How to Start and Operate an Electrical Contracting Business


Book Description

For electricians who've been thinking about starting a contracting business - or established contractors who want to give their current business a boost - this book lays out a proven roadmap of practical details. All the bases for building and operating a successful electrical contracting business are covered - from forecasting your business potential in a given market to technical needs, hiring employees, managing finances, and achieving profit goals.




Electrical Contracting


Book Description

Electrical Contracting is the complete book with business forms and checklists for the entrepreneurial mind. It deals with the general contractor, the owner, the architect, and the engineer, also with the building department, vendors, and manufacturers. Most importantly, it deals with Electrical Contractor's staff and his field workforce. Electrical Contracting first captivated the industry under the title "Successful Electrical Contracting Methods" in1995. The inclusion of a simplified Quick Start Chapter and similar revisions, compelled the author to title this edition, simply, "Electrical Contracting."




Electrical Contractor


Book Description

Gives apprentice and journeymen electricians the knowledge they need to make it on their own without a degree in business. This guide describes the latest opportunities for construction, remodeling, and industrial electricians, including the technologies that make electrical contracting more productive and profitable than ever before. Illustrated.













Successful Electrical Contracting, 2001 Edition


Book Description

This how-to manual can help you make electrical contracting profitable and rewarding. NFPA teamed up with electrical expert and well-known author Paul A. Rosenberg to create a road map loaded with financial and technical guidance. Successful Electrical Contracting tells you how to write a business plan, create your company infrastructure, and market yourself in any business climate! All the bases for bidding and estimating are covered, along with the justification of profit and definitions of overhead. Find out where to locate trained workers and how to manage your team, plus get tips on future planning, succession, and more. A chapter on specialty work addresses datacom, security, and fire alarm contracting.







Agile Construction


Book Description

* Updated version! Now with full color photos, graphs and charts throughout the book. Agile Construction(r) for the Electrical Contractor provides the tools and guidance needed to transform a traditional, reactive project management style to a new, proactive, profitable, and productive business management model - one that can quickly respond to changing industry needs and remain a profitable enterprise, even during the toughest of times. In this groundbreaking new book, Dr. Daneshgari applies proven managerial techniques from other industries to electrical construction through the introduction of Agile construction - a new scientifically-based tracking system based on jobsite dynamics and the bottom-line impact of the three sources of cost drivers: money, materials, and manpower. This practical and accessible guide to improving operating systems and efficiencies is a must-have for construction company owners, CEOs, project managers, and supervisors with its clear set of practical tools, processes and tips for improving productivity.




Close to My First Million Dollars as an Electrical Contractor


Book Description

This is a book for beginners and this is the real story of the experiences we already faced as a new business in the field of electrical contracting. We'TMve traveled the road that you are just starting down. You are now ready to begin this huge and exciting challenge and I wish you the best of luck. Persistence is one of the qualities you will need in order to be successful.