Electrical Estimator: Conduit

An electrical estimating app that turns a tap-count takeoff into a line-item conduit bid PDF. Count devices with taps, key conduit footage by size and type, pick an assembly like "3/4 EMT, 3 #12 THHN, strap every 10 ft," and export the number the GC actually receives: every line with material, labor hours, unit price, and total.

Estimators on the trade forums say it straight: there is no flat price per foot for EMT. Height band, wall covering, and the fittings you forgot change everything — the same crew that runs 300 feet a day on open deck runs 50 on a covered wall. Conduit Bid-in-a-Truck prices each run's conditions and auto-adds the straps, couplings, connectors, and pull boxes that spreadsheets leave out. Many overruns are not bad labor — they are accessory lines that never made the bid. One tap includes them, itemized, so you review them before the number goes out.

Labor comes from industry labor units you can tune to your crew's real productivity — per conduit size and type — with your waste factor, your burdened rate, and your markup on top. Expand any line and see the math: labor unit x footage x rate x markup, all editable. When the GC pushes back, you can defend the price line by line instead of pointing at a gut price per foot.

Desktop estimating seats cost four figures and expect you to build an assembly library before your first bid; spreadsheets forget the straps. This app ships ready: datacenter assemblies for ductbank, feeder, branch, lighting, device, mechanical, fire alarm, and grounding runs are pre-loaded, so a green estimator produces a defensible number on day one. Owners can edit every assembly, unit, and rate to match how their crews actually run pipe.

It works 100 percent offline. Build and save a bid in a no-signal MEP room or a truck on a dirt lot. Autosave and crash-restore mean stepping out for a call never loses your takeoff. Export the clean line-item PDF to the GC by morning.

After award, close the loop: log installed footage, device counts, and crew hours, and see earned hours versus spent hours on day 3 — not at closeout, when it is too late to act.

Free to try: save as many bids as you want and export your first three PDFs free; everything you build stays yours. One $9.99 purchase unlocks every export forever. No monthly fee, no per-seat license, no sales call.

This is an estimating aid. Contractors are responsible for verifying quantities, rates, local code, and contract scope.

Recent changes:
First release. Build a unit-rate conduit bid from the truck: tap-count runs, fittings, boxes, and devices off the plan, apply your assemblies and labor units, and export a clean bid. Offline, no monthly fee, jobs stay on your device. Free to try; Pro is a one-time unlock for unlimited bids and exports.