JDE & Associates Employee Directory

JDE & Associates specialize in Contractors Guide for Success - Project Management, Fundamental Electrical Estimating, and Supervisors information for Electrical Contractors. We have over forty years' experience in the electrical industry. We stay current by assisting select contractors in estimating and project management on ongoing projects. This... keeps are training current, which then enhances our ability to help contractors as consultants. Our electrical estimating course is designed to train the basics techniques of a electrical estimate. Our course of study is manual - prints, specifications, takeoff sheets, quotes, explosions, extensions and proposals. Most major electrical estimating software packages are extremely accurate. We know that many times, it is the lack of training in how to complete an estimate that reduces the software's effectiveness; this is where we enter the picture. It is not our intention for our students to complete these techniques only while estimating manually; our techniques work either while manually estimating or when using most commercially available electrical estimating software systems. What we provide is an explanation of theses principals so that completing either manual electrical estimates or an estimate utilizing a computer estimating system our students understand the result. We do not endorse any electrical estimating software, many of the full featured computer estimating systems are great, and our aim is to make them better, this is possible with most commercial electrical estimating software systems available. We have had great success with our fundamental electrical estimating class having key field electricians enrolled. These key employees become much more aware of the cost resulting from using the wrong materials and installation practices, one they are exposed to methods required to complete an electrical estimate. Contractors Guide for Success - Project Management is a course that is suited for practically any owner or employee working for an electrical ...Read More