out by demands for your ‘best and final offer’ at a pre-award meeting. Our unique ‘goal seeking’ feature allows you to make minor adjustments quickly using calculated risks. We will even attend pre-award meetings with you to field any tough questions you may be asked. At 3Lance, we know that the job of an electrical estimator isn’t just a matter of counting the number of lights. We carefully assess the key factors that affect your profitability, including: Bill of Materials It is absolutely vital to account for all material items required to complete your project. We will ensure the BoM is complete, correct, and consistent with project specifications. Labour allocation 3Lance maintains an exhaustive database of reference labour units based on our expert estimation of how long a given task should take the average electrician under average conditions. However, it is also important to consider any unusual labour issues that may be associated with your specific project. We will ensure your tender allows for labour inefficiencies and risks arising from factors like accessibility, confined spaces, material availability, and stacked trades. Lost time or unproductive labour can also have a significant impact on your bottom line. We will ensure the cost of site inductions, toolbox meetings, site meetings, and other management tasks are included in our estimate. Overheads We will ensure your tender includes all necessary allowances for plant and equipment, storage hire, consultants, drafting, project management, and any other important overheads. Other important notes To minimise legal risk, it is critically important that the scope of your tender is clear and unambiguous. We will ensure any important comments, inclusions and exclusions, Prime Cost (PC) items, and unusual project components are clearly highlighted in your tender.

Electrical work is often tendered on a ‘design and build’ basis. From switchboard design to emergency lighting, 3Lance can develop a comprehensive electrical design package that meets your client’s needs and budget and complies with regulatory standards. 3Lance can assist with all aspects of the design process, providing practical solutions that serve the intended purpose of a particular space and provide visual comfort while avoiding overlighting and maximising energy efficiency. We ensure all supply and distribution systems have the capacity to deliver maximum demand, include appropriate levels of redundancy and spare capacity, and allow for future expansion where required.

Value Engineering is a very important part of estimating as this can attract clients attention when any savings can be presented. It includes optimization of the design and specifications in order to reduce the construction and operational costs, increase lifecycle of various systems and enhance quality of the systems.